Civil War Knowledge Test: History Quiz
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- 1.This battle was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. History early in the war, it helped set the stage for Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
- A.
Gettysburg
- B.
Total war
- C.
Anitetam
- D.
Ft. Sumter
- E.
Vicksburg
- 2.This state was the first to secede from the United States and was the state in which the first shots were fired during the Civil War.
- A.
Virginia
- B.
South Carolina
- C.
Pennsylvania
- D.
Texas
- 3.Although President Lincoln decided to "only" send in food for hungry soldiers. The Confederacy decided that the war should begin here and ordered an attack.
- A.
Gettysburg
- B.
Appomattox Court House
- C.
Antietam
- D.
Ft. Sumter
- 4.This 3 day battle marked the turning point of the Civil War and the last time the Confederate Army attacked in the North after the Yankee army defeated the Confederates.
- A.
Gettysburg
- B.
Harper's Ferry Virginia
- C.
Bleeding Kansas
- D.
Ft. Sumter
- 5.After a long period of thought on the issue of slavery he (________________________) signed the Emancipation Proclamation, officially turning the Civil War into a conflict over slavery.
- A.
Robert E. Lee
- B.
Abraham Lincoln
- C.
Jefferson Davis
- D.
Frederick Douglass
- 6.His total war campaign called for a "scorched earth" policy that left Southern towns in ruins after Yankee armies burned down cities, crops and livestock.
- A.
William T. Sherman
- B.
Abraham Lincoln
- C.
Robert E. Lee
- D.
John Wilkes Booth
- 7.The _____________ was formed in 1861 and elected ___________________ as its first President.
- A.
United States of America; Abraham Lincoln
- B.
Confederate States of America, Robert E. Lee
- C.
Confederate States of America; Jefferson Davis
- D.
Yankee States of America; Ulysses S. Grant
- 8.This northern abolitionist believed God's plan for him was to end slavery by any means necessary. He tried to start a slave uprising by leading a raid on an army weapons armory.
- A.
Abraham Lincoln
- B.
John Brown
- C.
Frederick Douglass
- D.
Dred Scott
- 9.He was the President of the Confederacy.
- A.
Jefferson Davis
- B.
Robert E. Lee
- C.
Abraham Lincoln
- D.
John Wilkes Booth
- E.
Frederick Douglass
- 10.This declared that all slaves in the South were now free.
- A.
Gettysburg Address
- B.
Declaration of Independence
- C.
Constitution
- D.
Emancipation Proclamation
- 11.He was the President of the Union.
- A.
Jefferson Davis
- B.
Robert E. Lee
- C.
Abraham Lincoln
- D.
John Wilkes Booth
- E.
Frederick Douglass
- 12.After the Civil War, the United States outlawed slavery or involuntary servitude, except when the punishment for a crime when this __________was ratified.
- A.
Emancipation Proclamation
- B.
15th Amendment
- C.
13th Amendment
- D.
2nd Amendment
- 13.This amendment changed U.S. law so that it read that all persons born in the United States were citizens and would have equal protection under the law.
- A.
1st Amendment
- B.
13th Amendment
- C.
14th Amendment
- D.
15th Amendment
- 14.He became President when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, reconstruction plan rejected the Freedmen's Bureau, 40 acres and a mule plan, and civil rights for freed slaves.
- A.
John Wilkes Booth
- B.
Ulysses S. Grant
- C.
Andrew Johnson
- D.
Jefferson Davis
- 15.At the conclusion of the war, President Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln attended a theatre performance where he was assassinated by:
- A.
John Wilkes Booth
- B.
Andrew Johnson
- C.
Sullivan Ballou
- D.
Robert E. Lee
- 16.When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?
- A.
Abolish slavery
- B.
Punish the south
- C.
Restore the Union
- D.
Bring an end to the war.
- 17.Which of the following was not an important advantage of the North?
- A.
Railroads
- B.
Better soldiers
- C.
Higher population
- D.
Stronger Navy
- 18.In which area did the South have an advantage over the North in the Civil War?
- A.
It was able to trade cotton with Europe throughout the war.
- B.
It was able to produce weapons faster than the North.
- C.
It allowed women to fight in the Confederate army
- D.
Better military leadership and more motivated soldiers
- 19.The ___________, was formed during ____________ by former Confederate soldiers in an attempt to intimidate newly freed slaves.
- A.
Freedmen's Bureau, Reconstruction
- B.
Ku Klux Klan, Reconstruction
- C.
Radical Republicans, the Civil War
- D.
Underground Railroad, Reconstruction
- 20.Where did the South surrender?
- A.
Ft. Sumter
- B.
Appomatox Court House
- C.
Bull Run
- D.
They never surrendered, they still think they are fighting the Civil War
- 21.What was the name of the two military strategies used by the North in order to achieve victory?
- A.
Total War and Reconstruction
- B.
Naval war and Total War
- C.
Anaconda Plan and Total War
- D.
Total War and Civil War
- 22.What did the Compromise of 1850 accomplish?
- A.
It allowed California to be admitted as a free state
- B.
It made it more difficult for slaves to gain their freedom by passing a tougher Fugitive Slave Act
- C.
It ended slavery in Washington D.C.
- D.
All of the above options
- E.
None of the options
- 23.Which of the following abolished (ended) slavery in the South?
- A.
Thirteenth Amendment
- B.
Fourteenth Amendment
- C.
Fifteenth Amendment
- D.
Emancipation Proclamation
- 24.What was Reconstruction?
- A.
The time period after the war where the Union was made into one country.
- B.
The last battle of the war
- C.
A period that led to the Civil War
- D.
The document that freed the slaves.
- 25.This reconstruction plan called for tough treatment of the wealthy southerners, in which African-Americans would be given 40 acres and a mule, the Freedmen's Bureau would be established and the federal government would ensure African Americans received equal rights.
- A.
Lincoln' Plan (10% plan)
- B.
Johnson's plan
- C.
Congressional Reconstruction Plan
- D.
None of the options
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