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Unit 3B: Civil War
Test Description: Civil War
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What was the name of General Winfield Scott's strategy to achieve Union victory by gaining control of the Mississippi River?
A
the River Conquest
B
the Squeeze Play
C
the Anaconda Plan
D
the Great Divide
2) In order to deal with war opponents in the North, President Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. What is habeas corpus?
A
a legal order that guarantees a prisoner to be heard in court
B
a system of selecting people for military service
C
a reward or payment
D
a piece of paper money issued by the United States government
3) Why is the character in the following excerpt from Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage becoming afraid? It had suddenly appeared to him that perhaps in a battle he might run.
A
He wishes he were back home.
B
He is eager to get into battle.
C
He knows he will fight hard along with others.
D
He is uncertain about how he will react in a battle.
4) Who is Representative Riddle describing in his account of the end of the First Battle of Bull Run? A cruel, crazy, mad, hopeless panic possessed them... The heat was awful... the men were exhausted--their mouths gaped, their lips cracked...
A
civilians fleeing to Washington, D.C.
B
retreating Union soldiers
C
terrified observers of the battle
D
courageous Confederate soldiers
5) Which famous American said :If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do t
A
William Lloyd Garrison
B
Jefferson Davis
C
Frederick Douglass
D
Abraham Lincoln
6) The __________________ freed enslaved people in rebel territory on January 1, 1863.
A
Emancipation Proclamation
B
Fugitive Slave Act
C
13th Amendment
D
March to the Sea
7) During which battle did the deadly and decisive Pickett's Charge take place?
A
Bull Run
B
Gettysburg
C
Antietam
D
Shiloh
8) Why was the Battle of Gettysburg so important?
A
It was a massive confederate victory.
B
It became the new border between the Union and the Confederacy.
C
It was the last time Southern troops were able to invade the North.
D
It completed a total Union naval blockade.
9) Who was appointed by Lincoln as the commander in chief of the Union armies in March of 1864?
A
Ulysses S. Grant
B
Robert E. Lee
C
William Tecumseh Sherman
D
Frederick Douglass
10) General Sherman's trail of destruction across the South is known as the... ___________________
A
Trail of Tears
B
March to the Sea
C
Bull's Run
D
Gettysburg
11) Why did Northerners feel that Sherman's destructive march was necessary?
A
it was needed to destroy the Confederate army
B
it was needed to find supplies for the Union army
C
it was needed to encourage freeing the South's slaves
D
it was needed to break the South's will to fight
12) Read General Robert E. Lee's last order to his troops had a main message. What was that message?
A
Lee was tired of fighting after all the Confederate losses.
B
His army was tired and would not fight anymore.
C
Continuing the fight would mean heavy losses with no chance of winning.
D
Lee was out of supplies and ammunition.
13) Why is Appomattox Court House an important place?
A
It was the site of Robert E. Lee's surrender.
B
It was the site of Confederate Headquarters.
C
It was the site of Union Headquarters.
D
It was the site of a bloody battle.
14) In which war did the most American soldiers die?
A
The Vietnam War
B
World War II
C
The Civil War
D
World War I
15) Which of the following WAS NOT a reason the North won the Civil War?
A
Stonger military leadership
B
Bigger population
C
More railroads
D
More supplies
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