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The Civil War
Test Description: These questions align with the GSE for 8th grade Georgia Studies.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What famous document did President Lincoln write that would free the Confederate slaves unless the South surrendered the Civil War?
A
The Proclamation of 1763
B
The Emancipation Proclamation
C
The Charter of 1732
D
The Declaration of Independence
2) What was the name of the Union strategy to block the Southern states from importing or exporting all goods?
A
Sherman's Blockade
B
The Chickamauga Plan
C
The Anaconda Plan
D
Lincoln's Blockade
3) Why was the Anaconda plan unsuccessful?
A
Blockade runners slipped through the blockade.
B
The Union did not have enough ships to enforce the blockade.
C
The South had a superior navy.
D
Great Britain found other ways to trade with the South.
4) What Civil War battle was the second bloodiest battle of the war?
A
Savannah
B
Gettysburg
C
Atlanta
D
Chickamauga
5) What was the importance of the Battle of Chickamauga?
A
The winner would control Chattanooga, Tennessee which was a major railroad center for Southern supplies.
B
It was the headquarters for the Confederacy.
C
It would begin the end of the war in the South.
D
The Cherokee Native Americans agreed to fight with the victor.
6) What Union general led the northern army on its March to the Sea and destroyed much of Georgia's capital resources?
A
Robert E. Lee
B
William Sherman
C
Stonewall Jackson
D
Ulysses S. Grant
7) What was Sherman's purpose for destroying both military and civilian buildings called the Scorched Earth policy?
A
To force Georgia troops to return home to defend their state.
B
To end civilian support for the war effort and shorten the war.
C
The punish the South for seceding from the Union and forming the Confederacy.
D
To retaliate for lives lost in other Civil War battles.
8) What was the name of the deadly Confederate prison in Georgia?
A
Augusta
B
Albany
C
Atlanta
D
Andersonville
9) Approximately how many Union soldiers died at Andersonville prison?
A
13,000
B
50,000
C
100,000
D
5,000
10) What was the primary reason so many soldiers died at Andersonville?
A
other prisoners called the Raiders killed and stole most of the other soldiers' food and supplies
B
Prisoners were worked to death
C
disease and lack of food
D
Armed guards killed prisoners for fun
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