Civil War Practice Test 1 assesses knowledge on key facts about the United States during the 1860s, focusing on demographics, influential anti-slavery figures, and pivotal events leading up to the Civil War. This quiz is essential for understanding the social and economic factors of the era.
“Pete” Longstreet
Edward Everett Hale
Josiah Hay
John Wilkes Booth
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The cruel nature of slavery
The beauties of southern plantation life.
The horrors of the Civil War battles.
The degrading nature of northern factory work.
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Slavery was okay in the South but not in the North
Slavery should be totally ended
Slaves should be able to buy their freedom by working off their debt
None of the above
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1776-1803
1811-1814
1861-1865
1863-1865
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Nat Turner
Fredrick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
George McClellen
They didn't have their own president
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Bull Run, Virginia
New Orleans, Louisiana
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Valverde, New Mexico
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His loss to General Stand Waite in Oklahoma
His march from Atlanta to the sea, burning everything in his path.
His defense of Washington D. C. against Jubal Early’s surprise attack.
His capture of New Orleans.
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Richmond
Cold Harbor
Murfreesboro
Appomattox Court House
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Virginia
South Carolina
Mississippi
Kentucky
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Shiloh
Island No. 10
Cold Harbor
Antietam
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The war would be long and bloody.
European countries would ally with the North to prevent secession.
Slaves would revolt as soon as the first shots were fired.
The war would be brief and almost bloodless.
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Montgomery, Alabama
Charleston, South Carolina
Richmond, Virginia
Tupelo, Mississippi
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Pay back Virginia for the sin of slavery.
Get the Federal deposits of gold there to buy freedom for the slaves.
Get weapons for a slave rebellion.
Free slaves from the Federal prison there.
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Gave former slaves the right to vote.
Abolished slavery.
Pardoned Confederate soldiers and politicians.
All of the above
A) and c) only
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The Abolitionist
The Independent
Freedom!
The Liberator
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Nat Turner
Fredrick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
George McClellen
Stonewall Jackson
William Sherman
Jefferson Davis
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Freed all the slaves.
Freed serfs in Russia
Freed some slaves, and left others in slavery.
Allowed Southerners to free their slaves, if they wished to.
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Montgomery, Alabama
Charleston, South Carolina
Richmond, Virginia
Tupelo, Mississippi
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Abraham Lincoln
William Lloyd Garrison
George McClellen
All of the above
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Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
George McClellen
Stonewall Jackson
William Sherman
Jefferson Davis
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1899
1903
1949
1959
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8
12
13
15
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250 million
12 million
32 million
25 million
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4 million
10 million
12 million
6 million
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1%
2%
2.5%
5%
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100
300
1000
2200
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Battle of Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
Shiloh
Antietem
Bull Run
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