Civil War

The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it --

• allowed the Confederate army to seize Washington D.C.
• broke the Union blockade along the Gulf of Mexico
• enabled the Confederate army to seek French assistance
• gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River

Which number on the map labels the state that first seceded from the Union?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln maintained that the war was being fought to 

• uphold national honor
• prevent foreign involvement
• free all slave 
• preserve the Union

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared --

• United State's freedom from Great Britain
• an end to the Civil War
• freedom for slaves in rebellious southern states
• the beginning of Reconstruction

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Why was the Battle of Gettysburg significant to the Civil War?

• It led to the Emancipation Proclamation
• It brought an end to the Civil War
• It resulted in the passing of the 15th Amendment
• It was a turning point because General Lee was forced to fight a defensive war

What document is considered a primary source from the Civil War?

• a biography of the life of a war general
• a letter from the wife of a soldier during the war
• an encyclopedia article about women in the war
• a documentary on medical treatments used during the war

In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln presented the Civil War as a struggle for the --

• North's domination over the South
• preservation of the Union and democracy
• South's fight to become an independent nation
• preservation of the rights of American as individuals

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Which newspaper headline might have appeared during the Civil War (1861-1865)?

• "John Brown captured in raid on Harpers Ferry"
• Supreme Court issues Dred Scott Decision"
• "Lincoln ends slavery in rebellion states."
• "Former slaves given the right to vote."

In declaring its intention to secede from the Union in 1860, South Carolina was affirming its position on

• civil rights
• states' rights
• individual rights
• unalienable rights

Ulysses S. Grant was to the Union as ___________ was to the Confederacy

• Jefferson Davis
• Stonewall Jackson
• Robert E. Lee
• Abraham Lincoln