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Name:________________________ Period:____________ 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 Name:________________________ Period:____________ Civil War Test 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 Name:________________________ Period:____________ 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)