America The Story of US - Civil War

About _______ died during the Civil War, nearly 2% of the population.

• 60,000 people

• 600,000 people

• 6 million people

The 11 states in the south that seceded and created the Confederate States of America planned to stay ________ and have their own country that allowed _________.

• separate, slavery

• neutral, choice

• part of the US, slavery

Who was the commander of the Confederate army of Northern Virginia?

• General Grant

• General Lee

• General Sherman

A 2-month trip for soldiers & supplies by foot from the North to the South would take how long by train?

• 3 days

• 7 days

• 2 weeks

Major reasons for the North winning the war were more soldiers, supplies, and more _________ to produce more and better weapons for its troops.

• telegraphs

• farmers

• factories

In the single-day battle of Antietam, over ________ soldiers were killed and over 17,000 wounded making this the bloodiest day in American history.

• 6,000

• 600

• 60

What caused the death of twice as many soldiers as in the battlefield?

• Direct hit from a Minie ball

• Infection & disease

• Natural disasters

Union Civil War nurse Clara Barton is known for all of the following EXCEPT?

• Requiring that clean bandages be provided to injured soldiers.

• Using "First Aid" meaning a sorting system of helping the most seriously wounded first.

• • Founding the Red Cross

• • Requiring that only women could be nurses.

The role of the media, and individuals like Mathew Brady, in the Civil War was that _____________ showed many how terrible the war was.

• telegraph

• photography

• embalming

The document called the __________ ___________  issued by Lincoln freed the slaves in the states that had seceded but not in the border states and makes ending slavery the main purpose of the war. 

• Gettysburg Address

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Missouri Compromise