
Ch. 11: The Civil War - Unit Test Review
Authored by Jordan Oliver
History, Social Studies
8th - 10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What did the Emancipation Proclamation mean for slaves living in Kentucky?
They were freed.
They had to join the Union army in order to gain their freedom.
They remained slaves until the state rejoined the Union.
They remained slaves.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
How did Abraham Lincoln justify suspending habeas corpus during the Civil War?
The danger of slave revolts called for suspension of some freedoms to ensure public safety.
He said states that seceded needed to be punished.
He was willing to violate the Constitution in order to save the nation.
He believed that stopping publication of Copperhead newspapers would help the South.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What ended slavery throughout the United States?
the Emancipation Proclamation
the Thirteenth Amendment
the surrender at Appomattox
the Fourteenth Amendment
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
During his March to the Sea, General Sherman destroyed much of Georgia because he wanted to
exact revenge on the South.
prevent civilians from taking up arms against Union armies.
show that Union armies could do as they wished in the South and that further resistance was futile.
help President Lincoln get re-elected.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Abraham Lincoln is talking about
the soldiers who fought at the Battle of Pea Ridge.
northerners who died in the Siege of Gettysburg.
the soldiers who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg.
the Confederate soldiers who retreated from the Battle of Gettysburg.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
How did General Grant capture Vicksburg?
with Pickett’s Charge
with a blockade and constant shelling of the city
by taking up a strong defensive position
by breaking through the Confederates’ weakened defenses
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why do historians call the Civil War the last of the old-time wars and the first of the modern ones?
Most generals used modern military tactics, but weapons technology had not progressed much since Napoleon’s time.
Advances in military strategy led to more deaths on the battlefield.
Guerrilla warfare was used for the first time, and iron cannonballs were replaced by shrapnel.
Most generals still used military tactics from Napoleon’s time, but the weapons were new and deadlier.
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