Civil War
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- Q1The prison in the South where 13,000 captured Union soldiers died wasChickamauga.Andersonville.Petersburg.Chancellorsville.30s
- Q2The Emancipation Proclamationdecreed freedom for all enslaved people in the states at war with the Union.started the process of amending the Constitution to free all enslaved people.decreed freedom for all enslaved people in the loyal border states.decreed freedom for all enslaved people.30s
- Q3The Amendment to the Constitution that banned slavery in the United States was theThirteenth.Eleventh.Tenth.Twelfth.30s
- Q4In the summer of 1862, Congress introduced a militia law that required states to draft people for military service calledconscription.greenbacking.attrition.habeas corpus.30s
- Q5Lacking sufficient money from taxes or bonds, the Confederacy was forced to print paper money to pay its bills, causing rapidtrade alliances.building of banks.use of credit.inflation in the South.30s
- Q6It was clear that a large, well-trained army would be needed to defeat the South after the Union defeat atthe Battle of Antietam.New Orleans.Fort Donelson.the First Battle of Bull Run.30s
- Q7Early on April 6, 1862, Confederate forces launched a surprise attack on Grant’s troops who were camped about 20 miles north of Corinth, Mississippi, near a small church namedStonewall.Antietam.Murfreesboro.Shiloh.30s
- Q8Frederick Douglass believed that serving in the military would help African Americans overcomedisease.the slaveholders.discrimination.poverty.30s
- Q9With his ragged and battered troops surrounded and outnumbered, General Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865, atCold Harbor.Mobile Bay.Atlanta.Appomattox Courthouse.30s
- Q10commander whose reinforcements from Virginia stood firm during the First Battle of Bull RunGeorge McClellanStonewall JacksonUlysses S. GrantJohn Wilkes Booth30s
- Q11surrendered to Grant to end the Civil WarJohn Wilkes BoothStonewall JacksonGeorge McClellanRobert E. Lee30s
- Q12assassinated Abraham LincolnLee Harvey OswaldStonewall JacksonJohn Wilkes BoothMark David Chapman30s
- Q13first African American regiment officially organized in the North44th New York20th Maine1st United54th Massachusetts30s
- Q14a hard biscuit made of wheat flour eaten by Union soldiersFrench toastHardtackWafflePancake30s
- Q15left her job in a patent office to nurse soldiers on the battlefieldElizabeth Cady StantonDoris DayClara BartonAmelia Earhart30s