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What was the purpose of the Anaconda plan?
a) to help the Union blockade the south's ports and cut the Confederacy in two
b) to help the Confederacy send supplies and troops across the south
c) to help the Confederates plan a sneak attack on Washington DC
d) to help the enslaved people escape from southern plantations

Which location is not a southern port that was blocked by the Union during the Civil War?
a) Boston
b) New Orleans
c) Savannah
d) Charleston

That on the first day of January...1863, all persons held as slaves within any state...the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States....shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.
a) Declaration of Independence
b) Kansas-Nebraska Act
c) Gettysburg Address
d) Emancipation Proclamation

Why was topography so important in the Battle of Gettysburg?
a) The firing on this fort started the Civil War.
b) The Union's control of the high ground helped them win.
c) Capturing this capital city ended the war.
d) By controlling the Mississippi River, the Union was able to control supplies.

The Union and Confederate armies were trying to maintain control of this river the the Battle of Vicksburg
a) Missouri River
b) Mississippi River
c) Ohio River
d) Rio Grande

What was the turning point of the Civil War?
a) Battle of Gettysburg
b) Battle of Vicksburg
c) Second Bull Run
d) First Bull Run

Which of these events happened next in this sequence: (1) Lincoln elected President, (2) Southern States Secede, (3) Firing on Fort Sumter, (4) ?
a) Battle of Manassas
b) Emancipation Proclamation
c) Surrender at Appomattox
d) Battle of Gettysburg

Why is Bull Run, Virginia (Manassas) important?
a) It was as far north as Lee's men could go.
b) It is where Lee surrendered to Grant.
c) Stonewall Jackson was killed in this battle.
d) It was the first major battle of the war.

The firing on Fort Sumter started what war in our United States history?
a) Revolutionary War
b) Spanish-American War
c) Civil War
d) War of 1812

What was the capital city of the Confederacy?
a) Savannah
b) Richmond
c) Vicksburg
d) Charleston

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