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WorksheetsUSHY 10 Final Exam
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Which of the following states did not successfully secede from the Union?
Arkansas
North Carolina
Kentucky
Alabama
The Civil War took place from...
1850-1860
1861-1865
1865-1870
Who was the Confederate President who ordered the Confederates to take Fort Sumter?
Jefferson Davis
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
In which state did Lincoln declare Martial Law to keep them from seceding?
Delaware
Maryland
Missouri
Which of the following was not a border state?
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Northern newspapers labeled Winfield Scott's plan to defeat the South the __________________.
Copperhead plan
War Democrat Plan
Anaconda Plan
In the summer of 1862, Congress introduced a militia law that required states to draft men for military service called....
attrition
conscription
habeas corpus
Which of the following was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Antietam
Gettysburg
First Bull Run
Confederate forces launched a surprise attack on Grant's troops were camped about 20 miles north of Corinth, Mississippi, near a small church named....
Shiloh
Winn Dixie
Air Bud
Which military leader led a "total war" attack from Atlanta to Savannah and then through the Carolinas?
Lee
Sherman
Grant
Which Union General was promoted to Lieutenant General, a rank no one had held since George Washington?
Sherman
Lee
Grant
Where did Lee surrender, bringing an end to the war in the East?
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Who did Lee surrender to at Appomattox Court House?
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
James Madison
Which battle marked the "turning point" of the war in the East and had the most casualties of any battle in U.S. History?
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Why was control of the Mississippi River important to the Union?
it was a major route for Union supplies coming from Europe
it divided the Confederacy in two
it provided water to the confederate soldiers
Why did Lincoln want to keep Maryland from joining the Confederacy?
it contained key manufacturing facilities
Washington D.C. would've been surrounded by the Confederacy
it was a railroad hub
Which battle marked the beginning of the Civil War?
Antietam
Vicksburg
Fort Sumter
Which Union victory gave them control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Chancellorsville
Which of the following was a goal of the Confederacy?
blockade northern ports
obtain aid and support from European countries
control Delaware
The Emancipation Proclamation declared all slaves free in...
all of the U.S.
the border states
the Confederacy
Which of the following was responsible for the devastating destruction of southern railroads, farms, cattle, and buildings from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia?
Grant's run for glory
Lee's walk to the ocean
Sherman's march to the sea
Who assassinated Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Sic Semper Tyrannis
Bobby Hill
Which state was the first to secede?
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
How many people died in the seizing of Fort Sumter?
20
200
0
What happened to union General Irwin McDowell after the First Battle of Bull Run?
he was promoted by Lincoln
he was fired by Lincoln
he was killed by Lincoln
Which battle was the bloodiest single day battle ever fought in American history?
Chancellorsville
Antietam
Vicksburg
Shortly after Grant's victory at Shiloh, northern newspapers began to call for Lincoln to fire Grant to which Lincoln replied...
"a house divided itself cannot stand"
"say hello to my lil friend"
"i cannot spare this man...he fights"
How long did the battle of Vicksburg last?
about 58 days
about 3 days
about a week
Why did the South attack the Union at Antietam?
needed to win a battle on Union soil to gain foreign support
they were trying to convince the Maryland confederates to join them
Lee was trying to move his troops to warmer weather for the winter
In which battle did spectators from the North pack picnic baskets and watch the battle from the hills?
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
First Bull Run
Which battle was and still is the deadliest battle in U.S. History as well as the key turning point in the Civil War?
Shiloh
Second Bull Run
Gettysburg
Which of the following is the only man who can say "the war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor"?
William Tecumseh Sherman
Wilmur McClean
John Wilkes Booth
On July 2, 1863 Lee ordered a massive assault at the center of the Union line in which the South suffered 7,000 casualties in less than a 30 minutes of fighting...
Custer's Last Stand
Pickett's Charge
Stonewall's Fall
Which of the following was a new type of bullet used during the Civil War?
minie ball
remington
deadeye
Which of the following contributed most to the high casualties in the war?
better kill rate due to better soldiers
using old tactics with new technology
the introduction of the airplane into war
Which of the following was a tactic used by Sherman in his famous "march to sea"?
shock and awe
total war
blitzkrieg
Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation after the Union victory at...
Antietam
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Which battle did Thomas Jackson earn the nickname "Stonewall"?
First Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
heated, twisted, pieces of railroad that were wrapped around trees during Sherman's march to the sea...
ironclads
Sherman Neckties
Sherman ribbons
rule by the military..
Martial Law
Military Dominance
Martial Society
ships that changed the future of naval warfare...
blockade runners
ironclads
container ships
place where Lee surrendered to Grant...
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Atlanta, Georgia
left her job as a patent office clerk to nurse soldiers on the battlefield and create the Red Cross...
Susan B. Anthony
Victoria Cross
Clara Barton
to cut off food and supplies and bombard a city until its defenders give up is called a...
retreat
siege
blockade
began with "four score and seven years ago"...
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln's Farewell Address
states that were between the North and the South...
border states
tweeners
neutrals
capital was Richmond...
North
South
had varied economic resources...
North
South
had more miles of railroad...
North
South
was fighting a defensive war...
North
South
appealed to Great Britain and France for aid and recognition...
North
South
had the larger army...
North
South
Military was led by Robert E. Lee...
North
South
had the larger army...
North
South
strategy to win the war was called the Anaconda Plan...
North
South
Which major U.S. city did Sherman burn during his "March to the Sea"?
Atlanta
Charleston
Dallas
Why was 1863 such a pivotal year in the Civil War?
Union won two key battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg
it was the exact mid-point of the war
the war had ended and America recovery began
In the battle of Hampton Roads, Northern Ironclad, the _________ and Southern Ironclad, the __________, fought to a stalemate in the first ironclad ship battle in U.S. History.
Merrimack; Monitor
Old ironsides; Rusty
Alabama; Washington
Why did Robert E. Lee refuse the generalship of the U.S. Army when Lincoln offered it to him?
he didn't like Lincoln
he didn't feel as though he was qualified
Virginia seceded; couldn't fight against his own people
The word that best describes Coach Key's class is...
Fun
Fire
Entertaining
