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Multiple Choice: For each of the following questions, circle the letter of the answer that best answers the
question.
1. What was the immediate cause of the Civil War?
A. The Dred Scott decision
B. The election of President Lincoln in 1860
C. John Brown’s raid at Harper Ferry
D. The Missouri Compromise
2. The South’s primary goal in the Civil War was
A. To capture Washington D.C.
B. Assassinate President Lincoln
C. To break away from the United States permanently
D. Free the Slaves
3. The South believed that Congress attacking the institution of Slavery was an attack on
A.
B.
C.
D.
States Rights
Jefferson Davis
The North
African Americans
4. The first act of violence in the Civil War was at
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Virginia
Fort Sumter
5. The North’s primary goal in the Civil War was
A.
B.
C.
D.
To end Slavery
Stop racism
Preserve the Union
Destroy the South
6. America’s Civil War cost the nation
A.
B.
C.
D.
600,000 deaths
60,000 deaths
20,000 deaths
10,000 deaths
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7. Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation after which battle?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Antietam
8. What was the first major battle of the Civil War that ended as an embarrassing defeat for the North?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bull Run
Antietam
Shiloh
Gettysburg
9. The North believed that the war would end quickly and easily until the defeat at this battle
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bull Run
Antietam
Shiloh
Gettysburg
10. The South put together a string of victories that ended at the battle of
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bull Run
Antietam
Shiloh
Gettysburg
11. Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation because he hoped it would
A.
B.
C.
D.
Free the Slaves
Hurt the South’s ability to fight in the war
Send a message across the states that Slavery was wrong
Preserve Slavery
12 The year is 1860 and Abraham Lincoln has just won the Presidency of the United States, which
happens first.
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Battle of Bull Run where the North gets defeated
Lincoln writes the Emancipation Proclamation
South Carolina secedes from the nation
Pennsylvania breaks free from the U.S.
13. What is the bloodiest day in U.S. history?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Antietam
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Bull Run
14. The North used African Americans in the military to
A.
B.
C.
D.
Show the South that Slavery was dead and things were changing
Use superior soldiers in combat
Kill all the slaves in the South
Let the South know that they too believed African Americans were the inferior race
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15. Abraham Lincoln began to slowly change his views on Slavery over the course of the war. Chose the
answer that best shows how Lincoln changed.
A. Lincoln started against Slavery and later realized that it was important to the survival of the South
B. Lincoln was against the spreading of Slavery, not its abolition, then he later realized that it was
wrong and did whatever was in his power to free the Slaves.
C. Lincoln always knew that Slavery was a terrible thing that must be crushed in order for the U.S. to
survive.
D. Lincoln, first started out supporting Slavery and later fought to end it. He even owned a couple of
Slaves early on in his life.
16. The battle of Gettysburg was a major turning point in the war because
A. After the battle the South never reached so high into the North again, and lost their chance at
attacking Washington D.C.
B. It showed everyone that Robert E. Lee could be beaten and it sent him running back into the
South
C. The South lost their momentum and never regained it throughout the rest of the war.
D. All of the above
17. Which battle did both sides (North and South) claim victory?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bull Run
Antietam
Shiloh
Gettysburg
18. What impact did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the outcome of the war?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It cost the South thousands of dollars and crippled their economy
It gave the South new hope that what they were doing was the right thing
It proved that Lincoln wasn’t really against ending Slavery everywhere
It hurt the South’s ability to fight the war because they now had to worry about Slave rebellions
19. The two main Generals who once were friends and later ended up leading their armies against each
other were?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Robert E. Lee and Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant and Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
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20. Where were most of the battles fought during the Civil War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Eastern
Western
Pacific Coast
Lower Seaboard/ Gulf
21. What were the advantages of the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The South had factories able to build mass amounts of weapons
The South had “Home Field” advantage and great military leaders
The South had Lincoln on their side
The North had factories and an abundance of food
22. The Gettysburg Address was a speech by Lincoln stating that?
A.
B.
C.
D.
“All men are created equal” which meant all white men
“All men are created equal” which meant all men, white and black
“Slavery must be ended”
“All men are created equal” which meant everybody
23. When elected in 1860, Abraham Lincoln favored...
A. No expansion of slavery
B. Expansion of Slavery
C. Popular Sovereignty
D. Communism
24. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at...
A. Bull Run
B. Antietam
C. Fort Sumter
D. Gettysburg
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25. The seceded states were known as...
A. the United States of America
B. the Confederacy
C. the Union
D. the West
26. The President of the Confederacy was a...
A. Jefferson Davis
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Robert E. Lee
D. Ulysses S. Grant
27. One advantage the North had over the South was that the North had...
A. better generals
B. more factories and industries
C. were fighting on their home ground
D. experience with guns
28. States, which had kept slavery and did not leave the Union during the Civil War were known
as...
A. Border States
B. Territories
C. Tariffs
D. Annexations
29. Why did the Union lose so many battles during the war?
A. No supplies
C. Bad Generals
B. Bad Whether
D. The Union did not lose
30. Which document freed the slaves?
A. Declaration of Independence
B. The Constitution
C. The Emancipation Proclamation
D. The Thirteenth Amendment
31.. The turning points of the Civil War were which of the following?
A. Fredricksburg and Chansellersville
B. Gettysburg and Vicksburg
C. Fort Sumter and Bull Run
D. Shiloh and Antietam
32. What was the name of the three-day battle in Pennsylvania in which Lee's assault was
halted? More Americans died here that any other battle before or after.
A. Antietam
C. Gettysburg
B. Bull Run
D. Petersburg
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33. General Sherman brought the war to the people of the Confederacy by...
A. capturing the Confederate capital at Richmond
B. burning crops, machinery, barns, and bridges
C. cutting off Arkansas and Texas from the rest of the South
D. capturing Southern soldiers
34. The North hoped to capture Richmond, Virginia because...
A. it had most of the South's factories and industries
B. the Confederate navy was housed there
C. it was the capital of the Confederacy
D. All the Northern soldiers captured were held there
35. According to this Northern advertisement, what is the primary message that the author hopes
its readers will understand?
A. That General Grant is a serious problem for peace and we need to pray to god for him
to be removed from power.
B. That General Grant can end this war and “grant us peace”
C. That money is needed to help end the war.
D. That Lincoln needs to end the Civil War.
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36. According to this cartoon, what is the message being displayed by the artist?
A. That Lincoln and his wife always fought.
B. That Lincoln was in love with a woman who had a Slave
C. That Lincoln’s fight with the States was splitting the nation in half.
D. That Lincoln needs to end the Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation
“That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the government of
the United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such
persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons
or deserted by them and coming under the control of the government of the United States; and all
slaves of such person found or being within any place occupied by rebel forces and afterwards
occupied by the forces of the United States, shall be deemed captives of war, and shall be forever
free of their servitude, and not again held as slaves.”
37. According to the Emancipation Proclamation
A. Slaves are only free if they escape
B. Slaves in the South who rebel and escape will be free
C. Slaves are never going to be freed
D. All Slaves are forever free
38. What is the main purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
A. To free all Slaves
B. To hurt the South’s ability to fight
C. To end racism
D. To help the South free it’s Slaves
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