Question 1

The Civil War officially began with the:

Accepted Answer

firing on Fort Sumter

Question 2

the president of the United States during the Civil War was:

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Abraham Lincoln

Question 3

this battle was the turning point of the Civil War:

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Gettysburg

Question 4

Lee surrendered to Grant at:

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Appomattox Courthouse

Question 5

the commanding general of the Southern forces was:

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Robert E. Lee

Question 6

starting in 1863, African American soldiers fought braverly and helped turn the ride of the war for the:

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North

Question 7

to secede means to:

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break away from a larger group

Question 8

the underlying cause of the Civil War was:

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slavery

Question 9

the Union Navy used its ships to:

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blockage all Southern ports

Question 10

the economy of the South can best be described as:

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agricultural

Question 11

there were ____ confederate states

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11

Question 12

who was the commanding general of the Union forces and would later become president of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 13

the first state to secede was:

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South Carolina

Question 14

President Lincoln issued the ____ in 1863, which freed all slaves located in the Confederate States.

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Emancipation Proclamation

Question 15

Lincoln original goal in fighting the Civil War was:

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restoring the Union

Question 16

the Union planned to defeat the Confederacy by:

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blockading all ports, taking control of the Mississippi, and gaining control of Richmond, the Confederate capital

Question 17

Lincoln's Emacipation Proclamation had all of the following effects:

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increasing Southern anger towards the North, increasing African-American enlistment in the Union army, and swayed British opinion to the Union side

Question 18

when the Civil War began, the South had the advantage of:

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fighing a defensive war

Question 19

what was a Confederate victory in the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Bull Run

Question 20

the election of Abraham Lincoln immediately led to:

Accepted Answer

the seccession of South Carolina

Question 21

the key to control the Mississippi River, captured by Grant on July 6, 1863 after six weeks of fighting was:

Accepted Answer

Vicksburg

Question 22

who assissinated Abraham Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 23

this book written by Harrier Beecher Stowe dramatized the cruelties of slavery in the South and helped to create tension between the North and the South

Accepted Answer

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 24

as a result of the Battle of Gettysburg, the Confederacy:

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did not attempt to invade the North again

Question 25

what Civil War event occurred first?

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firing on Ft. Sumter

Question 26

by issuing the Emacipation Proclamation, President Lincoln:

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broadened Union war goals to include ending slavery

Question 27

the Underground Railroad was developed in order to:

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help runaway slaves escape to freedom

Question 28

a battlefield map drawn by a soldier serving at the battle of Gettysburg is a _____ source reference document of the Civil War.

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primary

Question 29

what advantage did the North have over the South during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

greater population of volunteers for army

Question 30

based on the advantages of both the North and the South at the onset of war, which conclusion could most likely have been made?

Accepted Answer

the North was expected to win the war quickly

Question 31

the president of the Confederate States of America was:

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 32

"If I could save the Union with out freeing any slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." this statement was made by:

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 33

In the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, popular sovereignty was proposed as a way to:

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allow settlers in the new territories to vote on the issue of slavery

Question 34

when the war began, the Confederates believed that:

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the northerners would grow tired on the war and leave them to be independent

Question 35

the life of soldiers during the Civil War was:

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dangerous and difficult

Question 36

in "total war":

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all enemy food and equipment are destroyed

Question 37

what was the importance of the Battle of Vicksburg to the Union?

Accepted Answer

it now controlled the Mississippi River

Question 38

a disadvantage for the North in the Civil War was that it:

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would have to invade the South

Question 39

the first major battle of the Civil War that ended in Confederate victory was:

Accepted Answer

Bull Run

Question 40

one way that "Bleeding Kansas" the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry had a similar effect on the United States was that these events:

Accepted Answer

made sectional compromise more difficult

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The Civil War - Unit Test

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