Chapter Test: The American Civil War Flashcards
(80 cards)
_______ led a fleet from the South up the Mississippi River.
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Captain David Farragut
C) Robert E. Lee
B) Captain David Farragut
__________ led the Confederate troops in the Second Battle of Bull Run.
A) George B. McClellan
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) Robert E. Lee
C) Robert E. Lee
__________ was in charge of gaining control of the Mississippi River.
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Ulysses S. Grant
C) Ulysses S. Grant
__________ was the general around whom Virginian troops rallied at Bull Run.
A) Irvin McDowell
B) Stonewall Jackson
C) Abraham Lincoln
B) Stonewall Jackson
__________, was the capital of the Confederacy.
A) Savannah, Georgia
B) New Orleans, Louisiana
C) Richmond, Virginia
C) Richmond, Virginia
African-American soldiers in the Union army __________.
A) fought in the same regiments as white soldiers
B) fought in all-black regiments commanded by white officers
C) fought in all-black regiments commanded by black officers
B) fought in all-black regiments commanded by white officers
African-American soldiers were paid________ white soldiers.
A) more than
B) The same as
C) less than
C) less than
After the Emancipation Proclamation, the union won support from__________.
A)Europe
B) Asia
C) South America
A) Europe
Another name for the battleships of the civil war was ________.
A) Ironclads
B) Stonewalls
C)Right Arms
A) Ironclads
As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation, _________.
A) The confederate army surrendered immediately to the union army.
B) All slaves in the union were freed
C) The abolition of slavery was closer than ever.
C) The abolition of slavery was closer than ever.
Before the battle of Antietam, a copy of the _______ was found by the Union.
A) Emancipation Proclamation
B) Confederate battle plans
C) Gettysburg Address
B) Confederate battle plans
Clara Barton, Harriett Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Dorothea dix all __________ during the Civil War.
A) Worked in coin mints
B) Made ammunitions
C) nursed soldiers
C) nursed soliers
During the Civil War, the North had the advantage of ________.
A) Having a larger railroad system than did the south.
B) Fighting on home territory.
C) Growing cotton which could be exchanged for weapons and manufactured goods.
A) having a larger railroad system than did the south.
During the Civil War, the South had the advantage of _______.
A) a larger railroad system than the North had.
B) more money than the North had.
C) fighting on home territory
C) fighting on home territory.
In the Civil War, the _______ were southerners.
A) Yankees
B) Rebels
C) Patriots
B) Rebels
Lee hoped that Britain and France would aid the Confederacy after the Battle of ________.
A) Bull run
B) Antietam
C) Shiloh
B) Antietam
Licoln chose General George B. Mc Clellan to capture_______.
A) Richmond, Virginia
B) The Mississippi River
C) Kentucky
A) Richmond, Virginia
Massachusetts organized a regiment of black soldiers called _______.
A) The association of freed slaves
B)The Anti-Slavery Association
C) The 54th Massachusetts
C) The 54th Massachusetts
One effect of the Civil War was that women___________.
A) had more options for work outside the home
B) were kept from leaving their homes
C) were invited to join the army
A) had more options for work outside the home
The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia were both _________.
A) Cannons used in the Civil War.
B) Warships
C) Tanks
B) Warships
The battle of Antietam was a political victory for the _________.
A) Union
B) Confederacy
C) British
A) Union
The Battle of Shiloh gave the union control over__________.
A) Texas and Lousina
B) Kentucky and Tennessee
C) Lousina and Mississippi
B) Kentucky and Tennessee
The Blue and Gray refferred to ___________.
A) The uniforms worn by the Union and confederate soldiers in the Civil War.
B)The politcal issues that led to the Civil War.
C)The top generals of the Civil War.
A) The uniforms worn by the union and confederate soldiers in the Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves ___________.
A) in the union
B) in the confederacy
C) in the territories
B) in the confederacy