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1. Q: What were the northern states called?A: The Union-------------------------------------2. Q: What were the southern states called?C: The Confederacy-------------------------------------3. Q: About how many lives were lost in the American Civil War?D: 600,000-------------------------------------4. Q: Where did the Civil War start?B: Charleston (SC)-------------------------------------5. Q: What year did the Civil War begin?C: 1861-------------------------------------6. Q: What fort did Confederate General P.G.T Beauregard fire on to start the Civil War?B: Fort Sumter-------------------------------------7. Q: When did the last Confederate army surrender?D: 1865-------------------------------------8. Q: Who was elected President of the United States in 1860?B: Abraham Lincoln-------------------------------------9. Q: What was the South's main source of income?A: Cotton-------------------------------------10. Q: Which side was against high tariffs?B: South-------------------------------------11. Q: Prior to the Civil War what was the Federal Governments chief source of income?D: tariffs-------------------------------------12. Q: Which current state was not part of the Northwest Territory?A: Iowa-------------------------------------13. Q: Which side preferred stronger state government and less federal government?B: South-------------------------------------14. Q: Why were the western territories so politically important to both the North and the South?B: They would decide who had control in congress-------------------------------------15. Q: What was the Missouri Compromise?D: An agreement that said Missouri was a slave state; while Maine would be a free state.-------------------------------------16. Q: What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write about slavery?A: Uncle Tom's Cabin-------------------------------------17. Q: What was the antislavery political party that ran John C. Fremont in the 1856 presidential election?B: Repulican-------------------------------------18. Q: Who was Dred Scott?C: A slave who sued for his freedom.-------------------------------------19. Q: Who raided a federal armory in Harper's Ferry (VA) and planned to march south to free the slaves?A: John Brown-------------------------------------20. Q: What was the first southern state to secede from the United States?B: South Carolina-------------------------------------21. Q: Who was president of the Confederacy?D: Jefferson Davis-------------------------------------22. Q: How many states had already seceded when Lincoln took the oath of office?B: 7-------------------------------------23. Q: Who was the General-in-Chief of the Union army at the start of the war?B: Winfield Scott-------------------------------------24. Q: What was the Anaconda Plan?D: A military strategy for the the Union-------------------------------------25. Q: Which of the following military technologies was not used in a major conflict prior to the Civil War?C: Gun Powder-------------------------------------26. Q: What was the CSS Hunley?A: Submarine-------------------------------------27. Q: In both the North and South a draftee could hire a substitute to go to war for him?A: TRUE-------------------------------------28. Q: How did the Confederacy get funds for the war?C: By printing money-------------------------------------29. Q: What was the first major victory for the South?B: First Battle of Bull Run-------------------------------------30. Q: "Who gained the nickname ""Stonewall"" for his great stand at the First Battle of Bull Run?"C: Jackson-------------------------------------31. Q: Who was the first Union general over the Army of the Potomac?D: George McClellan-------------------------------------32. Q: What was the Trent Affair?A: When two Confederate representatives were taken by the Union from the British Ship Trent-------------------------------------33. Q: Who was the Confederacy's famous calvary commander that gathered the information to help win the Seven Day's Battle?C: Stuart-------------------------------------34. Q: What battle pitted the two Western generals (Grant of the Union and Johnston of the Confederacy) against each other?B: Battle of Shiloh-------------------------------------35. Q: What were The Monitor and The Virginia?A: Ironclad Warships-------------------------------------36. Q: In 1862 where was the capital of the Confederacy?D: Richmand, VA-------------------------------------37. Q: Who's military genius and personality is often credited with holding the Confederate Army together?C: Robert E. Lee-------------------------------------38. Q: What Union general was charged with capturing Richmond, VA in the Peninsular Campaign?A: McClellan-------------------------------------39. Q: What Confederate city did David Farragut capture that was the key to the Mississippi?D: New Orleans-------------------------------------40. Q: After claiming victory, what Union general suffered a humiliating defeat at the 2nd Battle of Bull Run?C: Pope-------------------------------------41. Q: With 23,000 casualties, what was the bloodiest one-day battle in US history?B: Antietam-------------------------------------42. Q: Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?A: Lincoln-------------------------------------43. Q: What was the main motivation behind Lincoln making the abolition of slavery a war aim?C: To keep Great Britain and France from recognizing the Confederacy-------------------------------------44. Q: "What document stated that ""Slaves of any state...in rebellion...shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free""?"D: Emancipation Proclamation-------------------------------------45. Q: Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?C: Abraham Lincoln-------------------------------------46. Q: Who won the Battle of Fredericksburg?A: Confederacy-------------------------------------47. Q: Who became commander of the Union Army of the Potomac after the loss at Fredericksburg?C: Hooker-------------------------------------48. Q: In 1860 the South exported $191 million of cotton. About how much were they able to export in 1862?A: $4 million-------------------------------------49. Q: In what battle did Stonewall Jackson die?B: Battle of Chancellorsville-------------------------------------50. Q: Who led the ill-fated Confederate charge on the the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg?C: Pickett-------------------------------------51. Q: "What speech starts out ""Fourscore and seven years ago...""?"A: Gettysburg Address-------------------------------------52. Q: Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?D: Abraham Lincoln-------------------------------------53. Q: What was the nickname for the Northern Peace Democrats who opposed Lincoln and the War?C: Copperheads-------------------------------------54. Q: Which killed more men in the Civil War?A: disease-------------------------------------55. Q: Who formed groups to help the Union Soldiers that later became the Red Cross?B: Clara Barton-------------------------------------56. Q: What became Union General George Thomas' nickname after he held his ground at Chickamauga Creek?A: Rock of Chickamauga-------------------------------------57. Q: What Union general captured Atlanta?B: Sherman-------------------------------------58. Q: Who was elected President of the United States near the end of the war in 1864?D: Abraham Lincoln-------------------------------------59. Q: Where did Sherman march to from Atlanta while burning and destroying property on the way?C: Savannah-------------------------------------60. Q: Where did Robert E. Lee agree to terms of surrender?A: Appomattox Court House-------------------------------------61. Q: During 1860 to 1870 the northern wealth increased 50 percent. What was the impact to southern wealth over the same period?D: decreased by 60 percent-------------------------------------62. Q: What amendment was added to the Constitution after the war that freed slaves?C: 13th-------------------------------------63. Q: What percentage of military-aged southern white men became part of the Confederate Army?D: 80-------------------------------------64. Q: Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?C: Ford's Theatre-------------------------------------65. Q: Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?A: John Wilkes Booth-------------------------------------Click here for the US Civil War questions
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