Civil War Practice Quiz

Which one of these people could be described as sectionalist?

• Someone who's more loyal to the their state than they are to U.S.

• Someone who votes for the president every election

• Someone who likes to travel to other countries

• Someone who wants the United States to stay together

What is true about the Emancipation Proclamation?

• The South could still surrender to keep their slaves before January 1st

• It freed all the slaves in every state

• It started the first battle of the Civil War

• The South agreed with it and signed a deal

Which of the following was one of the causes of the Civil War?

• Election of 1860

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• Anaconda Plan

• Atlanta Campaign

Confederate victory that stopped the Union from getting to the railroads in Chattanooga

• Battle of Chickamauga

• March to the Sea

• Atlanta Campaign

• Anaconda Plan

What was the point of the Anaconda plan?

• Slowly restrict Southern trade and hurt their economy

• Burn down Atlanta to end the war quicker

• Use a surprise attack to free the prisoners at Andersonville

• Attack Great Britain before they could join the war

Why was the capture of Atlanta a huge loss for the Confederacy?

• They lost a big industrial and transportation hub

• It was the only city in Georgia

• The President of the Confederacy lived there

• It was where Andersonville prison was located

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• End slavery in the Confederate states

• Made slavery illegal on a national level

• Created a blockade around the South to block trade

• It started the Civil War

Who used the scorched Earth policy on Georgia to make the war end quicker?

• Captain Henry Wirz
• President Andrew Jackson
• General Robert E. Lee
• General Sherman

Who was Henry Wirz?

• Captain of Andersonville prison who was blamed and executed
• Union general who helped capture Atlanta
• Slave who tried to sue for their freedom
• Abolitionist living in the North who came up with the Anaconda plan

Thousands of Union prisoners of war died from hunger and disease at a jail in which Georgia city?

• Fort Pulaski
• Andersonville
• Atlanta
• Chickamauga