civil war

Question 1

The Union stopped the British ship _______ in an effort to arrest Confederate officials en route to Europe

Answer 1

Trent

Question 2

March to the Sea

Answer 2

William Tecumseh Sherman

Question 3

Philip Sheridan defeated and largely burned the ____ Valley

Answer 3

Shenandoah

Question 4

All of the following were Union military officers EXCEPT

Answer 4

John Bell Hood

Question 5

Stonewall Jackson was killed in the aftermath of the Battle of

Answer 5

Chancellorsville

Question 6

The European nation with which the Confederacy was the most interested in securing an alliance

Answer 6

Great Britain

Question 7

Under the Anaconda Plan

Answer 7

the Union hoped to blockade the South to disrupt its economy

Question 8

Notorious Confederate prison camp

Answer 8

Andersonville

Question 9

All of the following battles helped the Union secure control of the Mississippi River EXCEPT

Answer 9

Chickamauga

Question 10

Women’s lives were largely unchanged during the Civil War.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

All of the following were Confederate military officers EXCEPT

Answer 11

Joseph Hooker

Question 12

The Civil War started in ____ and ended in _____

Answer 12

1861, 1865

Question 13

United States president during the Civil War

Answer 13

Abraham Lincoln

Question 14

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in response to the Battle of

Answer 14

Sharpsburg/Antietam

Question 15

Lincoln was assassinated by

Answer 15

John Wilkes Booth

Question 16

Throughout much of the war, both the Union and Confederacy suffered high inflation and taxes.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

First actual battle of the Civil War

Answer 17

Manassas/Bull Run

Question 18

Confederate president

Answer 18

Jefferson Davis

Question 19

Confederate capital

Answer 19

Richmond

Question 20

Blacks joined both the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Copperheads were

Answer 21

Antiwar Northern Democrats

Question 22

The Shenandoah Valley is in

Answer 22

Virginia

Question 23

Nurse whose brave and caring exploits eventually turned into the American Red Cross

Answer 23

Clara Barton

Question 24

The Union enjoyed most of the military, political, and economic advantages over the Confederacy.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

The first shot of the Civil War

Answer 25

Ft Sumter

Question 26

At the beginning of the war, Lincoln’s stated war objective was to abolish slavery in the southern states.

Answer 26

False

Question 27

The Union capture of ____ probably secured Lincoln’s reelection in 1864

Answer 27

Atlanta

Question 28

Vicious race riot in 1863

Answer 28

New York

Question 29

The Emancipation Proclamation was intended to achieve all of the following EXCEPT

Answer 29

Fully abolish slavery

Question 30

Greenbacks were Union

Answer 30

Currency

Question 31

Two battles fought on Union soil (Select two)

Answer 31

Sharpsburg/Antietam ,Gettysburg

Question 32

The first southern states to secede

Answer 32

Lower South

Question 33

The Five Tribes of Oklahoma sided with the

Answer 33

Confederacy

Question 34

Union admiral who captured New Orleans

Answer 34

Farragut

Question 35

Confederate raider in Missouri

Answer 35

William Quantrill

Question 36

Robert E Lee surrendered at

Answer 36

Appomattox

Question 37

All of the following were slave states that remained in the Union EXCEPT

Answer 37

Virginia

Question 38

The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in territories that Lincoln had no control over. Slaves in the Union over which he was president were exempt and therefore were not freed by the Proclamation.

Answer 38

True