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Civil War Test
Multiple Choice. (3 points each)
1. In what year was, Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, elected as president?
a.1860
b.1864
c.1856
d.1920
2. This congressional compromise tried to use the principle of popular sovereignty to solve the conflict about
whether territories would come in as free or slave states and it led to a physical conflict called “Bloody Kansas.”
a. Compromise of 1850
b. Kansas-Nebraska Act
c. Missouri Compromise
d. Election of 1860
3. This Supreme Court case, based on a slave suing for his freedom, declared that African Americans were not
citizens and brought the U.S. closer to Civil War.
a. Brown v. Board of Education
b. Miranda v. Arizona
c. Dred Scott v. Sanford
d. Lincoln v. Nebraska
4. This man debated secession from the Union at Georgia’s Convention and then became the Vice President of
the Confederate States of America.
a. Jefferson Davis
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Robert E. Lee
d. Alexander Stephens
5. Why was the Union victory at Antietam important?
a. The Confederate forces lost thousands more soldiers than the Union forces for the first time.
b. It cut the Confederate forces off from their supplies and got England to support the Confederacy.
c. It stopped Confederate forces from advancing to Washington, DC, and allowed Lincoln to issue the
Emancipation Proclamation
d. It put an end to the war.
6 The Emancipation Proclamation freed
a. all enslaved people living in the US
b. enslaved people living in the areas controlled by the Confederacy
c. enslaved people living in the Union states
d. enslaved people living in the territories
7. This battle was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War that lasted three days and was the location of Lincoln’s
famous speech four months later. It was the last time that the South was ever able to attack the North.
a. Manassas
b. Antietam
c. Chickamauga
d. Gettysburg
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8. Which two huge Union Victories occurred at the same time and were a big turning point in the war?
a. Manassas and Bull Run
b. Chickamauga and Atlanta
c. Gettysburg and Antietam
d. Vicksburg and Gettysburg
9. Which battle was fought for control of a railroad junction and was the largest and bloodiest in Georgia?
a. Lookout Mountain
b. Antietam
c. Chickamauga
d. Gettysburg
10. Which Union general led the “March to the Sea” that devastated much of Georgia on a path from Atlanta to
Savannah?
a. William T. Sherman
b. J.E.B. Stuart
c. Robert E. Lee
d. Ulysses S. Grant
11. Why did the general (from question 10) burn Atlanta and destroy everything in his path on his “March to the
Sea”?
a. He couldn’t control his armies anymore.
b. His armies were large and needed all of the resources they found.
c. He was ordered to by President Lincoln.
d. He wanted to destroy the resources of the South.
12. Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant to end the war?
a. Antietam
b. Washington, D.C.
c. Appomattox Court House, VA
d. Manassas, VA
13. Which of the following technologies did NOT help the North win the war?
a. Telegraph
b. Railroads
c. Photography
d. Ironclads
14. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln less than two weeks after Lee surrendered to Grant?
a. Lee Harvey Oswald
b. John Wilkes Booth
c. James Earl Ray
d. Gavrilo Princip
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Civil War Test
For the following states, write Union or Confederacy based on which side they fought for during the Civil
War.
15. Maryland
16. Georgia
17. Arkansas
18. Pennsylvania
19. Kentucky
20. Tennessee
21. North Carolina
22. Ohio
Select the best answer based on the description.
A. Union Advantage
B. Confederate Advantage
23. Better military leadership (many had gone to West Point Military School)
24. Produced 4/5 of the nation’s industrial goods
25. Only had to defend its own soil
26. Better accustomed to being outdoors and hunting with rifles
27. Contained ¾ of railroad mileage
28. Civilian leadership and central government already in place
Essays:
29. In AT LEAST THREE SENTENCES, explain the “Anaconda Plan.” Include which army’s strategy it
was, what exactly the plan was, and why it worked. (6 points)
30. In your own words, explain why the Union won the Civil War. Use complete sentences and several
examples to support your argument. (6 points)
Bonus: Which present-day state seceded from its own state to keep from seceding from the Union at the start of
the Civil War? (5 points)