Civil War Unit Review

Why were the soldiers in the North more fortunate?

• They had access to the railroad, telegraph equipment, and factories.

• THey had access to new guns called repeaters.

• They had access to used guns.

• They had access to the railroad and agricultural supplies.

The blockade of the harbor caused which of the following things to happen?

• South Carolinians didn't have any food.

• Imported goods were cut off.

• The "draft" was initiated.

• The war began.

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

• Cowpens

• Columbia

• Charleston

• Fort Sumter

What did President Lincoln issue to free enslaved people in rebelling states?

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• Reconstruction

• Special Order 191

• the Missouri Compromise

Grant ordered William T. Sherman to take the city of Atlanta because it was ______________.

• a symbol of pride to the Confederacy

• President Lincoln's birthday

• a key military supplier and a railroad hub for the Confederates

• the capital of Georgia

Why did people come to America during the Civil War?

• the chance to be professional soldiers

• better transportation

• famine and poverty in their home country

• wealth and gold in America

When President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, what did he set in motion?

• Confederacy winning the war

• the Thirteenth Amendment

• Civil War

• Union winning the war

How did Clara BArton help in the hospitals?

• She gave speeches.

• She wrote letters.

• She performed surgery.

• She brought supplies.

Who were the two generals that met at the Appomattox Court House in April 1865?

• Lee and Marshall

• Grant and Parker

• Grant and Lee

• Grant and Parker

What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare?

• It ended slave trade and freed enslaved people in the Union.

• It allowed black soldiers to fight for the Union and abolished slavery in the Union.

• It freed all enslaved people and abolished slavery in the Confederacy.

• It allowed black soldiers to fight for the Union and freed Union officers from having to return enslaved people to the South.