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USHY 10 Final Exam

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following states did not successfully secede from the Union?

a)

Arkansas

b)

North Carolina

c)

Kentucky

d)

Alabama

2.

The Civil War took place from...

a)

1850-1860

b)

1861-1865

c)

1865-1870

3.

Who was the Confederate President who ordered the Confederates to take Fort Sumter?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

4.

In which state did Lincoln declare Martial Law to keep them from seceding?

a)

Delaware

b)

Maryland

c)

Missouri

5.

Which of the following was not a border state?

a)

Missouri

b)

Kentucky

c)

Tennessee

6.

Northern newspapers labeled Winfield Scott's plan to defeat the South the __________________.

a)

Copperhead plan

b)

War Democrat Plan

c)

Anaconda Plan

7.

In the summer of 1862, Congress introduced a militia law that required states to draft men for military service called....

a)

attrition

b)

conscription

c)

habeas corpus

8.

Which of the following was the first major battle of the Civil War?

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

First Bull Run

9.

Confederate forces launched a surprise attack on Grant's troops were camped about 20 miles north of Corinth, Mississippi, near a small church named....

a)

Shiloh

b)

Winn Dixie

c)

Air Bud

10.

Which military leader led a "total war" attack from Atlanta to Savannah and then through the Carolinas?

a)

Lee

b)

Sherman

c)

Grant

11.

Which Union General was promoted to Lieutenant General, a rank no one had held since George Washington?

a)

Sherman

b)

Lee

c)

Grant

12.

Where did Lee surrender, bringing an end to the war in the East?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Appomattox

13.

Who did Lee surrender to at Appomattox Court House?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Stonewall Jackson

c)

James Madison

14.

Which battle marked the "turning point" of the war in the East and had the most casualties of any battle in U.S. History?

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Vicksburg

15.

Why was control of the Mississippi River important to the Union?

a)

it was a major route for Union supplies coming from Europe

b)

it divided the Confederacy in two

c)

it provided water to the confederate soldiers

16.

Why did Lincoln want to keep Maryland from joining the Confederacy?

a)

it contained key manufacturing facilities

b)

Washington D.C. would've been surrounded by the Confederacy

c)

it was a railroad hub

17.

Which battle marked the beginning of the Civil War?

a)

Antietam

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Fort Sumter

18.

Which Union victory gave them control of the Mississippi River?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Chancellorsville

19.

Which of the following was a goal of the Confederacy?

a)

blockade northern ports

b)

obtain aid and support from European countries

c)

control Delaware

20.

The Emancipation Proclamation declared all slaves free in...

a)

all of the U.S.

b)

the border states

c)

the Confederacy

21.

Which of the following was responsible for the devastating destruction of southern railroads, farms, cattle, and buildings from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia?

a)

Grant's run for glory

b)

Lee's walk to the ocean

c)

Sherman's march to the sea

22.

Who assassinated Lincoln?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Sic Semper Tyrannis

c)

Bobby Hill

23.

Which state was the first to secede?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Texas

c)

Virginia

24.

How many people died in the seizing of Fort Sumter?

a)

20

b)

200

c)

0

25.

What happened to union General Irwin McDowell after the First Battle of Bull Run?

a)

he was promoted by Lincoln

b)

he was fired by Lincoln

c)

he was killed by Lincoln

26.

Which battle was the bloodiest single day battle ever fought in American history?

a)

Chancellorsville

b)

Antietam

c)

Vicksburg

27.

Shortly after Grant's victory at Shiloh, northern newspapers began to call for Lincoln to fire Grant to which Lincoln replied...

a)

"a house divided itself cannot stand"

b)

"say hello to my lil friend"

c)

"i cannot spare this man...he fights"

28.

How long did the battle of Vicksburg last?

a)

about 58 days

b)

about 3 days

c)

about a week

29.

Why did the South attack the Union at Antietam?

a)

needed to win a battle on Union soil to gain foreign support

b)

they were trying to convince the Maryland confederates to join them

c)

Lee was trying to move his troops to warmer weather for the winter

30.

In which battle did spectators from the North pack picnic baskets and watch the battle from the hills?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Gettysburg

c)

First Bull Run

31.

Which battle was and still is the deadliest battle in U.S. History as well as the key turning point in the Civil War?

a)

Shiloh

b)

Second Bull Run

c)

Gettysburg

32.

Which of the following is the only man who can say "the war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor"?

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

Wilmur McClean

c)

John Wilkes Booth

33.

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...

a)

Custer's Last Stand

b)

Pickett's Charge

c)

Stonewall's Fall

34.

Which of the following was a new type of bullet used during the Civil War?

a)

minie ball

b)

remington

c)

deadeye

35.

Which of the following contributed most to the high casualties in the war?

a)

better kill rate due to better soldiers

b)

using old tactics with new technology

c)

the introduction of the airplane into war

36.

Which of the following was a tactic used by Sherman in his famous "march to sea"?

a)

shock and awe

b)

total war

c)

blitzkrieg

37.

Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation after the Union victory at...

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Shiloh

38.

Which battle did Thomas Jackson earn the nickname "Stonewall"?

a)

First Bull Run

b)

Antietam

c)

Gettysburg

39.

heated, twisted, pieces of railroad that were wrapped around trees during Sherman's march to the sea...

a)

ironclads

b)

Sherman Neckties

c)

Sherman ribbons

40.

rule by the military..

a)

Martial Law

b)

Military Dominance

c)

Martial Society

41.

ships that changed the future of naval warfare...

a)

blockade runners

b)

ironclads

c)

container ships

42.

place where Lee surrendered to Grant...

a)

Appomattox Court House, Virginia

b)

Richmond, Virginia

c)

Atlanta, Georgia

43.

left her job as a patent office clerk to nurse soldiers on the battlefield and create the Red Cross...

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Victoria Cross

c)

Clara Barton

44.

to cut off food and supplies and bombard a city until its defenders give up is called a...

a)

retreat

b)

siege

c)

blockade

45.

began with "four score and seven years ago"...

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Lincoln's Farewell Address

46.

states that were between the North and the South...

a)

border states

b)

tweeners

c)

neutrals

47.

capital was Richmond...

a)

North

b)

South

48.

had varied economic resources...

a)

North

b)

South

49.

had more miles of railroad...

a)

North

b)

South

50.

was fighting a defensive war...

a)

North

b)

South

51.

appealed to Great Britain and France for aid and recognition...

a)

North

b)

South

52.

had the larger army...

a)

North

b)

South

53.

Military was led by Robert E. Lee...

a)

North

b)

South

54.

had the larger army...

a)

North

b)

South

55.

strategy to win the war was called the Anaconda Plan...

a)

North

b)

South

56.

Which major U.S. city did Sherman burn during his "March to the Sea"?

a)

Atlanta

b)

Charleston

c)

Dallas

57.

Why was 1863 such a pivotal year in the Civil War?

a)

Union won two key battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg

b)

it was the exact mid-point of the war

c)

the war had ended and America recovery began

58.

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.

a)

Merrimack; Monitor

b)

Old ironsides; Rusty

c)

Alabama; Washington

59.

Why did Robert E. Lee refuse the generalship of the U.S. Army when Lincoln offered it to him?

a)

he didn't like Lincoln

b)

he didn't feel as though he was qualified

c)

Virginia seceded; couldn't fight against his own people

60.

The word that best describes Coach Key's class is...

a)

Fun

b)

Fire

c)

Entertaining