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Civil War Test Review
Answer the following questions:
1) Who was Abraham Lincoln? ___________________________________________________
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What side was he on? ________________________________________________________
What did he accomplish during the Civil War? _____________________________________
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2) Who was Jefferson Davis? _____________________________________________________
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Which side was he on?________________________________________________________
3) The Confederate States of America were formed after what event? _____________________
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Which state was the first to secede from the Union? _________________________________
4) What happened at Fort Sumter? ________________________________________________
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5) Define the Union: ____________________________________________________________
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Give 2 other names for the Union: _______________________________________________
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Who was the main general in charge at the end of the war? ___________________________
6) Define the Confederacy: ______________________________________________________
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Give 2 other names for the Confederacy: _________________________________________
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Who was the main general in charge at the end of the war? ___________________________
7) Write 3 key advantages for the Union in the Civil War:
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8) Write 3 key advantages for the Confederacy in the Civil War:
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9) Define Total War: ___________________________________________________________
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Which side used Total War? ____________________________________________________
Which general used Total War? _________________________________________________
Which major city was destroyed by Total War? _____________________________________
10) What effect did new weapons technology have on the Civil War? ______________________
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11) How did casualties in the Civil War compare to other wars we have fought (ex. American
Revolution)? ________________________________________________________________
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What did most men wounded in battle die from (ex. Think about Stonewall Jackson)?
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12) What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? _____________________________________
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13) In Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, what did he remind Americans of? ___________________
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14) Describe how Black Americans contributed to the Civil War? _________________________
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15) Name two ways that women were involved in the war effort:
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16) What event took place in Appomattox Courthouse? _________________________________
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Battles:
Battle
Which side won?
Key Generals
involved? (U/C)
Bull Run
July 1861
Confederacy
McClellan (U)
Jackson (C)
Beauregard (C)
Shiloh
April 1862
Grant (U)
Sherman (U)
Importance (what did
they get, what did
this battle mean)
Gained control of the
Mississippi River
Valley
Antietam
Sept. 1862
Fredericksburg
Dec. 1862
Chancellorsville
May 1863
Vicksburg
July 1863
Gettysburg
July 1863
Lee, Jackson
Union
Turning point of the
war, ended
Confederate invasion
in the North