USH Civil War Test Review

General Lee’s surrender in 1865 marked

• the North’s defeat in the Civil War.

  
  

• the official end of slavery in the United States.

  
  

• the South’s defeat in the Civil War.

  
  

• the end of ten years of armed conflict.

  
  

The main purpose of Jim Crow laws was to

• prevent African Americans from going to school.

  
  

• divide African American families.

  
  

• reestablish slavery in the South.

  
  

• divide African Americans from Southern whites.

  
  

After assassinating President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth

• was hailed as a hero in the south.

  
  

• was eventually captured.

  
  

• became an abolitionist.

  
  

• escaped to the North.

  
  

Which of the following best describes the sequence of events following the shooting of President Lincoln?

• Lincoln died immediately, and his assassin was shot leaving Ford’s Theater.

  
  

• Lincoln died immediately, and his assassin was arrested that evening.

  
  

• Lincoln died the following day, and his assassin was killed several days later.

  
  

• Lincoln received immediate medical care, and his assassin was never caught.

  
  

The Civil War strategy that involved attacks on both civilian and military targets was called

• March to the Sea.

  
  

• Shenandoah Valley Campaign.

  
  

• total war.

  
  

• Southern surrender.

  
  

Many Southern leaders believed that a McClellan victory in the presidential election of 1864 would lead to

• a Republican presidency.

  
  

• negotiations for Confederate independence.

  
  

• the end of the Civil War.

  
  

• the emancipation of enslaved persons.

  
  

Which best describes how the status of the Civil War affected Lincoln’s reelection in 1864?

• The Civil War was close to ending.

  
  

• The Civil War was about half over.

  
  

• The Civil War had many years left.

  
  

• The Civil War was just beginning.

  
  

General Grant responded to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House by

• feeding Lee’s troops and sending them home.

  
  

• arresting Lee and sending his troops home.

  
  

• arresting Lee and sending his troops to prison.

  
  

• executing Lee and arresting his troops.

  
  

During the Civil War, Grant attacked Vicksburg a second time because

• he was angry at the Confederacy.

  
  

• Vicksburg was vital to a Union victory.

  
  

• the Confederacy did not expect it.

  
  

• the Union navy could not control the city.

  
  

How did the capture of Vicksburg contribute to the Union victory in the Civil War?

• It gave the Union control of major Southern cities.

  
  

• It allowed the Union to focus on fighting in border states.

  
  

• It gave the Union the ability to supply its troops.

  
  

• It allowed the Union to focus on fighting in the East.