Civil War Test 1

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

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

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." -- Abraham Lincoln 1858
According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that

• slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately
• sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union
• the Souther states should be allowed to secede
• to save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery

What advantage did the South have the North during the Civil War?

• greater manufacturing
• more effective navy
• better government
• more capable military leaders

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

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

Which event belongs in the blank box?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed
• Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox
• Jefferson Davis is named President of the Confederacy
• John Brown is captured at Harpers Ferry

The Union wanted to control the Mississippi River so that

• it could control the movement of trade and goods
  
• it was a natural division to “split the South”
• it was an easier invasion route to the South than by land
• all of the above

Even though these were states where slavery was legal, they did not secede and join the Confederate states.

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