Civil War Review
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- Q1The eleven states that seceded from the Union in 1860-61 formed a new political entity called theUnited States of AmericaConfederate States of AmericaIroquois ConfederacyArticles of Confederation30s
- Q2Abraham Lincoln, who was elected President in 1860, represented theFree-Soil Partyanti-slavery Republican partypro-slavery Democratic partyConstitutional Union Party30s
- Q3The Emancipation Proclamationfreed all enslaved people everywhere in the United Statesfreed all enslaved people in states that were in rebellion against the U.S.freed slaves in territories out westfreed all enslaved people living in the border states30s
- Q4The Thirteenth Amendment passed in January 1865Granted African Americans citizenshipGranted African American men the right to voteProvided freedom of speechAbolished slavery in the United States30s
- Q5The Battle of Bull Run or Manassas was notable becauseIt was the first land battle of the war.It was a clear Union victory, demonstrating the military and industrial might of the North would quickly overwhelm the South.It was a clear Confederate victory, demonstrating that the war would not be over quickly.It marked the first use of ironclad warfare between the Monitor and the Merrimac.30s
- Q6The Battle of Gettysburg in July, 1863, was a major turning point in the Civil War becauseThe Union victory ended the hopes of Confederate invasion of the North.The defeat of Union forces led to Lincoln’s defeat in the election of 1864.It marked the first time African American soldiers fought for the UnionThe battlefield was later turned into a cemetery.30s
- Q7On April 8, 1865 at Appomattox CourthouseGeneral Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil WarUlysses S. Grant surrendered to Robert E. Lee ending the Civil War.Confederate forces won a surprising victory extending the Civil War.General William Tecumseh Sherman ended his March to the Sea.30s
- Q8Sherman’s March to the Sea was an early example oftotal war, to demoralize and terrorize civilians in the Southguerilla warfarenew weapons designed to wipe out entire regimentstrench warfare that would be the norm by World War I30s
- Q9The firing on Fort Sumter is considered to bethe official start of the Civil Warthe harshest act of the Civil Warwhere the surrender took placethe greatest Union victory of the Civil War30s
- Q10Lincoln’s speech at Gettysburg was given todedicate a cemeteryfree the slavesrally Union forces in the Civil Warcelebrate the end of the Civil War30s
- Q11John Brown raided Harpers Ferry, Virginia in order tostart a slave revoltfree Union prisoners of warsteal ammunition for the Confederate Statesstart the Civil War30s
- Q12All of the following could be considered causes of the Civil War except which one?states’ rightseducational differenceseconomic and cultural differencesslavery30s
- Q13This state was the last to secede from the United States.KentuckyVirginiaSouth CarolinaNorth Carolina30s
- Q14All of the following are true of North Carolina’s role in the Civil War except which one?We supplied more troops than any other southern stateWe were the last state to officially secede.We fought because of our large slave population.Fort Fisher in Wilmington was the last major port to get supplies through30s
- Q15This Union victory helped the Union army by dividing the Confederacy in half and giving the Union control of the Mississippi River.VicksburgManassasShilohGettysburg30s