Study Quiz for Civil War Test

Lincoln suspended ___ to deal with dissent in the Union states.

• voting rights for free African Americans
• harsh sentences for draft rioters
• conscription of men over 35
• the writ of habeas corpus

How long did the siege of Vicksburg last?

• about 1 week
• about 6 weeks
• about 1 month
• about 3 months

What happened at Vicksburg?

• The city surrendered after a long siege by Union forces.
• The city surrendered immediately to Union forces.
• Confederate troops won a victory after a long fight.
• Troops led by Sherman and Johnston fought to a standstill.

While serving in the Union army, African Americans faced all of the following except:

• discrimination
• lower pay than whites
• higher mortality rates than whites
• excessively high income taxes

One effect of the Emancipation Proclamation was that it ___.

• immediately freed Southern slaves
• gave a moral purpose to the war
• united the Republican Party
• kept Great Britain out of the war

The North relied on all of the following sources of troops except for:

• African Americans
• Volunteers
• The draft
• Mercenaries

Women helped out during the war in all of the following ways except?

• Nurses
• Taking care of businesses back home
• Working in factories
• Voting for new leaders

Sherman’s March shows the use of which of the following war strategies?

• “Wait it out”
• Total war
• Atomic warfare
• Anaconda plan

The South had to surrender for all of the following except?

• Running low on soldiers
• Running low on resources
• President Lincoln was assassinated
• Was surrounded

What was the first state to secede from the United States?

• Virginia
• West Virginia
• South Carolina
• Alabama