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Chapter 17 History Review

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri had close ties to both the Union and the Confederacy.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Slavery was banned in the border states.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

An efficient railway network was one of the South's strengths

a)

True

b)

False

4.

For the South, the primary aim of the war was to preserve slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

For the North, the primary goal was to preserve the Union.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which was the most vital border state for the Union?

a)

Deleware

b)

Kentucky

c)

Maryland

d)

Missouri

7.

The South expected support from Britain and France because these two European nations relied on the South for ______.

a)

cotton

b)

rice

c)

manufactured goods

d)

goods and services

8.

What was one of the main advantages of the South?

a)

a large population

b)

excellent military leaders

c)

belief in states' rights

d)

strong industries

9.

From where did most Confederate and Union soldiers come?

a)

cities

b)

the far west

c)

farms

d)

coastal areas

10.

General ____ headed the Union army of the East after the Battle of Bull Run.

a)

Burnside

b)

Lee

c)

Grant

d)

McClellan

11.

The Confederacy used ironclads to _____ their harbors and rivers.

a)

attack

b)

build

c)

defend

12.

The ______ and the Monitor took part in a battle that raised spirits in the North and the South.

a)

Virgina

b)

Merrimack

c)

Tennessee

d)

Hartford

13.

A key victory for the North was when Union naval forces under David Farragut captured ______ on April 25, 1862.

a)

Mexico City

b)

New Orleans

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Wilmington

14.

Where was the first major battle of the Civil War?

a)

Antietam Creek

b)

Richmond

c)

Shiloh

d)

Bull Run

15.

Who was the Union general who captured Fort Henry?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

David Farragut

c)

George B. McClellan

d)

Robert E. Lee

16.

What was the Union goal in the West?

a)

to control the Tennessee River

b)

to control California

c)

to control Texas

d)

to control the Mississippi River

17.

Together the Union and Confederate armies suffered more than 23,000 casualties in which battle?

a)

Bull Run

b)

New Orleans

c)

Richmond

d)

Shiloh

18.

egal order that guarantees a prisoner the right to be heard in court

a)

Rose O'Neal Greenhow

b)

Habeas Corpus

c)

Clara Barton

d)

bounty

e)

Peace Democrat

19.

Southern spy

a)

Habeas Corpus

b)

bounties

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Rose O'Neal Greenhow

e)

Peace Democrats

20.

Northerner who helped wounded soldiers

a)

bounty

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Habeas Corpus

d)

Rose O'Neal Greenhow

e)

Peace Democrats

21.

called "Copperheads" by critics

a)

Peace Democrats

b)

Habeas Corpus

c)

Clara Barton

d)

bounty

e)

Rose O'Neal Greenhow

22.

payments to encourage enlistment

a)

Habeas Corpus

b)

Peace Democrats

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Rose O'Neal Greenhow

e)

bounties

23.

Why did the South suffer most of the destruction during the Civil War?

a)

because most battles were fought in Georgia

b)

because most of the fighting took place there

c)

because of its extensive railroad mileage

d)

because schools and churches were used as hospitals

24.

Which type of law required Confederate men between certain ages to serve in the army for three years?

a)

bounty

b)

draft

c)

Habeas Corpus

d)

corpus

25.

Which Northern city saw the most violent opposition to laws requiring military service?

a)

Charleston

b)

New York City

c)

Richmond

d)

Washington D.C.

26.

To raise money for the war, what did the North print?

a)

promissory notes

b)

handbills

c)

paper checks

d)

greenbacks

27.

Stonewall Jackson was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Lincoln replaced General George McClellan with General Ambrose Burnside.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

The Union army was composed mostly of African American soldiers.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

The Gettysburg Address was given at a ceremony to dedicate a cemetery.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The 54th Massachusetts was an all-female regiment

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Confederate leaders hoped that a victory in Union territory would win support from ____.

a)

Britain and France

b)

France and Spain

c)

Spain and Britain

d)

Spain and Germany

33.

General Grant led a 47-day siege against which city?

a)

Atlanta, Georgia

b)

Mobile, Alabama

c)

Port Hudson, Louisiana

d)

Vicksburg Mississippi

34.

By the end of the war, African American volunteers made up nearly which percentage of the Union army?

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

50%

d)

100%

35.

President Lincoln's address at which battlefield honored soldiers and stated his vision for the country?

a)

Chancellorsville

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Shiloh

d)

Vicksburg

36.

Because of the huge loss of life among his own troops, critics of _______ in the North called him a "butcher."

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

George McClellan

d)

Robert E. Lee

37.

In November 1864, Abraham Lincoln defeated _______ and won reelection.

a)

George B. McClellan

b)

James Madison

c)

James Buchanan

d)

Millard Filmore

38.

The formal end of the war came on April 9, ________.

a)

1862

b)

1860

c)

1864

d)

1865

39.

The Civil War made it clear that the national government was more powerful than the government of the ________.

a)

states

b)

girl scouts

c)

counties

d)

South

40.

Which of the following is the systematic destruction of an entire land - not just an army?

a)

blockade

b)

slash-and-burn

c)

terminal war

d)

total war

41.

What helped Lincoln win the 1864 election?

a)

Lee's surrender

b)

promotion of Grant

c)

Sherman's capture of Atlanta

d)

winning at Gettysburg

42.

What was Sherman's march across Georgia toward the Atlantic called?

a)

Cold War

b)

March to the Sea

c)

Long Siege

d)

March to the Atlantic

43.

Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?

a)

Appomattox Court House

b)

Gettysburg Cemetery

c)

Richmond

d)

Vicksburg