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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe Confederates were fighting a(n)offensive wardefensive war
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe Union wanted to control the Mississippi River so thatit could control the movement of trade and goodsit was a natural division to “split the South”all of the above
- 3. Multiple Choice
Even though these were states where slavery was legal, they did not secede and join the Confederate states.Western StatesState of ConfusionBorder StatesSouthern States - 4. Multiple ChoiceMore factories, population, and a better navy wereConfederate advantagesUnion advantagesreasons for a Confederate victorycauses of the Battle of Gettysburg
- 5. Multiple ChoiceBetter officers, defending their own homes, and not having to go on the attack wereUnion advantagesreasons the Union won the battle of AntietamConfederate advantagesreasons that the Confederacy won at Ft. Pillow
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThis caused widespread fear in the South about the future of slaverythe election of Jefferson DavisHigh tariffsthe election of Abraham Lincolnthe death of Stonewall Jackson
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?Fort SumterFort WilliamsFort PillowFort Apache
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a major strength of the Union?educationslaverymore churchesfactories
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a major weakness of the Confederacy?more factoriessmaller populationslarger populationspoor populations
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War?
to abolish slaveryto end British control of the Western territoriesto make a profit selling war suppliesto preserve the Union - 11. Multiple ChoiceThis freed the slaves in Confederate states.The Compromise of 1850The Gettysburg AddressThe Battle of AntietamThe Emancipation Proclamation
- 12. Multiple Choice
Pickett's Charge was a particularly costly part of which 3-day battle (the bloodiest battle of the war)?
Appomattox
Gettysburg
Siege of Petersburg
Ft. Sumter
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the North call this strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?Anaconda PlanRattlesnake PlanScorpion PlanScott's Blockade Plan
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following terms is defined as "when citizens of a territory vote to allow or ban slavery."popular sovereigntytariff of abominationsimpressmentright of habeus corpus
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA group of ships that block other ships from sailing in and out of a harbor is called a ...importexportblockadebattle
- 16. Multiple ChoiceAt the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?In the House of RepresentativesIn the SenateIn the Executive BranchIn the Judicial Branch
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThis law (act) opened the Kansas and Nebraska territory to being possible slave statesFugitive Slave ActBleeding KansasMissouri CompromiseKansas-Nebraska Act
- 18. Multiple Choice
A political party formed to prevent the spread of slavery
Free Soil Party
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Constitutional Party
- 19. Multiple Choice
During the Election of 1860...
The Republican party was split over slavery.
Whigs won easily
The Democratic party was split over slavery
Abraham Lincoln won over 80% of the popular vote
- 20. Multiple Choice
Select all the Sherman destroyed using the tactic, "Total War" on his March to the Sea.
Animals (livestock)
Supplies and materials
Railroads
Businesses
- 21. Multiple Choice
The purpose of the Union blockade was to:
prevent the South from exporting cotton and importing supplies
Prevent the Confederate Navy from advancing.
Prevent the Confederates from recruiting more soldiers
Keep the Confederates out of Washington D.C.
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