Soc.-Civil War Question Preview (ID: 31781)


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The main reason the North entered the Civil War was to:
a) preserve the union
b) stop slavery
c) uphold states' rights
d) maintain a strong central government

The South had all of the following advantages, except:
a) an industrial economy
b) great military leadership
c) fighting a defensive war
d) knew the land

The first state to secede from the Union was:
a) Maine
b) Delaware
c) South Carolina
d) Texas

The Union attempted to capture the capital (Richmond, VA) in all of the following battles, except:
a) 1st Manasses
b) Peninsular Campaign
c) Gettysburg
d) 2nd Bull Run

During the Civil War, women did all of the following except:
a) work as a bee to create supplies for troops
b) work in factories and businesses
c) become head of household
d) become state politicians

This is the bloodiest day of fighting in all of American history:
a) Fort Henry
b) Devil's Den
c) Fredericksburg
d) Antietam

All of the following were terms of the surrender at Appomattox except:
a) Confederate soldiers had to apologize
b) CSA officers kept pistols and swords
c) soldiers kept mules and horses
d) Union troops were not allowed to celebrate

The Battle of the Ironclads was between:
a) the Yankee Cheese Box and the Pig's Oar
b) the Merrimac and the Monitor
c) the CSS Virginia and the Commonwealth
d) the Blockade and the Stonewall

n Proclamation resulted in all of the following except:
a) blacks joined the Union army
b) blacks gained the right to vote
c) England and France pulled their aid to the South
d) the southern economy was crippled

The North chanted Fredericksburg as Lee lead an assault into Union lines at:
a) Devil's Den
b) Bloody Run
c) Slaughter Pen
d) Pickett's Charge

trained female doctor who trained nurses fro Union hospitals
a) Clara Barton
b) Elizabeth Blackwell
c) Jennie Irene Rodgers
d) Harriet Tubman

Irish immigrant who joined the Illinois Infantry; one of hundreds of Women who fought as men during the Civil War
a) Sergeant William Carney
b) General Harriet Tubman
c) Wild Rose (Rose O'Neal Greenhow)
d) Jennie Irene Rodgers, AKA Albert Cashier

Runaway slave conductor of the Underground Railroad; spied for the North recruited slaves to hunt for rebels and report CSA Movements
a) Wild Rose (Rose O'Neal Greenhow)
b) Sergeant William Carney
c) General Harriet Tubman
d) Elizabeth Blackwell

Rebel spy and dedicated secessionist who drowned off the North Carolina coast
a) General Harriet Tubman
b) Wild Rose (Rose O'Neal Greenhow)
c) Clara Barton
d) Robert Gould Shaw

Son of abolitionists and leader of 54th African-American regiment of the Massachusetts Infantry
a) Robert Gould Shaw
b) Sergeant William Carney
c) Captain Henry Wirz
d) General Harriet Tubman

54th regiment at Fort Wagner; 1st of 21 black men that earned a Congressional Medal of Honor during the war
a) Sergeant William Carney
b) Robert Gould Shaw
c) Captain Henry Wirz
d) General Harriet Tubman

Commander at Andersonville Military Prison; only person charged with a war crime; convicted and hanged for the deplorable conditions at the CSA Prison
a) Jennie Irene Hodgers, AKA Albert Cashier
b) Robert Gould Shaw
c) General Harriet Tubman
d) Captain Henry Wirz

cylindrical in shape and smaller in diameter than the the rifle barrel, this bullet spun faster, traveled further and was 5x more accurate; able to kill at 1/2 a mile; largest contributor to battle wounds
a) the Spencer Carbine
b) Gatling gun
c) Minie Ball
d) telegraph

ancestor of the modern-machine gun; facilitated rapid fire
a) modern-machine gun
b) Minie ball
c) Gatling gun
d) the Spencer carbine

repeating rifle that fired 7 shots in 30 seconds
a) Gatling gun
b) Minie Ball
c) the Spencer carbine
d) telegraph

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