Civil War Test

Which statement best explains how the Civil War affected both the North and the South?

• Productivity slowed down in both regions
• Both sides faced a heavy amount of debt
• Both sides lost a large number of young men
• Foreign trade with both regions declined sharply

From which famous speech is the following quote from? "[W]e here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain ... and that government of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

• Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
• King's "I Have a Dream"
• Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
• King George III's Proclamation of 1763

Which event is often considered to be the final event of the Civil War?

• Lincoln's announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation
• Sherman's March to the Sea
• Meade's victory at Gettysburg
• Lee and Grant's meeting at Appomattox Courthouse

At the beginning of the Civil War, the Confederacy had which advantage?

• a larger army
• better officers
• more weapons
• a powerful navy

The South's need to rebuild its infrastructure after the Civil War was a result of

• the Union's strategy of total war
• President Lincoln's policies to emancipate enslaved people
• the Republican Party's plan for Reconstruction
• a series of hurricanes and other natural disassters

The Civil War resulted in which change in the South?

• Total wealth was cut by almost half.
• The economy shifted from agriculture to industry.
• The size of the population decreased by 20 percent.
• African Americans became the majority of the population.

Which event contributed most directly to Southern states' decision to secede from the Union?

• the Dred Scott decision
• Abraham Lincoln's election as president
• the voiding of the Missouri Compromise
• passage of South Carolina's nullification law

Which event began the fighting in the Civil War?

• a Confederate attack on a Union fort

• a Confederate ground offensive into Maryland

• a Union blockade of Virginia's coastline

• a Union assault on the Confederate capital

Which statement best describes the difference between the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment?

• The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves, while the Thirteenth Amendment granted them compensation for their time as slaves.
• The Emancipation Proclamation only ended slavery, while the Thirteenth Amendment granted civil rights to African Americans.
• The Emancipation Proclamation only freed men who agreed to become soldiers, while the Thirteenth Amendment freed all African Americans.
• The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in Union-occupied regions of the Confederacy, while the Thirteenth Amendment freed slaves throughout the United States.

Approximately how many Americans were killed fighting in the Civil War?

• 200,000 to 250,000
• 600,000 to 750,000
• 1 million to 1 1/2 million
• more than 2 million