civil war test 2022

Where did Lee surrender to Grant ending the Civil War?

• Washington D. C.

• Gettysburg, PA.

• Appomattox Courthouse, VA.

• Richmond, VA.

Why is Vicksburg considered such an important victory?

• After the battle the Union controlled the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.

• It was the capitol of the Confederacy.

• It ended the Civil War.

• Stonewall Jackson was killed by his own troops.

Who was president of the Confederacy?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

What slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?

• All slaves

• Only slaves living in the Confederacy

• Slaves in both the Confederacy and border states.

• Slaves in the border states

Who was president of the United States during the Civil War?

• Andrew Johnson

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Buchanan

Why did the Siege of Vicksburg affect the balance of power during the Civil War?

• Several important Confederate generals were killed.

• Severe casualties were inflicted on Union forces

• Union troops were pushed back across the Ohio River.

• The Confederate territory was divided in half.

What was the result of the events shown on the map above?

• General Lee’s troops received necessary reinforcements.

• General Grant’s supply lines were completely cut off.

• General Lee surrendered to General Grant.

• General Grant and General Lee combined forces.

Why were these tactics effective?

• Confederate states were unable to collect tariffs on manufactured goods.

• Confederate states were unable to use agricultural exports as a source of revenue.

• Union forces were able to use the blockade to gain international support.

• Union forces were able to earn money for supplies by selling confiscated bales of cotton.

Which region’s primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which of these occurred as a result of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• African American families divided by slavery were reunited.

• Newly free men and women moved west to claim land.

• African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election.

• Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship.