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1. Where was the first military engagement of the Civil War?
A. Bull Run
B. Shiloh
C. Gettysburg
D. Fort Sumter
2. Where was the first major military engagement of the Civil War?
A. Vicksburg B. Bull Run
C. Antietam
D. Appomattox Court House
3. What was the strategy that the Union generals devised to beat the Confederates called?
A. Slash and Burn Plan
C. Anaconda Plan
B. Striker Plan
D. McClellan Plan
4. Which of the following was NOT a strategy involved in this plan?
A. Union navy would blockade southern ports
B. Union army would kill all prisoners of war taken captive
C. Union army would take control of the Mississippi River
D. Union would capture Richmond, the Confederate capital
5. Why did the Confederacy expect Great Britain to aid their cause?
A. Britain strongly believed in slavery
B. Britain still resented the U.S. for the Revolutionary War & the War of 1812
C. the Confederacy promised to give Britain territory in North America
D. the Confederacy believed Britain needed the cotton grown in the South
6. How many slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation free?
A. all of them in the nation
B. only those in Kentucky, Delaware, Missouri, and Maryland
C. those that were owned by Union commanders
D. none
7. Why was this true?
A. Lincoln believed in immediate emancipation
B. Lincoln didn’t want any slavery in territories that were under his control
C. Lincoln believed military commanders shouldn’t own slaves
D. the proclamation only applied to slaves living behind Confederate lines
8. Why did Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus during the war?
A. so he could discipline all officers as he saw fit
B. to deal with dissention over the war
C. he did not believe citizens should have the right to know why they were jailed
D. to make sure that he wouldn’t be impeached
9. Which of the following groups did this affect the most?
A. African Americans
C. Copperheads
B. Union army officers
D. Native Americans
10. Why did white people (especially Irish immigrants) in New York riot in July of
1863?
A.
B.
C.
D.
they were upset with the African American migrants moving North
they were mad that Congress had raised taxes
they were tired of the poor conditions in which they lived
they were upset over conscription/draft laws that had been passed
11. When did most African Americans in the Union army during the Civil War enlist?
A. after the Emancipation Proclamation was announced
B. after the Thirteenth Amendment was passed
C. when they were conscripted
D. when their masters freed them from slavery
12. In general, how could one describe the life of a soldier during the Civil War?
A. much as he had lived it at home
B. far more prosperous than he could have lived at home
C. usually not so bad considering it was a war
D. dangerous, unhealthy, uncomfortable, and generally unhappy
13. Why was Clara Barton known as the “angel of the battlefield”?
A. she helped wounded soldiers in battle at great risk to her own life
B. before battles she made sure that soldiers had enough supplies & fresh water
C. after battles she helped bury dead soldiers
D. she was killed at Antietam & it’s said her angel still haunts the battlefield
14. Which of the following was NOT a problem at prisoner of war camps?
A. space
B. sanitation
C. shelter
D. none of these
15. Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?
A. afterwards battle the North knew extreme measures were needed to defeat the
South
B. afterwards Lincoln decided that all of the slaves in Union territory needed to
be freed
C. it crippled the South to the point that they could never hope to invade the
North again
D. this was the final battle of the war
16. What was the Gettysburg Address?
A. Lincoln’s speech reminding Americans that the war would remake the nation
B. the president’s dedication speech of the Gettysburg cemetery
C. Lincoln’s speech reminding Americans that the war needed to be won to
reunify the nation
D. all of the above
17. Why was the Union capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi so important?
A. these were the two co-capitals of the Confederacy
B. now the Union controlled the Mississippi River and cut the South in half
C. the Confederates had moved their remaining slave labor to those cities
D. this cities held important Confederate documents about their ability to win
18. Why is the small Virginia town of Appomattox Court House so important?
A. the war ended here
C. Virginia abolished slavery here
B. the largest battle took place here
D. Lee was killed here
19. What terms of surrender did Lincoln send for Lee’s men?
A. all Confederate officers were subjected to intense interrogation
B. Confederate men were sent home with all of their possessions & extra food
C. enlisted Confederate soldiers could go home; officers were executed
D. all Confederate soldiers were allowed to go home after serving time in prison