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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe name give to the north was what?ConfederacyRebelsUnionRevolutionaries
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was an advantage that the Union had?Smarter GeneralsDefensive StrategyMore TroopsHighly Motivated
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhere is the capital of the Confederacy?Washington D.C.MontgomeryRichmondCharleston
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?NorthSouthWestUnion
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWho was the leading general of the Confederate army?GrantLeeJacksonMcClellan
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation?Fredrick DouglassHenry ClayAbraham LincolnAndrew Johnson
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich side had a larger population and more railroads?UnionConfederacy
- 8. Multiple Choice
What document gave freedom to the slaves in rebelling states (in name only)?
The 10% Plan
The Wade-Davis Bill
The 3/5th Law
The Emancipation Proclamation
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat name was given to Southern states that didn't secede?Red StatesBorder StatesFree StatesBlue States
- 10. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War was to end slavery.TrueFalse
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which battle was the only time the South invaded the North and failed?
Antietam
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWho won the Civil War?UnionConfederates
- 13. Multiple Choice
Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?
Antietam
Gettysburg
Richmond
Appomatox Court House
- 14. Multiple ChoiceMore factories, larger population, and a better navySouthern advantagesNorthern advantagesReasons for Southern victoryCause of the battle of Gettysburg
- 15. Multiple ChoiceBetter officers, defending homes, don't have to go on the attackNorthern advantagesreasons North won the battle of AntietamSouthern advantagesreasons Minecraft is fun
- 16. Multiple Choice
The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?Fort SumterFort WilliamsBull RunManassas - 17. 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
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?to abolish slaveryto end British control of the Western territoriesto make the Southern economy not dependent on cottonto preserve the Union
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?heavy industrial developmenta network of railway lines to transport supplies and troopssuperior military leadershipan alliance with Britain and France
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat year did the Civil War begin?1861197716191865
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe North wanted to control the Mississippi River so thatit could control the movement of trade and goodsit was a natural division to “split the South”it was an easier invasion route to the South than by landall of the above
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat year did the Civil War end?1861197718651812
- 23. Multiple Choice
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the war, declaring that
all slaves in the South were free
all slaves in the US freed
slaves in the Union were free
all slaves in the West were free
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich Civil War battle lasted three days in Pennsylvania, ended in a cemetery, and was the turning point of the war?Bull RunGettysburgAntietamVicksburg
- 25. Multiple Choice
After surrounding the town and besieging it for months, the South finally surrenders one day after the loss at Gettysburg. This is the last piece to taking the Mississippi River. This is a decisive Union victory. Grant is promoted to General-in-Chief of the Union Army.
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Fredericksburg
- 26. Multiple ChoicePresident of the Confederate States wasAbraham LincolnRobert E. LeeStonewall JacksonJefferson Davis
- 27. Multiple ChoiceCalifornia was admitted as a free state because of the compromise of 1850TrueFalse
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhat law helped southern slaveholders get their runaway slaves back?Fugitive Slave ActRunaway Act2nd AmendmentSlaveholder Law
- 29. Multiple Choice1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens and it nullified the Missouri Compromise.Dred Scott v SandfordMcCulloch v MarylandEmancipation ProclamationWorcester v Georgia
- 30. Multiple ChoiceUnder the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, how would Kansas and Nebraska decide if they were a free or slave state?lotteryPresident would decideGovernors would decidepopular sovereignty
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhat political party was Abraham Lincoln a part of?DemocratRepublicanIndependentWhig
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhy did southern states begin to secede after Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860?Southern states believed Lincoln was an abolitionistSoutherners believed Lincoln was pro-slaverySouthern states didn't like Abraham Lincoln as a personSouthern states believed in the same things as Lincoln
- 33. Multiple ChoiceSecede?something use to plant in the dirtrivalry based on the special interests of different areasto withdraw or break away from a nationthe separation or isolation of a race
- 34. Multiple Choice
Sectionalism?
loyalty to region or group over country
to withdraw or break away from a a nation
a religious meeting
an official expression of opinion by a group
- 35. Multiple Choice
The name give to the south was what?
Confederacy
Rebels
Union
Revolutionaries
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