US History I
Mr. Grundfest
Civil War Test Review
Part I. Multiple Choice
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Which states did NOT fight on the Union side?
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Why did the Border States present such a political problem to Lincoln?
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Why did Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland?
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What were the southern advantages at the beginning of the war?
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What were the Northern advantages?
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Which of the following did the South rely on MOST during the war?
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Why was the Civil War different from previous wars?
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How did women contribute to the war effort?
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What was the main effect of the Battle of Bull Run in 1861?
10. What were the Northern and Southern battle strategies at the beginning of the war?
11. Why did the South want GB and France as allies? Did they make an alliance?
12. Who said, “If I could save the Union without freezing any slaves, I would do it?”
13. Why did Lincoln replace McClellan as the head of the Union Army?
14. Why did the Emancipation Proclamation only free the slaves in the Confederacy?
15. Why did many Northerners riot against the draft?
16. What happened at Appomattox?
17. What were the political problems facing the Confederacy during the war?
18. What are Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville examples of?
19. Where was the battle that turned the tide of the war fought?
20. Which battle finally split the south at the Mississippi River?
Know these terms and events. They could be used for matching or chronological order
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Bull Run
Gettysburg
Emancipation Proclamation issued
NY Draft Riots
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Appomattox
Southern economic slump
Northern Naval Blockade of the South
Antietam
Capture of Richmond
Border states
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Copperheads
U.S. Grant