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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who was the president of the Confederate states of America?
Abraham Lincoln
William Sherman
Morgan Freeman
Jefferson Davis
- 3. Multiple Choice
In 1863 this declared all slaves in the rebelling states were free.
Declaration of Independance
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Battle of Bull Run
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand"?
John Wilkes Booth
William Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
- 5. Multiple Choice
The single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place here:
Appomatox
Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
- 6. Multiple Choice
The capital of the United States of America during the Civil War was:
Washington D.C.
Richmond
Philadelphia
Charleston
- 7. Multiple Choice
The capital of the Confederate states of America during the Civil War was:
Charleston
Washington, D.C.
Richmond
Philadelphia
- 8. Multiple Choice
The Union army ...
represented the northern states and wore grey
represented the southern states and wore grey
represented the northern states and wore blue
represented the southern states and wore grey
- 9. Multiple Choice
The Confederate army...
represented the northern army and wore grey
represented the southern army and wore grey
represented the northern army and wore blue
represented the southern army and wore blue
- 10. Multiple Choice
The commanding general of the Union army was
Ulysses Grant
Robert E. Lee
William Sherman
John Wilkes Booth
- 11. Multiple Choice
The commanding general of the Confederate army was
Ulysses Grant
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
William Sherman
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of these was NOT a border state during the Civil War?
Maryland
Kentucky
Vermont
Virginia
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which state was not part of the Union?
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Ohio
Maine
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which state was not part of the Confederacy?
Florida
Mississippi
Texas
Iowa
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who was John Brown?
He assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
He wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
He planned a slave rebellion and was hanged for treason.
He was a presidential candidate in 1860.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Why was the attack on Fort Sumter significant?
It was the bloodiest day of the Civil War.
The Confederacy surrendered.
The first shots of the Civil War were fired.
General Pickett charged the Union line.
- 17. Multiple Choice
The Confederacy surrendered to the Union army at this courthouse in Virginia.
Appomattox
Antietam
Manassas
Richmond
- 18. Multiple Choice
Strengths of the North during the Civil War were all but:
85% of the factories in the country were located in the north
The north had the most experienced military generals
The north had more soldiers
There was double the length railroad in the north
- 19. Multiple Choice
Dred Scot v Sanford was ...
a law that helped slave owners capture runaway slaves.
when the Supreme Court decided blacks were not citizens and could not sue in court, slaves who lived in free territory could not become free.
when the Supreme Court decided blacks were citizens and could sue in court, slaves who lived in free territory could become free.
when the Supreme Court decided to allow Texas to secede from the Union.
- 20. Multiple Choice
When Missouri entered the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state it was known as the
The Missouri Proclamation
The Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise
Bleeding Kansas
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