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Mr. Scott
American History
Name ___________
Date ___________
Chapter 2
“Opportunity”
Short Answer
Answers must be in a complete sentence.
1. What role did the Battle of Antietam play in the Emancipation
Proclamation?
2. How did the advantages of the North compare to that of the
South going into the war?
4.Describe Lee’s surrender at Appomattox?
5. What was the Union strategy for the war?
6. What role did the Crittenden Compromise play in the time
period leading up to the war?
6. How did a typical Union soldier differ from a Confederate
soldier?
7. How did the character of Thomas in “Glory” differ from the
other soldiers in the 54 Massachusetts?
8. Explain Lincoln’s difficulty in finding a general that could
lead the Army of the Potomac.
9. How did President Lincoln differ from Jefferson Davis as a
person?
10. Some people called the Civil War a “rich man’s war, but a
poor man’s fight.” What did they mean by this?
Multiple Choice
11. The Confederate name for the Battle of the first Bull Run.
a. The First Manassas
c. Vicksburg
b. Chancellorsville
d. Shiloh
12. This general replaced McClellan after the Battle of Antietam.
a. Johnston
c. Burnside
b. Stonewall Jackson
d. Mead
13. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at __.
a. The First Bull Run
c. Fort Wagner
b. Fort Sumter
d. Washington
14. At the battle of ___ McClellan’s army was within 9 miles of
Richmond and could see the church steeples of the town.
a. Antietam
c. Seven Pines
b. Fredericksburg
d. Gettysburg
15. President of the Confederacy.
a. Stonewall Jackson
b. Ulysses S. Grant
c.Jefferson Davis
d. David Farragut
16. Naval commander who led the attack on New Orleans.
a. George McClellan
c. Ulysses S, Grant
b. David Farragut
d. Jake Peterson
17. Grant and his men were surprised by the Confederates while they
rested at this church.
a. Bull Run
c. Fredricksburg
b. Shiloh
d. Yorktown
18. A large number of Confederate soldiers died in the desperate
attack known as “Pickett’s Charge” at the battle of __.
a. Chancellorsville
c. Fredericksburg
b. Gettysburg
d. Shiloh
19. The first General to take over after McClellan was fired
following the lose at Fredericksburg.
a. Ambrose Burnside
c. Joe Hooker
b. James E.B. “Jeb” Stuart
d. Robert E. Lee
20. The capital of the Confederacy was located in __.
a. Richmond
c. New Orleans
b. Memphis
d. Atlanta
21. Which answer is not one of the Border States?
a. Kentucky
c. Missouri
b. Rhode Island
d. Delaware
22. Which answer was not an advantage for the North going into the
war?
a. economic advantage
c. railroads
b. great generals
d. population
23. The American Aid society made supplies for the ____.
a. Union Army
c. 54th Mass.
b. Confederate Army
d. Ole
24. Most of the soldiers in the Civil War died from ___.
a. amputation
c. direct hit
b. disease
d. boredom
25. Which answer is not typical of a Civil War soldier.
a. boys between the ages of 18-30
c. little education
b. believed in military discipline
d. fighter not soldier
True or False
26. Copperheads were the name give to Southerners who still
supported the Union.
True or false
27. President Lincoln finally found a reliable general in Mead.
True or false
28. The Confederate strategy for the war was an idea known as the
Anaconda Plan.
True or false
29. A typical Union soldier received an allowance for uniforms of
$42.
True or false
30. Lincoln was in favor of the Crittenden Compromise but could not
get it passed by Congress.
True or false
31. The North had a population advantage over the South while the
South had an economic advantage over the North.
True or false
32. General Tecumseh Sherman believed in fighting a “total war.”
True or false
33. The Confederate government hoped to Capture Washington D.C. and
this would give them support from Europe.
True or false
34. The fall of Fort Sumter was a blow to Confederate confidence.
True or false
35. There were five “Border States.”
True or false
36. Lincoln supported protecting slavery where it already existed
at the start of the war.
True or false
37. Great Britain supported the South.
True or false
38. The cotton plant was the symbol of the federal government.
True or false
39. The South had poor military leadership.
True or false
40. The Emancipation Proclamation freed all the slaves.
True or false
Essay Question
The Essay question is worth 10 points.
* How did the South, with fewer supplies and resources, manage to
stall a northern victory for four years?