Civil War Review

The right of the accused to appear in court to hear their charges.

• casualty
• habeas corpus
• civil war
• 8th Amendment

Who was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

• Abe Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• Robert Lee
• Ulysses Grant

What is a civil war?

• A war between people living in the same country.
• A defeat for both armies.
• A war between countries that are neighbors.
• The bloodiest battle of the war.

What is a blockade?

• Do make sure no resources get in and or out of an area.
• To give a reason to fight.
• To look at the win and losses for which side to see who wins.
• To block a shot in basketball.

Which of these was a Southern advantage at the start of the Civil War?

• large population
• strong military leadership
• lots of railways
• many factories

Which of these was the greatest cause of death in the Civil War?

• wounds
• disease
• frostbite
• starvation 

Which of the following is NOT a border state?

• Kentucky
• Missouri
• Ohio
• Maryland

What was the significance of the Battle at Bull Run?

• It proved that the South was weak.
• It showed that the North would win the war.
• It proved that a quick war was not going to be possible.
• It showed that the armies were unwilling to fight long battles.

Why did Lincoln only ask volunteers to enlist for 90 days?

• He has so many soldiers that he wanted to rotate them through.
• It took 90 days to train them correctly.
• He thought the war was going to be short.

Why did so many soldiers die from diseases?

• They were meant to punish the Confederacy.
• Sanitation and good hygiene was not important at that time, 
• Doctors were in short supply and couldn't hand out enough medicine.
• They were meant to show that the North sought forgiveness.