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Short Answer
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(Total Points: 25)
1. List five of the North's advantages during the Civil War? (5 Points)
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B. ________________________________________________________________
C. ________________________________________________________________
D. ________________________________________________________________
E. ________________________________________________________________
2. List five of the South's advantages during the Civil War? (5 Points)
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B. ________________________________________________________________
C. ________________________________________________________________
D. ________________________________________________________________
E. ________________________________________________________________
3. List two of the North's disadvantages during the Civil War? (2 Points)
A. ________________________________________________________________
B. ________________________________________________________________
4. List two of the South's disadvantages during the Civil War? (2 Points)
A. ________________________________________________________________
B. ________________________________________________________________
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5. List four significant figures from the Civil War. Explain what this person is most known for accomplishing or being
part of during the Civil War. (8 Points)
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B. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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D. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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6. General Grant, commander of all Union forces, informed President Lincoln in the spring of 1864 that he would
march on Richmond take his losses, and move on. In this statement, Grant planned for a war of attrition. The Union
would keep on fighting until the Confederacy ran out of these three things. (3 Points)
A. ________________________________________________________________
B. ________________________________________________________________
C. ________________________________________________________________
Multiple Choice
(Total Points: 15)
7. Why did the Civil War last so long?
a) Because war is good for the economy.
b) Because Southern troops kept hiding and it took a while to find them.
c) Because Northerners were hesitant to kill southerners.
d) Because both sides had distinct advantages
e) Because Congress kept holding up funding for weapons.
8. Why did U.S. troops attack at Bull Run?
a) There was a large supply of weapons there.
b) They wanted to gain control of the Mississippi River.
c) The Confederacy had been planning an invasion of Washington, D.C.
d) Confederates were trying to force Maryland to secede.
e) They wanted to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond.
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9. What was the Confederate reaction to the first Battle of Bull Run?
a) They were concerned that the loss was going to dampen public enthusiasm.
b) They were frustrated by their inability to capture Washington, D.C., for good.
c) They expected the win to help increase their enlistment numbers.
d) They were concerned about the loss of so many weapons.
e) They hoped the win would encourage foreign nations to ally with them.
10. Which Civil War battle is still the bloodiest day in American history?
a) The Battle of Hampton Roads
b) The Battle of Antietam
c) The capture of New Orleans
d) The Battle of Shiloh
e) The Peninsular Campaign
11. Which was not a goal of the Emancipation Proclamation?
a) Abolishing slavery in the United States
b) Increasing troop numbers in the Union
c) Giving a moral purpose to the war effort
d) Dissuading Europe from siding with the South
e) Reducing the Confederacy's manpower
12. What did the Emancipation Proclamation accomplish?
a) It freed all slaves in Northern states.
b) It freed all slaves in the Western territories.
c) It freed all slaves in areas rebelling against the Union.
d) It freed all slaves everywhere.
e) It didn't free anyone. It was just war propaganda.
13. Why did people in both the Union and Confederacy protest the draft?
a) They thought it was a violation of states' rights.
b) Too many recent immigrants were drafted
c) Too many African Americans were drafted.
d) There was very little public support for the war in the North.
e) People with enough money could pay substitutes.
14. Which event is considered the main turning point of the Civil War?
a) Gettysburg
b) Chancellorsville
c) Vicksburg
d) Fredericksburg
e) The Wilderness campaign
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15. Which best characterizes the March to the Sea?
a) Starvation and scarcity for the troops
b) Eerily quiet with no opposition
c) Destruction and devastation on the land
d) Peace and prosperity for all
e) Celebration and festivities for a hero
16. Where did the negotiations to end the Civil War take place?
a) Savannah, GA
b) Richmond, VA
c) Washington, D.C.
d) Appomattox Court House, VA
e) Atlanta, GA
17. Who shot President Lincoln?
a) Ulysses S. Grant
b) Jefferson Davis
c) John Wilkes Booth
d) William T. Sherman
e) Robert E. Lee
18. What was the critical feature of Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan?
a) 10% of the Confederates had to be removed from public office for a Southern state to set up a new government.
b) 10% of the state's public offices had to be held by blacks for a Southern state to set up a new government.
c) 10% of voters had to swear an oath of allegiance for a Southern state to set up a new government.
d) 10% of all land had to be held by blacks for a Southern state to set up a new government.
e) 10% of blacks had to be given the right to vote for a Southern state to set up a new government.
19. What is a Black Code?
a) A law that protected the rights of freedmen
b) A law that attempted to restrict the rights of African Americans
c) A means by which African Americans could pass secret messages
d) agreement among black elected officials to vote Republican
e) An amendment to the Constitution after the Civil War
20. What did the 13th Amendment do?
a) Prohibit slavery in the United States and its territories
b) Prevent states from allowing women to vote
c) Grant citizenship and rights to anyone born in the United States
d) Protect voting rights for all men regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
e) Determined that blacks could not be citizens
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21. What are the dates for Reconstruction?
a) 1861-1865
b) 1865-1877
c) 1875-1885
d) 1870-1900
e) 1873-1876
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