Question 1

What year did the Civil War end?

Accepted Answer

1865

Answer

1864

Answer

1866

Question 2

Which battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Answer

Chancellorsville

Answer

Antietam

Question 3

Why did the Emancipation Proclamation free enslaved people only in the South?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln did not believe he had the power to end slavery throughout the nation

Answer

Lincoln wanted slavery in the border states to help the Northern economy

Answer

Lincoln believed Northern enslaved peoples were treated better than Southern enslaved peoples

Question 4

What inspired African Americans to enlist in the Union Army?

Accepted Answer

The Emancipation Proclamation made ending slavery a main goal of the war

Answer

African Americans got the same pay as white soldiers

Answer

It was the only job African American men could get

Question 5

Which of the following was NOT true about the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?

Accepted Answer

They fought the Battle of Gettysburg under the command of General Lee

Answer

They won fame for fighting bravely at Fort Wagner

Answer

They increased enlistment rates of African American soldiers in the Union Army

Question 6

How did the U.S. government raise money to fight the war?

Accepted Answer

It taxed the people's earnings with an income tax

Answer

It seized and sold property owned by Southerners

Answer

It increased tariffs on foreign goods imported to the North

Question 7

How did the Union draft compare to the Confederate draft?

Accepted Answer

Both sides allowed drafted men to hire substitutes to serve

Answer

Northerners were more willing to be drafted than Southerners

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Each side's army was mostly men who were drafted

Question 8

What was the effect of the 13th Amendment?

Accepted Answer

It ended slavery in the whole United States

Answer

It was unnecessary because of the Emancipation Proclamation

Answer

It caused the South to secede from the Union

Question 9

Why is Appomattox Court House significant?

Accepted Answer

It is the site of the Confederate surrender and the end of the Civil War

Answer

It is the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War

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It was the Confederate capital after Richmond was captured

Question 10

Which of the following did NOT lead up to the Battle of Gettysburg?

Accepted Answer

The loss of Richmond forced the Confederates to go north

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Lee hoped a victory in the North would lead to European recognition and aid

Answer

Confederate troops searched for shoes in southern Pennsylvania

Question 11

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Emancipation Proclamation?

Accepted Answer

It united Northerners in support of the war

Answer

It had little immediate impact on slavery

Answer

It encourage enslaved peoples to escape

Question 12

Which of the following was NOT true of women in the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

They served in Congress

Answer

They took men's places in factories

Answer

They ran farms and plantations

Question 13

What is meant by the statement that General Sherman waged a total war?

Accepted Answer

He made war against everything that could support the enemy

Answer

He fought all the Confederates in one battle

Answer

He calculated victories by counting the properties destroyed

Question 14

Which of the following is true about the Siege of Vicksburg?

Accepted Answer

The Siege of Vicksburg cut the South in two at the Mississippi River

Answer

After the Siege of Vicksburg, Britain decided to aid the South

Answer

The North victory was from Grant's ruthless practice of total war

Question 15

Lincoln urged the country to not let the men who fought die in vain in what speech?

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg Address

Answer

First Inaugural Address

Answer

Second Inaugural Address

Question 16

The Civil War affected the north in all of the following ways EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Farmers deserted their farms to work in factories

Answer

The U.S. government owed a huge amount of money after the war

Answer

Industry began to replace farming as the main economic activity

Question 17

Who helped Lincoln to win reelection in the Election of 1864?

Accepted Answer

General Sherman

Answer

General Grant

Answer

General McClellan

Question 18

Who assassinated Lincoln just 5 days after the Civil War ended?

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Answer

Wilmer McLean

Answer

Montgomery Meigs

Question 19

Which of the following was a reason the South suffered so much damage during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Most of the battles were fought in the South

Answer

Their generals were not as good as in the North

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Income tax and greenbacks made inflation much worse in the South than in the North

Question 20

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Southern plantations and farms would have to close to make room for factories

Answer

The federal government would have to pay back a huge amount of war loans.

Answer

Industry would replace farming as the main source of the national economy.

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