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The Civil War
Test Description: What caused the country to splinter apart and fight brother vs. brother?
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Civil War?
A
Sectionalism
B
Slavery
C
State's Rights
D
Westward Expansion
2) Why was the battle plan for the North called the Anaconda Plan?
A
They wanted to use their soldiers to spread out and win battles in an S form
B
They wanted to cut off trade to the South and blockade their ports
C
They planned to release large snakes into the cotton fields of the South
D
They intended to take out the Southern Forts by slithering under ground and capturing he forts from inside
3) Where were the first shots of the war fired?
A
Vicksburg
B
Antietam
C
Gettysburg
D
Fort Sumter
4) Whose election led to South Carolina and then 10 other southern states seceding from the Union?
A
Washington
B
Lincoln
C
Bush
D
Grant
5) What major battles are considered the turning points of the war?
A
Gettysburg/Vicksburg
B
Lookout Mountain/Shiloh
C
Cold Harbor/The Wilderness
D
Bull Run/Antietam
6) Where were the slaves freed by Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?
A
Only states in the west
B
All states
C
Only in states in rebellion/the south
D
Territories in the west
7) Where did Robert E. Lee surrender the Confederate Army?
A
Cold Harbor
B
Fort Sumter
C
Appomattox Courthouse
D
Gettysburg
8) How long did the war last, and how many men were killed?
A
2 years/750,000
B
3 years/50,000
C
4 years/600,000
D
1 year/200,000
9) What were the Confederate States depending on in order to fund their war effort?
A
Exporting slaves to the Caribbean
B
Exporting tobacco to Mexico
C
Exporting cotton to Europe
D
Exporting cattle to Canada
10) Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
A
Abraham Lincoln
B
Robert E. Lee
C
Jefferson Davis
D
Stonewall Jackson
11) Who was the commander of the Confederate forces during the Civil War?
A
Robert E. Lee
B
Ulysses S. Grant
C
Stonewall Jackson
D
Jefferson Davis
12) Why was the Gettysburg address such an important speech, even though it only lasted wo minutes?
A
It ended slavery
B
It raised the purpose of the war to preserve democracy
C
It made Lincoln famous all over the world
D
It ended the war
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