Start of War
Who was elected President of the United States in 1860?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Jefferson Davis
B) Abraham Lincoln
6.) What were the southern states called?
A) The Union
B) The Libertarians
C) The Confederacy
C) Confederacy
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A) Ulysses Grant
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Jefferson Davis
B) Abraham Lincoln
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
A) Lee Harvey Oswald
B) John Wilkes Booth
C) William Henry Harrison
B) John Wilkes Booth
The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed citizenship to newly free slaves.
A) True
B) False
A) True
Which of the following is a Southern advantage at the start of the Civil War?
A) Railroads
B) War was fought on the home land
C) More factories than the North
B) War was fought on the homeland
What were the northern states called?
A) The Union
B) The Libertarians
C) The Confederacy
A) The Union
What new technology did the South make use of during the war?
A) Automobiles
B) Ironclad Ships
C) Cannons and Machine Guns
B) Ironclad Ships
The Emancipation Proclamation was successful and immediately freed all enslaved people.
A) True
B) False
B) False
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
A) 13th Amendment
B) 15th Amendment
C) 14th Amendment
A) 13th Amendment
A civil war is a war between __________.
A) People of nearby countries
B) People of the same country
C) Two different countries
B) People of the same country
Why did both sides eventually have to rely on a draft?
A) Accounts of soldier’s experiences reached home and the number of volunteers dropped
B) Only the South had to rely on a draft
C) Soldiers were switching sides
A) Accounts of soldier’s experiences reached home and the number of volunteers dropped
With 23,000 deaths, what was the bloodiest one-day battle in US history?
A) Gettysburg
B) Antietam
C) 1st Battle of Bull Run
B) Antietam
What is the name of the most famous all-Black American unit that served in the Union Army?
A) Massachusetts 54th Regiment
B) New York 36th Regiment
C) Freedom Riders
A) Massachusetts 54th Regiment
After the Civil War, the Freedman’s Bureau was set up primarily to help which group of people?
A) Northern factory workers
B) Confederate soldiers
C) Former slaves
C) Former slaves
Which of the following is a Northern advantage at the start of the Civil War?
A) Railroads
B) Home Field Advantage
C) Slaves
A) Railroads
Who was the general that Lincoln eventually fired for being too cautious?
A. George McClellan
B. Ulysses Grant
C. Robert Lee
A. George McClellan
The Emancipation Proclamation declared slaves in _____________ were free.
A) Northern States
B) Border States
C) Southern States
C) Southern States
In 1864, which Civil War general captured and burnt down much of Atlanta, Georgia?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) William Tecumseh Sherman
C) Ulysses S. Grant
B) William Tecumseh Sherman
What did President Andrew Johnson want for reunification?
A) Harsh punishments for Southern states
B) Quick and simple reunification with no harsh punishment
C) He did not support reunification at all
B) Quick and simple reunification with no harsh punishment
Where did the first battle of the Civil War occur?
A) Fort Knox, Kentucky
B) Bull Run, Virginia
C) Fort. Sumter, South Carolina
C) Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Why did President Lincoln impose a naval blockade on the South at the beginning of the war?
A) To prevent people and goods from entering or leaving
B) To encourage trade at Northern ports
C) To show off how powerful Northern ships were
A) To prevent people and goods from entering or leaving
Who could now join the Union Army and Navy after the Emancipation Proclamation?
A) Black American men
B) Women
C) Children
A) Black American men
What speech starts out, "Fourscore and seven years ago..."?
A) Gettysburg Address
B) Emancipation Proclamation
C) Vicksburg Address
A) Gettysburg Address
The Fifteenth Amendment __________.
A) Granted newly freed slaves the right to vote
B) Allowed for literacy tests and poll taxes
C) Abolished Slavery in the United States
A) Granted newly freed slaves the right to vote