1
2. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed territories to decide on slavery by:
A. A national referendum
B. A decision from Congress
C. A ruling from the Supreme Court
D. Popular sovereignty (voting by settlers)
D. Popular sovereignty (voting by settlers)
Women in the Civil War used what item to flirt with that can also be used to cool people down on a warm summer's day?
Fan
The Civil War happened
1860-1865
Oklahoma was a state during the Civil War true or false
F
Oklahoma has how many Civil War battles?
7 ( but two major)
The 13th amendment ended______________
Slavery
20. What was Abraham Lincoln’s goal at the beginning of the Civil War?
A. End slavery everywhere
B. Gain British support
C. Preserve the Union
D. Give the South independence
C. Preserve the Union
21. Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
A. Texas
B. Mississippi
C. South Carolina
D. Georgia
C. South Carolina
23. Why was Vicksburg important?
A. It ended slavery
B. It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
C. It was Lee’s biggest win
D. It was the first battle of the war
B. It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
24. What role did railroads play in the Civil War?
A. Used only by the Confederacy
B. Caused the war
C. Moved troops and supplies quickly
D. Were destroyed by both sides
C. Moved troops and supplies quickly
25. Why was the Union's naval blockade critical?
A. It helped stop British ships
B. It allowed cotton exports
C. It encouraged immigration
D. It cut off supplies to the South
D. It cut off supplies to the South
What were the nickname of soldiers on one or the other side in the civil war hit Billy _____ and Johnny ____.
DX2
Yank
Reb
14. Stand Watie was:
A. A Union general from Kansas
B. A spy for Abraham Lincoln
C. A Cherokee leader who fought for the Union
D. A Cherokee Confederate general and last to surrender
D. A Cherokee Confederate general and last to surrender
15. Clara Barton is remembered for:
A. Leading the 54th Massachusetts
B. Running for president
C. Founding the American Red Cross
D. Creating weapons for the Union
C. Founding the American Red Cross
16. The 54th Massachusetts was:
A. A Confederate artillery unit
B. A women’s nursing brigade
C. A white Union cavalry
D. An African American infantry regiment
D. An African American infantry regiment
17. The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because:
A. It ended the war
B. It was the turning point in favor of the Union
C. It was the first battle of the war
D. It happened in the South
B. It was the turning point in favor of the Union
18. The Battle of Antietam is known for being:
A. A surprise Confederate victory
B. A naval battle
C. The bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history
D. Where the war ended
C. The bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history
19. The Battle of Fredericksburg was a victory for:
A. The Union
B. The Confederacy
C. Both sides
D. France
B. The Confederacy
8. The Anaconda Plan was the Union’s strategy to:
A. Defend Washington, D.C.
B. Blockade the South and split it at the Mississippi River
C. Free all the slaves immediately
D. Get France and Britain to join the war
B. Blockade the South and split it at the Mississippi River
9. Joshua Chamberlain is best known for his heroic defense of:
A. Cemetery Hill
B. Little Round Top at Gettysburg
C. Antietam Creek
D. Fredericksburg bridge
B. Little Round Top at Gettysburg
10. General Ulysses S. Grant’s war strategy was called:
A. Total retreat
B. Peaceful resistance
C. Total war
D. Island hopping
C. Total war
11. What did Robert E. Lee do before the Civil War?
A. Worked as a cotton farmer
B. Fought for the British
C. Served as a U.S. Army officer and West Point graduate
D. Built Southern railroads
C. Served as a U.S. Army officer and West Point graduate
12. Why was Thomas Jackson called “Stonewall”?
A. He built forts out of stone
B. He refused to fight at Antietam
C. He stood firm like a stone wall in battle
D. He commanded troops in West Virginia
C. He stood firm like a stone wall in battle
13. The Oklahoma state flag design is most closely linked to which Civil War side?
A. Union
B. Neutral states
C. Confederacy
D. Border states
C. Confederacy
22. How many steps were there to loading a Civil War musket?
4
5
9
99
9
3. What was the major result of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?
A. All slaves were granted freedom
B. Slaves could sue for their freedom
C. Congress could ban slavery in the territories
D. Slaves were not citizens and Congress couldn’t ban slavery anywhere
D. Slaves were not citizens and Congress couldn’t ban slavery anywhere
4. John Brown led a raid on a U.S. arsenal at:
A. Fort Sumter
B. Harpers Ferry
C. Vicksburg
D. Antietam
B. Harpers Ferry
5. How did the Election of 1860 lead to Southern secession?
A. Abraham Lincoln promised to end all slavery immediately
B. The South felt overrepresented in Congress
C. Lincoln won without any Southern electoral votes
D. Lincoln promised to invade the South
C. Lincoln won without any Southern electoral votes
6. Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
A. A Confederate general
B. A Union spy
C. An abolitionist and newspaper editor
D. A leader of the 54th Massachusetts
C. An abolitionist and newspaper editor
7. Which side had more people, factories, weapons, and railroads?
A. Confederacy
B. Union
C. Both equally
D. Border States
B. Union