How Well Do You Know The Civil War?
How well do you know the Civil War?
- 1.What battle showed both sides that they needed uniforms and proper training?
- A.
Fredericksburg
- B.
Battle of Bull Run
- C.
Gettysburg
- 2.What town had to be captured to give the Union control of the Mississippi River?
- A.
Appomattox Courthouse
- B.
Vicksburg
- C.
Memphis
- 3.Identify the similarity between these terms:Lincoln, Grant, McClellan, Sherman, Sheridan, and Atlanta.
- A.
They all effected the election of 1864
- B.
They were all on the Union side
- C.
They effected the public's view of the war
- 4.This was the bloodiest battle of the war:
- A.
Fort Henry
- B.
Gettysburg
- C.
Fredericksburg
- 5.Which was the bloodiest single day of the war?
- A.
Battle of Shiloh
- B.
Appomattox Courthouse
- C.
Battle of Antietam
- 6.What was the second attack of the Battle of Gettysburg?
- A.
Pickett's Charge
- B.
Appomattox Courthouse
- C.
Vicksburg
- 7.During what battle was Stonewall Jackson killed?
- A.
Fredericksburg
- B.
Chancellorsville
- C.
Richmond
- 8.What event caused the Civil War?
- A.
The attack on Fort Henry
- B.
Capture of Fort Donelson
- C.
Secession of South Carolina
- 9.Until what Union victory did Lincoln wait to release the Emancipation Proclamation?
- A.
Battle of Bull Run
- B.
Battle of Shiloh
- C.
Battle of Antietam
- 10.What was the condition for slaves to be released under the Emancipation Proclamation, and how many slaves were freed?
- A.
Only slaves in the Confederacy were freed; 0 slaves
- B.
Only slaves in the regions in rebellion against the Union were freed; 0 slaves
- C.
Only slaves in slave states, Union or Confederacy were freed; 5,000 slaves
- 11.Who would say these words after Robert E. Lee surrenders his army to the Union in what town?"The war is over. The rebels are our countrymen again."
- A.
Grant; Appomattox Courthouse
- B.
Sherman; Georgia
- C.
Lincoln; Washington, D.C.
- 12.Who started the American Red Cross?
- A.
Dorothea Dix
- B.
Clara Barton
- C.
Sally Louisa Tompkins
- 13.Why didn't Lincoln want to declare war on the Confederacy?
- 14.Who was Jefferson Davis?
- A.
Senator of Virginia
- B.
The president of the Confederacy
- C.
A poor farmer turned Confederate soldier
- 15.What were the parts of the Anaconda Plan? Did it work?
- 16.What was the South's basic battle plan?
- A.
Invade the North
- B.
Not lose
- C.
Capture Washington, D.C.
- 17.What was Lincoln's problem with George McClellan?
- A.
He was too cautious
- B.
He didn't have very good battle plans
- C.
He didn't want to listen to others
- 18.Why did Robert E. Lee join the Confederacy?
- A.
He couldn't take up arms against his native Virginia
- B.
He though Lincoln was a complete fool
- C.
He didn't think that the Union could win the war
- 19.How did the Merrimack and the Monitor change naval warfare?
- 20.Why was the Civil War more deadly than previous wars?
- 21.What was the leading cause of death during the war?
- A.
Bullet wounds
- B.
Unsanitary conditions
- C.
Disease
- 22.What was the event behind the saying, "Rich man's war, poor man's fight"?
- A.
The Battle of Shiloh
- B.
The amount dead at Gettysburg
- C.
The bounty and draft laws
- 23.What is Habeas Corpus?
- A.
- 24.To raise money to fund the war, both sides created mass amounts of paper money. This caused the value of the money to decrease drastically. What is this called?
- A.
- 25.What was the purpose of the North blockading the South?
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