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Chapter 16

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

this was an idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because it needed the South raw cotton to supply its basing textile industry

a)

Seven Days' battles

b)

cotton diplomacy

c)

Fort sumter

d)

Gettysburg Address

2.

wedge between the North and South were the key of Delaware Kentucky Maryland and Missouri slave states that did not join the Confederacy

a)

state borders

b)

ironclads

c)

cotton diplomacy

d)

border states

3.

What is the Seven Days' Battles?

a)

a key battle that finally turned against the Confederates

b)

Jackson's troops met popes's Union forces on the battlefield or the Second Battle of Manassas

c)

on June 22nd he attacked the launching series of dashes that Force the Union Army to retreat from near Richmond

d)

battle of sharpshurg was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War and of the US history

4.

In 1861, a federal outpost in Charleston, south Carolina, that was attacked by confederate troops, beginning the civil war.

a)

pickett's Charge

b)

Wilderness Campaign

c)

Fort sumter

d)

54th massachusetts infantry

5.

Jackson's troops met popes Union forces on the battlefield or the second battle of Manassas

a)

Second Battle of bull run

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Battle of the us

d)

Second battle of manassas

6.

What are ironclads?

a)

warships designed to be impervious to enemy shot and shell by virtue of their iron-armored wooden hulls.

b)

a 19 century warship with armor plating.

c)

Ships heavily armored with iron

d)

free slaves

7.

What is the emancipation?

a)

The freeing of slaves

b)

escaped slaves

c)

freedom of people

d)

contrabands

8.

General Grant troops began in the Mid may 1863 cutting off the city and shelling it repeatedly

a)

Western Campaign

b)

Pickett's Charge

c)

Battle of gettysburg

d)

Siege of Vicksburg

9.

the Union Army gained greater control of the Mississippi River Valley

a)

Emancipation proclamation

b)

Battle of gettysburg

c)

Battle of Bull run

d)

Battle of Shiloh

10.

the first major battle of the Civil War and the Confederates Victory. this battle is also known as the first battle of Manassas. it shattered the North's hopes of winning the war quickly.

a)

Second battle of bull run

b)

battle of emancipation

c)

First battle of bull run

d)

Appomattox Court house

11.

Battle of sharpshurg was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War and of US history

a)

Siege of vicksburg

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

total war

d)

Gettysburg Address

12.

Midwestern Democrats that opposed abolition and supported the south

a)

Copperheads

b)

habeas

c)

proclamation

d)

contrabands

13.

Finally wrote it, the right to join the confederate slaves

a)

Emancipation

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

habeas Corpus

d)

Appomattox Courthouse

14.

A type of warfare in which civilian and economic resources were destroyed is (a)  

15.

The south surrendered to the north end war, a small town where lee surrendered to grant, thus ending the civil war

a)

54th Massachusetts Infantry

b)

Appomattox Courthouse

c)

Wilderness Campaign

d)

Siege of Vicksburg

16.

Battles fought to capture Richmond, union troops launched a series of battles, and designed the confederate capital at Richmond.

a)

Wilderness Campaign

b)

total war

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

cotton diplmacy

17.

Run away slaves/ escaped slaves are

(a)  

18.

African American military unit that led the charge on fort wagner

a)

54th Massachusetts Infantry

b)

wilderness Campaign

c)

Pickett's Charge

d)

Habeas Corpus

19.

Unsuccessful attack at Gettysburg by the south

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Picketts charge

d)

Seven Days Battles

20.

What is Habeas corpus?

a)

fundamental right in the Constitution that protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment.

b)

destroying civilian and economic resources

c)

constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment

d)

Unsucessful attack

21.

President Lincoln gave a speech he praised the Bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War.

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Fort sumter

c)

ironclads

d)

Second Battle of bull run

22.

a key battle that finally turned against the confederates.

a)

Battle of gettysburg

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Battle of Shiloh

d)

Seven Days battles