Battles & Strategy
Where did the Civil War begin?
Fort Sumter
Which general was successful at Bull Run?
"Stonewall" Jackson
Which is NOT a Southern advantage?
A) Larger population
B) Strong military leadership
C) Defensive war strategy
D) High cotton production
A) Larger population
Northern anti-war Democrats were called?
Copperheads
Who was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
A) Slaves in seceded states
B) All enslaved people everywhere
C) Slaves in border states
D) Confederate soldiers
A) Slaves in seceded states
Which is NOT part of the Anaconda Plan?
1) Capturing Richmond
2) Burning Atlanta
3) Taking control of the Mississipi River
4) Blockading the Eastern Coast of the Confederacy
2) Burning Atlanta
Confederate President & capital.
(+200 points if you say the number of suceeding states)
Which is a Northern advantage?
A) Better transportation
B) Knowledge of terrain
C) Stronger military leadership
D) Reliance on cotton exports
A) Better transportation
Why did Lincoln suspend Habeas Corpus?
A) To jail deserters/sympathizers
B) To free Union generals
C) To ban slavery
D) To enforce the draft
To jail deserters/sympathizers
Which is NOT true of the Gettysburg Address?
A) Promised an immediate end to the war
B) Delivered in 1863
C) Spoke of “a new birth of freedom”
D) Lasted only a few minutes
A) Promised an immediate end to the war
Union victory, splitting the CSA along the Mississippi?
(Hint: The Battle. +300 points if you can name the Union general)
Vicksburg, General Ulysses S. Grant
Which general led the Union to victory in the West and later overall command?
Ulysses S. Grant
Which is NOT a Union characteristic?
A) Industrial power
B) Large population
C) High cotton production
D) Strong navy
C) High cotton production
Which is NOT a common hardship of soldiers?
A) Poor officers
B) Disease
C) Hunger
D) Exposure to weather
Poor officers
Why was foreign recognition important to the Confederacy?
A) Needed aid from Britain & France
B) To recruit Native American allies
C) To convince Lincoln to resign
D) To expand slavery into Mexico
A) Needed aid from Britain & France
Which general defeated Lee at Antietam?
McClellan
Which Civil War statement is inaccurate?
1) Fewer than 100,000 deaths during the Civil War.
2) The Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865.
3) The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the war in 1863.
4) The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in states that had seceded.
1) Fewer than 100,000 deaths during the Civil War.
Which is NOT a Confederate characteristic?
A) Fighting spirit
B) Booming economy
C) Agricultural dependence
D) Hope for foreign aid
B) Booming economy
What happened to the Northern economy during the war?
A) Economic boom
B) Collapse of industry
C) Devastation of farmland
D) Dependence on cotton exports
A) Economic boom
What did Lincoln emphasize as the Union’s goal early in the war?
A) Conquering Canada
B) Immediate abolition of slavery
C) Preserving the Union
D) Establishing new territories
C) Preserving the Union
Which is NOT true of the Civil War?
1) It was the bloodiest war in American History.
2) It was a short conflict.
3) It is widely considered the first modern war due to the integration of new technology and tactics.
4) It directly led to the Emancipation Proclamation and the passage of the 13th Amendment.
2) It was a short conflict
Which is true of Abraham Lincoln?
A) Declared the Civil War’s main goal was to end slavery from the very beginning.
B) Championed the Kansas-Nebraska Act
C) Delivered the Gettysburg Address
D) Immediately enlisted African American men to fight for the Union
C) Delivered the Gettysburg Address.
Which Civil War prison in Georgia saw about 13,000 die?
A) Andersonville
B) Fort Wagner
C) Libby Prison
D) Elmira Prison
A) Andersonville
What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
A) Heroic attack on Fort Wagner
B) First use of ironclads
C) Ended slavery immediately
D) Invaded Richmond
A) Heroic attack on Fort Wagner
Which issue most divided the Border States like Kentucky and Missouri?
A) Trade with Europe
B) Slavery & loyalty to Union vs. Confederacy
C) Relations with Native tribes
D) Railroad construction
B) Slavery & loyalty to Union vs. Confederacy