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The Civil War

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Talks about the following topics: Abraham Lincoln, Battles of the Civil War, The Issue of Slavery, Medicine, and Famous Generals. *Make sure to read the explanations after you do the quiz because they have a lot of information.
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Question 1

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What is Sectionalism and how does it relate to the Civil War? Pick the BEST answer.
Answer
  • When government starts to interfere with beleifs of the people → The South thought that the government interfered with their beleif that slavery should be allowed
  • When a war starts due to a country spliting into two seperate countries → The Civil War starts when the South seperates from the North
  • When a counrty splits into two new countries → The South seperated from the North
  • When one part of a country has different intrests than the rest of the country → The South wanted more state's rights and slavery

Question 2

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The president of the Union was _______________ and the president of the Confederacy was _______________.
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  • Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis
  • Jefferson Davis; Abraham Lincoln
  • Abraham Lincoln; George McClellan
  • George McClellan; Abraham Lincoln

Question 3

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Abraham Lincoln main goal when he started the war in the first place was to get rid of slavery.
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  • True
  • False

Question 4

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A copperhead is a poisonous type of snake. This was also a nickname to people ____________________.
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  • who were from the South, but fighting for the North
  • who were from the North, but fighting for the South
  • in the North who DIDN'T want a war to make America unified again
  • in the North who DID want a war to make America unified again

Question 5

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How many volunteers did Lincoln call for?
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  • 75,000
  • 65,000
  • 70,000
  • 60,000

Question 6

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The first shot of the Civil War was in _____________.
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  • Bull Run
  • Vicksburg
  • Fort Sumter
  • Gettysburg

Question 7

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This short-lived political party wanted to keep slavery out of the west. This group of people consisted of former anti-slavery members of the Whig and Democratic Party.
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  • Republican Party
  • Free Soil Party
  • Democratic Party
  • Anti-Slavery Party

Question 8

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Why did the South want to seperate to create their own country?
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  • They wanted to still have slavery.
  • They wanted the states to have more power in government.
  • They wanted to have more industry in their economey.
  • They wanted to have more agriculture in their economey.
  • They wanted to abolish slavery.

Question 9

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Where was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War?
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  • Battle of Gettysburg
  • Battle of Bull Run
  • Battle of Vicksburg
  • Battle of Fort Sumter

Question 10

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What were some advantages of the Confederates during the Civil War?
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  • Bigger population
  • Defensive war; most of the wars here
  • Stronger Industry = More guns
  • Better military generals
  • Railroad transportation

Question 11

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What were some advantages of the Union during the Civil War?
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  • Bigger population
  • Defensive war; most of the wars here
  • Stronger Industry = More guns
  • Better military generals
  • Railroad transportation

Question 12

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How long did the Civil War last? Was it longer or shorter than expected?
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  • 4 years → longer than expected
  • 4 years → shorter than expected
  • 6 years → longer than expected
  • 6 years → shorter than expected

Question 13

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What is martial law?
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  • The Army takes part of government by making the laws.
  • Ruling by the elected government rather than having army.
  • Ruling by the army rather than having elected government.
  • Ruling by both the army and the people.

Question 14

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Who was the first general appointed by Abraham Lincoln?
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Question 15

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Why was Lincoln dissatisfied with this general?
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  • Lincoln found out that he was actually fighting to help the Confederates win the Civil War.
  • Lincoln saw that the general lost many of the battles for the Union.
  • The general hesitated a lot and was too cautious.
  • The general seemed to care more about his politics than the war.
  • The general was too viscous when fighting in the war.

Question 16

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Who did Lincoln put in charge after this general failed him?
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Question 17

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Who was the general after the general in question 16?
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Question 18

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Who was the commander and cheif of the Confederate Army?
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Question 19

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An ironclad ship was a ship completely made of steel. These ships were so important because they weren't seriously damaged after a battle; this meant that both sides of the war still needed to work harder to fight off the opposing side. The Union's ironclad ship was the _____________ and the Confederate's ironclad ship was the ______________.
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  • Merrimack; Monitor
  • Clermont; Monitor
  • Clermont; Merrimack
  • Monitor; Merrimack

Question 20

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What was the Missouri Compromise?
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  • Maine became a slave state and Missouri became a free state; a slave line was created.
  • Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state; a slave line was created.
  • Used popular sovereignty to vote on a state to be a slave state in the Louisiana Purchase.
  • California became a free state and Missouri became a slave state; a slave line was created.

Question 21

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What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
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  • California became a free state and Missouri became a slave state; a slave line was created.
  • Maine became a slave state and Missouri became a free state; a slave line was created.
  • Used popular sovereignty to vote on a state to be a slave state in the Louisiana Purchase.
  • Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state; a slave line was created.

Question 22

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What were the five parts of the Compramise of 1850?
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  • Set up the Fugitive Slave Act
  • Banned slave trade in DC
  • Admitting California as a free state
  • Splitting up the Texas territory
  • Instating popular sovereignty in the Mexican Cession
  • Created a slave line
  • Canceled the Fugitive Slave Act

Question 23

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What did the Fugitive Slave Act do?
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  • Jailed or fined people in the North who attempted to free slaves
  • Approved of the people in North to help slaves once they got to the North
  • Forced people in the North to send runaway slaves back to their owners
  • Allowed slaves to fight for the North

Question 24

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What were the states that were accepted into the Union even though they were slave states?
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  • Kentucky
  • Missouri
  • Maryland
  • Deleware
  • West Virginia
  • Virginia
  • Tennessee

Question 25

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When General Lee found out that Jackson died, he said "I lost my right arm." This meant that Lee lost his main fighter that always helped him win the battles. What battle did Stonewall Jackson die in?
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  • Battle of Chancellorsville
  • Battle of Shiloh
  • Battle of Gettysburg
  • Battle of Vicksburg

Question 26

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How did Stonewall Jackson get his nickname?
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  • He held his ground in battle and commanded with respect and courage.
  • He was stubborn because he didn't want serve in the war.
  • He stood and he never let any Union troops pass by him without getting killed.
  • He was very tall.

Question 27

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Who won one of the bloodiest battles, the Battle of Shiloh?
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  • (General Grant) The North
  • (General Lee) The South

Question 28

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Who won the Battle of Fredricksburg?
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  • General Grant (The North)
  • General Lee (The South)

Question 29

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What was so important about the Battle of Vicksburg?
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  • It cut off trade and travel for the South.
  • It cut off half of the South from the rest of the Confederacy.
  • It won the Civil War for the North.
  • It made the South have a chance of winning the Civil War.

Question 30

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What were some war tactics used MOST in the Civil War?
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  • Anaconda Plan
  • Sieges
  • Divide and Conquer
  • Ambushes
  • Charges

Question 31

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When Dorothea Dix saw the conditions at prisons and mental hospitals, she decided to______________.
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  • reform or improve them
  • show the conditions to everyone
  • protest against them
  • appreciate them

Question 32

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_______________ was a hospital nurse and also created the American Red Cross in 1881.
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  • Dorothea Dix
  • Clara Barton

Question 33

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A regiment is a unit in the army commanded by a colonel. What was the name of the first African American Regiment?
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  • The 54th Regiment
  • The 44th Regiment
  • The African American Regiment
  • The 1st African American Regiment

Question 34

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In addition to the ironclad ships, what were some other new advancements in the Civil War?
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  • Minie Ball (Conical Bullet)
  • Farther Range Cannons
  • More Explosive Gunpowder
  • Tanks

Question 35

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Jefferson Davis had some trouble creating a strong centralized government in the Confederacy because the states wouldn't pay their taxes. He decided to make the ______________ to help this matter.
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  • income tax law
  • slave tax law
  • Constitution
  • Compramise of 1850

Question 36

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Inflation is when the ___________ decreases and the __________ increase. This happened to the South's currency.
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  • Value; prices
  • Prices; value
  • Poverty; prices
  • Poverty; value

Question 37

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Who captured and destroyed Virginia?
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Question 38

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Who's plan for the war was to destroy everything in the Union troops' path except for the things they could steal (total war)?
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Question 39

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What captured and destroyed the city of Atlanta?
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Question 40

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When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Lincoln, what did it do?
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  • It made the slaves free.
  • It gave the slaves more hope of being free.
  • It made it impossible for slaves to be free.

Question 41

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What was the turning point of the Civil War?
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  • The Battle of Gettysburg
  • The Battle of Fredericksburg
  • The Battle of Chancellorsville
  • The Battle of Vicksburg

Question 42

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Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech was the Gettysburg Address. It was important because it ____________________.
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  • ended the Civil War
  • freed all slaves
  • honored those who died in the Civil War
  • honored those who died in the Battle of Gettysburg

Question 43

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Where did the Civil war end?
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  • Appomattox Courthouse
  • Gettysburg
  • Vicksburg
  • New Orleans

Question 44

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Harriet Beecher Stowe, an abolitionist and author wrote a book called ______________. It was about the cruelty of slavery and how the slaves were treated.
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  • Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • Slavery Through the Eyes of a Slave
  • The Evils of slavery
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