Studies Weekly 19 Civil War

Who did Abraham Lincoln ask to lead the Union Army at the beginning of the war? (Trick Question)

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George Pickett

• Robert E. Lee

• George Meade

All of the leaders of the armies went to what school?

• the Academy at Annapolis

• West Point

• Cedar Point

• the University of the Army

The technology that quickly gave people information about the war was the __________.

• telephone

• telegraph

• telecommunicator

• radio

How did the Battle of Port Royal end?

• Ten thousand enslaved people were freed.

• Ten thousand men died.

• Both brothers were killed.

• One brother was killed.

What was the name of the first African American unit sent into battle?

• the Honor militia

• the Douglass Brigade

• the 54th Massachusetts Infantry

• the 43rd Swalis Division

How did the American Indians hope each government would view them?

• as partners in trade

• as officers and experts

• as friends and allies

• as suppliers and partners

In four years of fighting, what brigade suffered the most casualties?

• the American Indian Brigade

• the Spanish Brigade

• the German Brigade

• the Irish Brigade

What is one way some women supported the war?

• They sent letters to soldiers on both sides.

• They disguised themselves as men and enlisted in the army.

• They were cooks in the army camps.

• They played music for the wounded.

Where did the Emancipation Proclamation free enslaved people?

• in the rebellious states

• in the entire nation

• in the border states

• in the western states

Who wrote and issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

• President Jefferson Davis

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• General Robert E. Lee

• President Abraham Lincoln