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Civil War Test 2023

Authored by Kyra Schmidt

History

8th Grade

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Civil War Test 2023
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

This regiment consisted mostly of free African Americans and led a heroic charge on Ft Wagner in which almost half were killed, wounded, or captured.

54th Massachusetts Infantry
200th Virginia Naval Brigade
101st Missouri Airborne
300th Tennessee Volunteers

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

This southerner was a supporter of the Confederacy, and was the man who assassinated Lincoln

Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
John Wilkes Booth
General U.S. Grant

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

In Sherman's march across the South, he practiced total war. Total war is

destroying civilian and economic resources
only attacking military targets
going out of your way to avoid civilian property
never taking prisoners

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Which battle was the turning point for the Civil War?

Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Ironclads
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What was Abraham Lincoln's main purpose in writing "The Gettysburg Address"?

dedicate a cemetery and honor the Native Americans who lived there
dedicate a cemetery and honor the soldiers who fought and died there
dedicate a school in memory of the soldiers who died on the battlefield
use the battle as a reason to abolish slavery and free all enslaved people

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

The single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place at the Battle of

Appomatox
Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Why was the attack on Fort Sumter significant?

It was the bloodiest day of the Civil War
The Confederacy surrendered
General Pickett charged the Union line
It began the Civil War

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