TCI Lesson 22: The Civil War

1. Which of these was a Northern advantage at the start of the Civil War?

• highly trained soldiers
• abundant natural resources
• fighting in familiar territory
• control of the Mississippi River

2. Why did General Lee join the Confederate military?

• He was in favor of slavery.

• He felt loyalty to his native Virginia.

• He believed in the rights of states to secede.

• He had been defeated in the presidential election.

3. Which of these was a Southern advantage at the start of the Civil War?

• large population
• strong military leadership
• control of the railway system
• many factories and businesses

4. What was Jefferson Davis’s role prior to becoming president of the Confederate States?

• He was a Northern abolitionist.
• He was a wealthy plantation owner.
• He represented Mississippi in the U.S. Senate.
• He was a candidate in the 1860 presidential election.

5. What was the significance of the Bale of Bull Run?

• It proved that the South was weak.
• It showed that the North would win.
• It proved that a quick victory was impossible.
• It showed that the armies were unwilling to fight long bales.

6. The Union’s Anaconda Plan included all of the following strategies except

• Dividing the South.
• Blocking Southern ports.
• Capturing Richmond, Virginia.
• Assassinating the Confederate president.

7. Women supported the Civil War cause in all of the following ways except

• Spying on the enemy.
• Working in factories.
• Fighting on the battlefield.
• Treating wounded soldiers.

8. Which of these was the greatest cause of death in the Civil War?

• wounds
• disease
• frostbite
• starvation

9. What did General Lee hope would be the result of sending his troops to fight on Union soil?

• A show of strength in Maryland might convince the state to join the Confederacy.
• Union troops would be defeated and the war would end.
• Confederate troops would cut off Union access to the Potomac.
• Seeing their land being destroyed by war would discourage the Union.

10. Lincoln’s Emancipa(on Proclamation declared that

• Enslaved people in U.S. territories were free.
• Enslaved people throughout the world were free.
• Enslaved people in Confederate states were free.
• Enslaved people in Union states with slavery were free.