Lesson 1: The Two Sides
Which was the most vital border state for the Union?
A. Delaware
B. Kentucky
C. Maryland
D. Missouri
C. Maryland
Where was the first major battle of the Civil War?
A. Antietam Creek
B. Bull Run
C. Richmond
D. Shiloh
(Bonus: Who won the battle?)
B. Bull Run
(Bonus: The Rebels won.)
The systematic destruction of the land and the people - not just an army - is called
A. a blockade
B. slash - and - burn
C. terminal war
D. total war
D. total war
True or False: Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri had close ties to both the Union and the Confederacy.
True
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
A. Mississippi
B. Alabama
C. South Carolina
D. Florida
C. South Carolina
The South expected support from Britain and France because these two European relied on the South for
A. cotton
B. rice
C. manufactured goods
D. goods and services
A. cotton
What was the Union goal in the West?
A. to control California
B. to control Texas
C. to control the Mississippi River
D. to control the Tennessee River
C. to control the Mississippi River
What was Sherman's march across Georgia toward the Atlantic called?
A. Cold War
B. Long Siege
C. March to the Atlantic
D. March to the Sea
D. March to the Sea.
True or False: Slavery was banned in the border states.
False
What percentage of the population of the United States died in the U.S. Civil War?
A. 5%
B. 2%
C. 14%
D. 36%
B. 2%
What was one of the main advantages of the South?
A. a larger population
B. excellent military leaders
C. belief in states' rights
D. strong industries
B. excellent military leaders
Together the Union and Confederate armies suffered more than 3,600 on a single day in which battle?
A. Bull Run
B. New Orleans
C. Richmond
D. Antietam Creek
(Bonus: Who won the battle?)
D. Antietam Creek
(Bonus: The Yankees won.)
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender to the Union?
A. Appomattox Court House
B. Gettysburg Cemetery
C. Richmond
D. Vicksburg
True or False: An efficient railway network was one of the South's strengths.
False.
The Emancipation Proclamation was decreed on the date of
A. January 1st, 1861
B. January 1st, 1862
C. January 1st, 1863
D. January 1st, 1864
C. January 1st, 1863
A. cities
B. farms
C. the far West
D. coastal areas
B. farms
The Confederacy used ironclads and submarine to __________ the Union's blockades.
Break through
1865
True
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
A. Robert E. Lee
B. Stonewall Jackson
C. John Tyler
D. Jefferson Davis
D. Jefferson Davis
Describe the different goals of the North and South at the start of the Civil War.
The North wanted to preserve the Union while the South wanted to be recognized as an independent nation.
The ___________ and the U.S.S. Monitor took part in a battle that raised spirits in the North and in the South.
(Bonus: Who won the naval battle?)
C.S.S. Virginia
(Bonus: It was a draw. Both ships didn't sink!)
The battle went on for four hours, the cannon balls simply deflected off the iron ships. Later, the U.S.S. Monitor sank in bad weather off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
What happened at Galveston Bay, Texas on June 19th, 1865?
The Union freed the last remaining enslaved African-American in the South after two months of the end of war and three years of the day Emancipation Proclamation decreed.
True or False: After the war, thousands of former Confederate officials and soldiers were pardoned.
True
What was the era after the Civil War called?
A. Reunification
B. Reformation
C. Reconstruction
D. Emancipation
C. Reconstruction