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Civil War Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| President Lincoln believed it was illegal for states to_____ | Secede from the union |
| Former slave who encouraged Lincoln to recruit other former slave to fight for the Union | Fredrick Douglass |
| The opening shots of the war were fired here | Fort Sumter |
| In the Gettysburg address Lincoln promoted the concept of what? | Basic democracy and equality for all |
| Before the EP was issued the primary goal of the North was to preserve what? | The Union |
| The EP freed all slaves in these states | Rebelling States |
| The turning point of the Civil War was the Confederate loss at this battle | Gettysburg |
| A key Union stratagy | A naval blockade of the South |
| A key confederate strategy was to divide the Union along | The Mississippi River |
| Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant on April 9, 1865 | Appomattox Court House, VA |
| South Carolina was the first state to secede because of this election | Election of 1860 |
| He won presidency in 1860 and opposed the expansion of slavery | Lincoln |
| Lee urged southerners to: | Reconcile and rejoin the USA |
| Failed compromises, Uncle Tom's cabin, and ineffective presidential leadership in the 1850's are examples of what? | Causes of the civil war |
| The EP was issued during the Civil War and allowed for the enlistment of ________ soldiers in the Union Army. | African American |
| Returning confederate soldiers were _____ able to find jobs in the industrial factories of the South | Not |
| During the Civil War these men struggled with: Destruction of their homes, lives with disabilities, the harsh realities of war, and brutal hand to hand combat. | Soldiers |
| This was the first major land engagement of the war, took place near Mananas and was a surprising Confederate victory. | The First Battle of Bull Run |
| The pre-Civil war economy of the Southern states was based on this kind of farming: | Plantation Farming |
| This political party was established in 1854 in the opposition to the spread of slavery: | Republican Party |
| He led the raid and attempted slave uprising at Harper's Ferry, VA | John Brown |
| She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a best-selling novel that greatly influenced Northern attitudes towards slavery. | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| When Lincoln said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand," he meant the nation could not continue as: | Half slave states and half free |
| Slave revolts in the South led to the passage of strict: | Fugitive Slave Laws |
| In the case of Dred Scot Vs. Standford the supreme court | Ruled it unconstitutional to ban slavery in territories |
| _______Was the US Senator who proposed popular sovereignty | Stephen Douglas |
| Confederate forces were low on saltpeter, a primary ingredient in gunpowder, and resorted to _________ to make up for the shortage. | Collecting Urine |
| The Battle of Shiloh was a major Union victory underneath the leadership of who? | Ulysses S. Grant |
| The battlefield where Pickett chose to attack was _______ long | 1250 yards |
| At one point in the Civil War game the South was forced to walk. This represents what? | Disadvantage in not having railroads |
| This was a staple in both diets of the troops and often infested with weevils: | Hardtack |
| The type of tent that was used by the armies: | Wedge Tent |
| What made a wedge tent: | Canvas, 2 y-sticks and a center pole |
| Steroscopic means: | 3D |
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