CIVIL WAR

Multiple Choice

What was the nickname Southerners gave to the Union soldiers?

• Trouble makers

• Yankees

• Loyalists

• Mariners

Multiple Choice

How long after Lincoln`s election as president did the first southern state secede?

• More than a year

• A little over a month

• In 1861

• Immediately

Multiple Choice

Which of these was not a Civil War battle?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Manassas

• Battle of the Raging Bull

Multiple Choice

The Missouri Compromise made Missouri a free state.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which era immediately followed the Civil War?

• Reconstruction

• Reformation

• Reinassance

• Gilded Age

Multiple Choice

During the war, who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Johnson

Multiple Select

Which of these were common pastime activities among soldiers?

• Gambling

• Playing baseball

• Writing letters

• Showering

Multiple Choice

Which of these military leaders became president?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• George B. McClellan

Multiple Choice

Which unit provided aerial surveillance of Confederate troops for the Union army?

• 54th Regiment

• Ballon Corps

• Signal Corps

• 51st Regiment

Multiple Choice

Who wrote this letter?

• A slave

• A grey soldier

• A blue soldier

• An immigrant

Multiple Choice

Bull Run battle is often called the “Picnic battle”

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Who wrote this letter?

• A rebel

• A yankee

• None

Multiple Choice

Which battle was considered as the turning point in the Civil War?

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Atlanta

• Battle of Gettysburg

• All of them

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was instituted as a federal holiday after the Civil War as a way to unify the country?

• Christmas

• Halloween

• Thanksgiving

• Independence Day

Multiple Choice

What was the Underground Rail?

• A railroad project to connect west and east

• A secret system built to help slaves escape

• A system the union used to transport supplies to their troops

Multiple Choice

How long was the institution of slavery legal in the United States?

• The few years before civil war erupted

• Since the Revolutionary war

• 100 years

• More than 250 years

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the document signed by Lincoln that freed the slaves during secession?

• Civil Rights act

• Declaration of Emancipation

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Freedom Act

Multiple Choice

Which Amendment guaranteed civil and legal rights to African americans and enslaved persons who were emancipated after the Civil War?

• 13th. Amendment

• 14th. Amendment

• 15th. Amendment

• All of them

Multiple Choice

What was the famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the site of one of the most decisive battles of the Civil War?

• Infamy speech

• I have a dream

• O Captain! My Captain!

• Gettysburg adress

Multiple Choice

Which of these machine guns was invented during war time?

• Gatling Gun

• Sherman Gun

• Iron Gun

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the invention that made it possible to process cotton more quickly which led to an increase in the demand of slavery?

• Cotton Queen

• Cotton seed Plucker

• Cotton Gin

• Cotton Efficiency booster

Multiple Choice

What was the name for a tax on goods brought into a country, which was passed to encourage the south states to buy local products from the north?

• State tax

• Protection tax

• Income tax

• Tariff