Unit 7 Lesson 22 Test Review

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 believed in the rights of states to secede.
• He had been defeated in the presidential election.
• He felt loyalty to his native Virginia.

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

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

4. What was the significance of the Battle 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 battles.

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

• assassinating the Confederate president.
• blocking Southern ports.
• dividing the South.
• capturing Richmond, Virginia.

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

• spying on the enemy.
• fighting on the battlefield.
• treating wounded soldiers.
• working in factories.

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

• disease
• frostbite
• starvation
• wounds

8. Lincoln’s Emancipation 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.

9. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war?

• Lee succeeded in capturing a city in the North.
• The loss of troops convinced Lee to never again invade the North.
• The South suffered many losses while the North had few.
• The outcome convinced European nations to aid the Confederacy.

10. Which document did Lincoln refer to in his Gettysburg Address? "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

• U.S. Constitution
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Preamble to the Constitution
• Declaration of Independence