Civil War Test

Question 1

President of the Confederacy who tried to leave the country dressed as a woman

Answer 1

Jefferson Davis

Question 2

Lincoln said it was the key to ending the Confederacy

Answer 2

Siege of Vicksburg

Question 3

Confederate victory that gave them a much-needed boost of morale

Answer 3

Battle of Fredericksburg

Question 4

Speech that commemorated the soldiers who died there and said that the war would test the nation’s democracy

Answer 4

The Gettysburg Address

Question 5

Where Lee was cut off and surrendered to Grant

Answer 5

Appomattox Courthouse

Question 6

Were taken to camps like Andersonville or Fort Warren

Answer 6

Prisoners of War

Question 7

Andrew Johnson and William Seward were targets but Lincoln was the only one that was killed

Answer 7

Assassination plot

Question 8

The turning point of the Civil War; fought in the North from July 1 through July 3

Answer 8

The Battle of Gettysburg

Question 9

They showed their bravery and proved that African Americans could fight just was well as white soldiers at Fort Wagner

Answer 9

Massachusetts 54th Regiment

Question 10

He had to choose between his state and his country when the war broke out

Answer 10

General Lee

Question 11

The Confederate ship that was reinforced with iron plates to rival the Monitor

Answer 11

Virginia

Question 12

The election between Lincoln and George B. McClellan

Answer 12

Election of 1864

Question 13

Was used by the Confederacy to move troops and foods, the Union wanted to control it; split the Confederacy

Answer 13

The Mississippi River

Question 14

Union General who was known for being more timid and was in command of the Union Army at Fredericksburg

Answer 14

Ambrose Burnside

Question 15

When he ran for president he said he was not going to abolish slavery, but when he won his second term he did just that

Answer 15

Abraham Lincoln

Question 16

General Lee tried to take this hill on July 2 and was unsuccessful in his attempts

Answer 16

Little Round Top

Question 17

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 17

Battle of Bull Run

Question 18

A naval battle fought using the two Ironclad ships the Virginia and Monitor.

Answer 18

Battle of Hampton Roads

Question 19

The bloodiest single day battle that allowed Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.

Answer 19

Battle of Antietam

Question 20

The Union retreat at this battle allowed for General Lee to push into the North.

Answer 20

Battle of Chancellorsville

Question 21

A Confederate victory late in the war; Grant was trying to get to Petersburg after this battle.

Answer 21

Battle of Cold Harbor.

Question 22

Famous Confederate General who was given a nickname for how his lines held in the battle of Bull Run and was killed by friendly fire.

Answer 22

General Stonewall Jackson

Question 23

He was the leader of the first all-black regiment.

Answer 23

General Robert Gould Shaw

Question 24

The first female physician who trained
Clara Barton.

Answer 24

Elizabeth Blackwell

Question 25

He was fired by Lincoln after the Battle of Antietam; he would run against Lincoln in the 1864 election.

Answer 25

George B. McClellan

Question 26

He would take control of the Mississippi River Delta.

Answer 26

General David Farragut

Question 27

The plan that the Union used to cut off the Southern ports and take control of the Mississippi River.

Answer 27

Anaconda Plan

Question 28

Who had the stronger Navy?

Answer 28

The Union

Question 29

Who had more military colleges?

Answer 29

The Confederacy

Question 30

Happened on July 3 at Gettysburg when the Confederates tried to take Cemetery Ridge.

Answer 30

Pickett’s Charge

Question 31

What was the significance of the
Battle of Fort Wagner?

Answer 31

Proved that African American troops could fight just as well as white soldiers.

Question 32

Union used this throughout the war; happened at Vicksburg and Petersburg

Answer 32

Siege

Question 33

What were the women in the South rioting over?

Answer 33

Food shortages

Question 34

What was the title that Lincoln gave to the last General of the Union Army?

Answer 34

Lieutenant General

Question 35

What would run ramped and kill many soldiers in the hospitals?

Answer 35

Infection & disease

Question 36

What were two of the causes of the Civil War?

Answer 36

Slavery & state rights

Question 37

What was one of Lincoln’s main points
in the Gettysburg Address?

Answer 37

He commemorated soldiers on the battlefield and stated that the war was testing the nation’s strength as a democracy.

Question 38

Name one Union General in charge of the Union Army besides Grant and McClellan.

Answer 38

General Burnside