Civil War Study Guide

Question 1

The Civil was won by ____________ and in the year of _________

Accepted Answer

North, 1865

Question 2

What was the first state to leave the union?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 3

Name one disadvantage of the North for the Civil War

Accepted Answer

inexperienced officers

Question 4

The Battle of Fort Sumter was the 1st Civil War Battle.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Who did Abe Lincoln beat in the presidential election of 1860?

Accepted Answer

Stephen Douglas

Question 6

Who was Dred Scott?

Accepted Answer

Slave who sued for his freedom

Question 7

What were Ironclads?

Accepted Answer

warship protected by iron or steel

Question 8

Find one Advantage for the North in the war.

Accepted Answer

immigrants

Question 9

March to the Sea was conducted by what Northern General?

Accepted Answer

Sherman

Question 10

Which one of these was NOT a Presidential Lincoln Speech?

Accepted Answer

I have a Dream

Question 11

Name one disadvantage for the South

Accepted Answer

less food

Question 12

What is Habeas Corpus?

Accepted Answer

Citizen Rights

Question 13

General Lee was a Northern General T/F

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a newspaper article about treatment of slaves in the South.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

What battle was considered the turning point of the war?

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 16

Abraham Lincoln was from what state?

Accepted Answer

Illinois

Question 17

Mississippi was the first State to leave the Union

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

What was the most common reason for death in the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

disease

Question 19

Which one of these events was NOT a trigger event for the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

invention of the telegraph

Question 20

What battle started the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 21

What is a draft?

Accepted Answer

system of required military service

Question 22

Name at least one Advantage of the South in the Civil War

Accepted Answer

Fought a defensive war

Question 23

On paper, who should have won the Civil War

Accepted Answer

South

Question 24

What was the main reason for the new wave of immigrants to the US?

Accepted Answer

Potato famine

Question 25

T/F There were approximately 4 million slaves in the South in 1860

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

Accepted Answer

slaves should be set free

Question 27

Name one invention that transformed industry/production for the North/South

Accepted Answer

cotton gin

Question 28

Who was the President of the South?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 29

Which one of these inventions was not used during the Civil War

Accepted Answer

tank

Question 30

Emancipation Proclamation did what?

Accepted Answer

Freed all Slaves

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