Lesson 22- The Civil War Part 1 Question Preview (ID: 56081)


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What was an advantage for the North at the beginning of the Civil War?
a) highly trained soldiers
b) abundant natural resources
c) fighting in familiar territory
d) control of the Mississippi River

Name an advantage for the South at the beginning of the Civil War?
a) large population
b) strong military leadership
c) many factories and businesses
d) control of the railway system

What was the reason General Lee joins the Confederate military?
a) He was in favor of slavery.
b) He believed in the rights of states to secede.
c) He felt loyalty to his native Virginia.
d) He had been defeated in the presidential election.

The Battle of Bull Run made people believe what about the war?
a) It proved that the South was weak.
b) It showed that the North would win.
c) The North and South were unwilling to fight long battles.
d) It proved that a quick victory was impossible.

Prior to becoming president of the Confederate States, what role did Jefferson Davis have?
a) He was a Northern abolitionist.
b) He was a wealthy plantation owner.
c) He represented Mississippi in the U.S. Senate.
d) He was a candidate in the 1860 presidential election.

During the war what were women doing?
a) Ran farms and businesses in the places of the men who went off to war
b) Served the military as messengers, guides, scouts, smugglers, or spies
c) Many provided medical care for sick and wounded soldiers
d) All of the above

All of the following were incorporated into the Union’s Anaconda Plan strategy except
a) assassinating the Confederate president.
b) blocking Southern ports.
c) dividing the South.
d) capturing Richmond, Virginia.

The greatest cause of death in the Civil War was what?
a) wounds
b) disease
c) frostbite
d) starvation

What was declared in Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation?
a) slaves in Confederate states were free.
b) slaves throughout the world were free.
c) slaves in U.S. territories were free.
d) slaves in Union slave states were free.

A turning point in the war was at the Battle of Gettysburg, why?
a) Lee succeeded in capturing a city in the North.
b) The South suffered many losses while the North had few.
c) Loss of troops convinced Lee to never again invade the North
d) The outcome convinced European nations to aid the South.

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