Civil War and Reconstruction

Withdrawal from the Union was called

• popular sovereignty

• democracy

• extradition

• western expansion

• secession

The Confederate States of America chose this person to be their president

• Robert E. Lee

• John C. Calhoun

• John Breckinridge

• Jefferson Davis

• Alexander Stephens

Where did the first shots in the American Civil War occur?

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Fort Sumter

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

The Union’s plan for blocking all ports in the south with the U.S. navy was called

• the Crittenden Plan

• the Anaconda Plan

• Scott’s Plan

• McClellan’s Plan

• The Peninsula Campaign

What was the capital city of the Confederate States of America?

• Richmond, VA

• Charleston, SC

• Atlanta, GA

• Dallas, TX

• Mobile, AL

Which of the following was true when the Civil War began?

• The South had the military support of England

• All the important material advantages needed for a war lay with the North

• Southern industry was sufficient to conduct a war

• the Union had superior military leadership compared with the Confederacy

• the Confederacy had active support from the French navy

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves

• in the North as well as the South

• and gave compensation to the masters who lost what they deemed their property

• in areas still rebelling against the United States

• in the south but offered to return them to owners who declared their loyalty to the Union

Where did the first major battle between the northern and southern armies occur in the Civil War?

• Shiloh

• the Seven Days

• Wilson’s Creek

• Bull Run

• Antietam

William Tecumseh Sherman’s march through Georgia was designed to

• find supplies for the Union armies in Virginia

• free the slaves in the central Carolinas

• win Lincoln’s reelection

• cut off Lee’s army

• break the will of the southern people

Which of the following was an advantage enjoyed by the South at the outset of the war?

• They only had to fight a defensive war

• initially they had much better generals

• they were fighting to protect their homes and way of life

• the north had to conquer a vast territory which would be difficult

• all are correct