Civil War Test 25-26

The Emancipation Proclamation

• Freed slaves in every state of the Union
• Freed slave in only the North
• Freed slaves only in Missouri, Delaware, Maryland and Kentucky
• Freed slaves only in the Confederate states

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North?

• Population
• Railroads
• Military Commanders
• Navy

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the South?

• Experienced Outdoorsmen
• Military Commanders
• Economy
• Food Supply

One Union military strategy was attrition, where they planned to wear down the Confederacy.

• True
• False

Which battle provided the Union victory that Lincoln needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• First Battle of Bull Run
• Gettysburg
• Antietam
• Vicksburg

Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman’s strategy of total war targeted not only the Confederate army but also

• the citizens living in the South.
• Northern citizens sympathetic to the South.
• the South’s population of enslaved Africans.
• Native Americans who were not loyal to the US.

Which event led directly to South Carolina's secession from the United States?

• the firing upon Ft. Sumter in Charleston
• the cession of North Carolina from the Union
• the victory of Abraham Lincoln in the Election of 1860
• the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run

By what name was General Scott's strategy known?

• Total War
• the Anaconda Plan
• Divide and Conquer
• the Cottonmouth Plan

Which letter on the map shows a state that was NOT part of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?

• A
• B
• C
• D

The main purpose of General Sherman's "March to the Sea" in 1864 was to

• convince France and Britain to get out of the war.
• capture the important railroad depot at Charleston.
• permanently destroy Georgia's ability to produce cotton.
• destroy the South's strategic and economic capacity to fight.