Civil War Test Review Set Two
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- Q1
What did the Union want to control to cut off supplies to the Confederacy?
The Great Lakes
The Gulf of Mexico
The Mississippi River
The Blue Ridge Mountains
30s - Q2
Which statement is true about Robert Smalls.
Serving in the state and national government for over a decade
Leader of the Fire-Eaters during the Secession Convention
30s - Q3
What did the HL Hunley do for the Civil War?
Attack Union military and government leaders in Washington D.C.
Protect Fort Sumter from the Union’s attempt to reclaim it
Transport supplies and weapons from their European allies
Disrupt the Union’s barricade around Confederate port
30s - Q4
What was the goal of Sherman's March to Sea?
to get Confederate soldiers to join the Union army
to burn cotton fields so slaves would no longer have work to do
to gather slaves to fight for the Union army
to crush the enemy’s hopes, and destroy their cities and supplies
30s - Q5
Why did William Sherman want to punish South Carolina?
His wife left him for the governor of South Carolina.
He wanted to punish South Carolina for being the first to secede from the Union.
He was a strong abolitionist who detested slavery.
His brother was killed in battle in South Carolina.
30s - Q6
"The citizens of Charleston are starving and our soldiers in the Confederate army are not getting the proper amount of supplies and weapons to win this war against the Yankees.” Which of the following was most likely to solve the problems from the quote?
Sherman’s March to the Sea
The HL Hunley
The Emancipation Proclamation
The 54th Massachusetts regiment
30s - Q7
The Emancipation Proclamation:
showed Lincoln approved of the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision
convinced France to become allies with the Confederate states
freed only slaves living in the Confederate-controlled states
was supported by the Southern Confederate states
30s - Q8
Check the group that applies (Plantation Owners, Women, Children or African Slaves): Many served as nurses in the Confederate army, a few even hid their identity and fought in the war.
African Slaves
Children
Plantation Owners
Women
30s - Q9
Check the group that applies (Plantation Owners, Women, Children or African Slaves): Some escaped to serve in the Union army, while others were forced to build defenses for the Confederacy.
Women
Children
Plantation Owners
African Slaves
30s - Q10
Check the group that applies (Plantation Owners, Women, Children or African Slaves): They had to run the farms and plantations and find substitute for goods that were limited due to the blockade.
Women
Children
Plantation Owners
African Slaves
30s - Q11
Check the group that applies (Plantation Owners, Women, Children or African Slaves): Many served as drummers or flag bearers; most had to get a job after the war to financially help the family.
Women
Children
African Slaves
Plantation Owners
30s - Q12
Check the group that applies (Plantation Owners, Women, Children or African Slaves): They returned home to find their property in ruins and their slaves missing or liberated.
African Slaves
Women
Children
Plantation Owners
30s - Q13
Check the group that applies (Plantation Owners, Women, Children or African Slaves): As they were wealthy and powerful, they served as officers and leaders of the Confederate army.
Women
Plantation Owners
Children
African Slaves
30s - Q14
Check the group that applies (Plantation Owners, Women, Children or African Slaves): Life on the plantation didn’t change for them until the arrival of Union soldiers.
Women
African Slaves
Children
Plantation Owners
30s