Blauvelt American Civil War

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1. In what two states were the most battles of the Civil War fought?

a. Virginia and Tennessee

b. Missouri and Texas

c. Georgia and Alabama

d. South Carolina and Georgia

2. Who was the name of the only civilian to be killed at the Battle of Gettysburg?

a. Jenny Wade

b. Mary Wesley

c .John Culp

d. Jack Skelly

3. What was the first state to secede from the Union?

a. Georgia

b. South Carolina

c. Louisiana

d. Alabama

4. Where did Sherman's March to the Sea begin and end?

a. Charlotte to Mobile

b. Richmond to New Orleans

c. Washington DC to Tallahassee

d. Atlanta to Savannah

5. What was Ulysses S. Grant doing when the Civil War broke out?

a. Working in the family business.

b. Studying at West Point

c. Preparing for war.

d. He had a command in Texas.

6. What was the first battle that General U.S. Grant was involved in?

a. Battle of Alamo

b. Battle of Bulge

c. Battle of Belmont

d. Battle of Normandy

7. Which of the following battles did not take place in Virginia?

a. First Bull Run

b. Spotsylvania

c. Vicksburg

d. Chancellorsvill

8. We know Gen. Jackson was an eccentric. If you went into his study, what would you not find?

a. lamps

b. chairs

c. furniture

d. windows

9. The South got a new law called the ______________ which said that any slaves escaping from the south to freedom in the north should be returned to their masters.

a. Runaway Slave Law

b. Fugitive Slave Law

c. Black Codes

d. Jim Crow Laws

10. Abraham Lincoln said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." What did he mean by this?

a. houses should not have outbuildings

b. the people of the United States need to work together

c. the United States should divide into two nations

d. The Union is like a marriage, to separate there must be a legal divorce

11. What national figure urged Texas not to join the Confederacy, but to stay in the Union?

a. Jane Adams.

b. Thomas Edison

c. Sam Houston

d. Robert Frost

e. Stephen Douglas

12. Lincoln was afraid that the slavery issue would:

a. lead to a break-up of the Union, with the southern states forming a new nation.

b. kill thousands of people.

c. spread to Canada and Europe.

d. cause England to go to war with the United States.

13. The Emancipation Proclamation freed?

a. Only the Slaves, but not women

b. Only those Slaves in the Boarder States

c. Only those Slaves in the Southern States

d. Only those Slaves in states in rebellion against the Union

14. The Civil War began with the Southern troops firing on?

a. Fort Sumter

b. Gettysburg

c. Arlington House

d. Union Troops in Chicago

15. Which of the following was NOT an aim of the northern generals at the beginning of the war?

a. to capture California.

b. to capture Richmond, Virginia.

c. to cut the southern forces in half by capturing the Mississippi River.

d. to blockade southern ports.

16. The first battle between ironclad ships was between the:

a. CSS Hunley and the USS Husitainia

b. CSS Virginia and the USS Monitor

c. CSS Bismark and the USS Missouri (BB63)

d. CSS Yamoto and the HMS Arc Royal

17. Which one was not a Confederate States?

a. North Carolina

b. North Dakota

c. Mississippi

d. Tennessee

18. Who was the last commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?

a. Montgomery

b. Wellington

c. Lee

d. Rommel

19. Who was the last General and Chief of the Army of the United States during the Civil War?

a. Scott

b. Patton

c. Grant

d. Eisenhower

20. Who was the first General and Chief of the Army of the United States during the Civil War?

a. Scott

b. Patton

c. Grant

d. Eisenhower

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