EOC Saturday School Review Civil War

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What state was the first one to secede from the Union?

• Mississippi

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Florida

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Who was the President of the Confederate States

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S Grant

• Robert Lee

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What are the "Border States"

• Slave States that made up the border between the Union and Confederacy

• Free States that made up the border between the Union and Confederacy

• States that remained part of the Union

• States that never seceded

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Who had the advantage of railroad tracks and factories?

• the North

• the South

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What advantages did the Union have over the Confederacy?

• Better Generals

• Stronger allies

• Natives were on their side

• More people, more factories and food, more railroads

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How did the Union hope to damage Confederate trade and transportation during the Civil War?

• By patrolling rivers and the Gulf of Mexico

• By attacking railroads

• By blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi River

• By taking over Southern farms and factories

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What was ONE reason why there were food shortages in the South?

• Farming machinery was taken by the Union army

• Farmland was used as Prisoner camps

• Farm products became too expensive to buy

• Most of the farm workers fought in the military

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Why was the surrender at Vicksburg crucial to the success of the Union campaign in the West?

• It allowed the Union to control the Mississippi River

• It allowed the Union to surround the Capital city

• It allowed the Union to Blockade important railroads

• It allowed the Union to occupy new territories

Multiple Choice

The Republican party was established on the belief of

• Destroying the South

• Helping slavery spread

• Opposing slavery

• Going to war

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Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:

• they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life

• they wanted a president who would support the abolition of slavery

• he wanted northern states to secede from the Union

• he had a plan to raise taxes

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The firing on Fort Sumter took place because:

• The Union wanted to get control of the fort.

• The Confederacy wanted to destroy the fort.

• The Confederacy was upset that the U.S. still had control of a fort in the South.

• The Confederacy wanted to punish the soldiers there.

Multiple Choice

In 1861, the first shots of the Civil War were fired at:

• Fort Bragg
• Fort Sumter
• Summer Camp
• Antietam

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To break away from, or withdraw from something

• Abolish
• Secede
• Repeal
• Compromise

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When did the Civil War start and how long did it last/

• 1761, 5 years

• 1861, 4 years

• 1961, 3 years

• 1661, 2 years

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This battle was the turning point in the civil war

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

• Fort Sumter

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This was the bloodiest day in American history

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Shiloh

• Gettysburg

• Chancellorsville

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What is the significance of the Appomattox Courthouse?

• Its the site of a major battle

• Its where the emancipation proclamation was signed

• Its where the confederacy surrendered to the Union and ended the civil war

• Its the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln

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This is the term for identifying with a specific region or area rather than the country as a whole

• Sectionalism

• Regionalism

• Secession

• Identification

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This was the main reason for the civil war

• Tarriffs

• Slavery

• Economics

• Sectionalism

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The OFFICIAL names of the two sides who fought during the civil war were

• North and South

• Union and South

• Union and Confederacy

• Confederacy and United States

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What were the reasons that the Southern states worried about during the Civil War?

• They wanted to keep their slaves

• They wanted to make their own laws

• They wanted their own power

• None of these

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What name was the given to the southern army?

• Americans

• Confederates

• Military

• Union

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What name was given to the northern army?

• Americans

• Confederates

• Military

• Union

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Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• Benjamin Franklin

• Ulysses S. Grant

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The Emancipation Proclamation

• made slavery legal

• began slavery

• ended slavery in the Confederate states

• ended slavery only in the North

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a major cause of early Confederate battle victories during the Civil War?

• Immigrant population

• Industrial output

• Foreign assistance

• Military leadership

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What does the graphic above represent?

• The superiority of southern military strategies during the Civil War.

• The Union strategy to divide and weaken the South.

• The difficulty in transporting goods throughout the United States.

• The problems created because the United States did not have a transcontinental railroad.

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Why did Lincoln not free slaves in border states like Kentucky in the Emancipation Proclamation?

• He wanted to keep border states from seceding.

• He wanted border states to join the Confederate States of America.

• He did not care about the status of border states.

• He did not care about preserving the Union.

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What did Abraham Lincoln declare, early in his presidency, as his primary goal as President?

• End slavery throughout the entire country

• Enforce the Emancipation Proclamation

• Preserve the Union of states

• Encourage economic sectionalism

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In the end, which of the following factors contributed to the South's defeat in the American Civil War?

• Although the South had larger population, its leaders lacked the organization to effectively build an army.

   

• Many Southerners stopped supporting the Confederacy after they heard Lincoln had been killed

• The North had too many resources and too much manpower for the South to sustain its fight.

• The South could not overcome the superior military leadership possessed by the North.

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What was one major result of the North's victory in the Civil War?

• The influence of corporations on government was reduced.

• Slave owners were compensated for their losses.

• The supremacy of the national government was upheld.

• The power of the Supreme Court was limited.

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What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment during the Civil War?

• The Regiment defended the Mississippi River at the Battle of Vicksburg.

• The Regiment achieved a Union victory during the first naval battle fought between ironclads.

• The Regiment defeated Union troops at Fort Sumter.

• The Regiment gained respect and notoriety for African American soldiers who joined the Union.

Multiple Choice

What was considered the turning point battle of the Civil War?

• Fort Sumter

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Fort Wagner

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Which Civil War battle resulted in the Union gaining strategic control of the Mississippi River?

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Wagner

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg