Civil War

What was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War?

• unified popular support for the war effort
• superior military leadership
• economic aid from Great Britain and France
• greater human and economic resources

What advantage did the South have the North during the Civil War?

• greater manufacturing
• more effective navy
• better government
• more capable military leaders

Which one of the following would NOT describe what life was like for Civil War soldiers?

• Difficult marches and often underpaid

• send letters home to families

• Horrific battles

• Clean camps and well fed

The single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place here:

• Appomatox

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it --

• allowed the Confederate army to seize Washington D.C.
• broke the Union blockade along the Gulf of Mexico
• enabled the Confederate army to seek French assistance
• gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River

Who was the president of the Confederate states of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Sherman

• Morgan Freeman

• Jefferson Davis

The Confederacy surrendered to the Union army at this courthouse in Virginia.

• Appomattox

• Antietam

• Manassas

• Richmond

Who were the two main generals of each side, who signed the letter of surrender at Appomattox?

• Lincoln & Davis

• Sherman & Jackson

• Grant & Lee

• Washington & Cornwallis

In declaring its intention to secede from the Union in 1860, South Carolina was affirming its position on

• civil rights
• states' rights
• individual rights
• unalienable rights

Lincoln's famous speech to rally the north towards a common cause

• Gettysburg Address

• Anteitem Address

• The Sumter Address

• Emancipation Proclamation