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Chapter 22 Practice Quiz
1. A civil war is a conflict between
A. two countries that share a border.
B. two nations that were once allies.
C. two groups of citizens in one country.
D. two countries that share the same form of government.
2. At the beginning of the Civil War, the greatest weakness of the North was
A. its fragile economy.
B. its transportation system.
C. its lack of factories.
D. its military leadership.
3. What was the most significant geographic disadvantage of the South?
A. the Gulf of Mexico
B. the Mississippi River
C. the Appalachian Mountains
D. the bayous of Louisiana
4. How did Jefferson Davis compare the Civil War to the American Revolution?
A. He believed that the South was fighting for the same freedom as the nation's founders.B. He never wavered from his belief that the Union was perpetual, never to be broken.
C. He viewed the South as a group of colonies finally breaking free from a tyrannical
monarchy.
D. He thought that the ideals of Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin survived only in the
South.
5. Why did Northerners believe Richmond was so important?
A. They believed that the war could be won if they destroyed the Confederate capital.B. If the North controlled Richmond, it would divide the Confederacy in two.
C. All food and weapons supplies entered the Confederacy through Richmond.
D. They wanted to control Richmond because it was the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
6. What did Union troops find when they approached the town of Manassas?
A. Southern soldiers were caught unaware as they napped in the mid-day sun.
B. The town's citizens waited to defend their town with pitchforks and kitchen knives.
C. The Southern army knew about their plan and were waiting for them.
D. Rose Greenhow was there to show them a shortcut to avoid the Southern army.
7. How did the Battle of Bull Run change Lincoln's point of view?
A. It made him question whether the keeping Union together was worth fighting for.
B. It made him decide to let the Southern states go rather than continue fighting.
C.
It made him realize that ending the war would be much harder than expected.
E. It made him determined to punish the South severely for leaving the Union.
8. What did women do during the war?
A. They ran farms and businesses in the places of the men who went off to war.
B. Some served the military as messengers, guides, scouts, smugglers, or spies.
C. Many provided medical care for sick and wounded soldiers.
D. D. all of the above
9. The Union completed the first step of the Anaconda Plan by the end of 1861. What did that
accomplish?
A. The Union gained control over the Missouri River and divided the Confederacy.
B. The Union convinced Great Britain to stop buying cotton from the South.
C. The Union captured Atlanta and brought the Confederacy to its knees.
D. The Union launched a blockade and closed most ports in the South to foreign ships.-
10. Why did General Lee send troops into Maryland, a slave state?
A. He planned to punish Maryland for staying in the Union.
B. He hoped to convince Maryland to join the Confederacy.
C. He wanted to defend Confederate Maryland against Union forces.
D. He intended to capture the slaveholders and free the slaves.
11. Why can it be said that the Battle of Antietam was a defeat for both sides?
A. The generals of both armies were killed in the battle.
B. Both sides lost the will to continue fighting.
C. It was the bloodiest single day of the war.
D. Neither side claimed victory in the battle.
12. What was responsible for most Civil War deaths?
A. battle wounds
B. diseases
C. medical malpractice
D. suicides
13. What did the Emancipation Proclamation achieve?
A. It gave all slaves in the North their freedom immediately.
B. It persuaded European nations to support the Confederacy.
C. It changed the purpose of the war to the end of slavery.
D. It forced the Confederacy to free the slaves right away.
14. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the Civil War?
A. General Lee lost so much of his army that he could only wage a defensive war on
Southern soil.
B. The morale of Union soldiers was so low that their determination to win had vanished.
C. The Confederate victory convinced European nations to lend their support to the South.
D. The battle convinced both sides to declare a truce and end the war.
15. What challenge did Lincoln face on the home front?
A. A number of problems were caused by Northerners who opposed the war.
B. Members of Congress refused to approve more money to be spent on the war.
C. So many farmers left to fight that there were food shortages in the North.
D. He faced a strong opponent in the presidential campaign and nearly lost the election.
16. Why did Lincoln echo the words of the Declaration of Independence in his Gettysburg
Address?
A. He wanted to remind the people of the ideals they were fighting for.
B. He had great admiration for Thomas Jefferson and often used his words in speeches.
C. He was making the point that the Union was fighting for its freedom from the
Confederacy.
D. He intended to convince the people that God was fighting on the Union side.
17. Why did the Union want to control the town of Vicksburg?
A. If they could take Vicksburg, they could prevent men and supplies moving along
Southern railroads.
B. Holding Vicksburg would allow them to move men and supplies freely along the
Mississippi River.
C. Controlling Vicksburg would allow the Union to complete its blockade of all Southern
ports.
D. If they could secure Vicksburg, they could cut off all food supplies to the Confederates.
18. What risk did African American Union soldiers face in the war?
A. They faced death by Union firing squads if they did not win their battles.
B. They risked death or enslavement if captured by the Confederates.
C. They faced a higher risk of disease because they were only allowed to tend the sick.
D. They risked being banished to Africa if the Southern army captured them.
19. Sheridan's campaign in the Shenandoah Valley and Sherman's march through Georgia were
example of General Grant's belief in
A. merciful war.
B. trench war.
C. modern war.
D. total war.
20. What happened at Appomattox Court House?
A. Union forces lay siege to the town in the effort to control the Mississippi River.
B. General Sherman destroyed everything of value, including houses, farm fields, and food
supplies.
C. General Lee surrendered to General Grant and brought the Civil War to an end.
D. In two days of fierce fighting against Lee's army, General Grant lost 18,000 men.
Did you know?
Although the war ended in April, news about the end of slavery did not
reach Texas until June 1865. The arrival of this news is commemorated
today by Juneteenth celebrations, now held nationwide.