Civil War Test Review

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Civil War?

• Opinions on slavery

• Secession

• The 1860 election of Lincoln

• Women's rights

Even though these states had slavery, they did not join the Confederate states.

• Western States
• State of Confusion
• Border States
• Southern States

More factories, population, and a better navy

• Southern advantages
• Northern advantages
• Reasons for  Southern victory
• Cause of the battle of Gettysburg

The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

• Fort Sumter
• Fort Williams
• Fort Western
• Fort Apache

What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?

• Anaconda Plan
• Rattlesnake Plan
• Scorpion Plan
• Blockade Plan

What was a major weakness of the Confederacy?

• factories
• smaller populations
• larger populations
• poor populations

Who was the the President of the Confederacy?

• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln

Which battle was the turning point of the war?

• Battle of Antietam

• The Battle of Bull Run

• Fort Sumter

• The Battle of Gettysburg

The place where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant.

• Fort Sumter
• Sherman's March to Sea
• Appomattox Court House
• Uncle Tom's Cabin

What was Sherman's strategy of total war?

• destroying all civilian and military resources
• killing prisoners of war
• attacking from land and sea
• killing all the slaves in the south