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Test Description: Civil War multiple choice questions

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1) Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?

AJackson BAbraham Lincoln CGrant DMcClellan

2) Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

AGrant BDavis CJackson DMcClellan

3) Who was the Confederate leader at the Battle of Bull Run?

AJackson BMcClellan CLincoln DGrant

4) The goal of the Confederacy during the war was to

APreserve the Union BGain independence CCapture Philadelphia DIncrease trade with the North

5) Which of the following was a border state?

APennsylvania BTennessee CVirginia DMaryland

6) Which Civil War event occurred first?

ABombing of Fort Sumter BBattle of Gettysburg CAssassination of President Lincoln DIssuing the Emancipation Proclamation

7) Which battle did the Confederacy lose?

ABull Run BGettysburg CFredericksburg

8) The Emancipation Proclamation said that

AAll slaves in the Union and the Confederacy were freed immediately BSlaves in states still in rebellion were freed CSlaves in states loyal to the union were freed

9) The turning point of the Civil War came at the Battle of

AGettysburg BAntietam CFredericksburg

10) A serious weakness of the South was that it had

ATo fight a defensive war BFew soldiers who knew how to shoot CFew railroads

11) The Battle of Bull Run resulted in

ABoth sides learning that their soldiers needed training BAn attack on Washington, DC by the Confederate army CA major victory for the Union army

12) As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation

AThe abolition of slavery became a Union goal BAll the slaves were freed in the South CEuropean nations gave support to the Confederacy

13) In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln once again said that his main goal was

ATo preserve the Union BPunishment of the Confederacy CThe end of slavery

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