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What was the first state to leave the Union? The election of which president led to southern secession? a) Texas b) South Carolina c) Virginia d) Florida a) Buchanan b) Grant e) c) Lee d) Lincoln e) Johnson

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Which was NOT a reason for southern secession? Who was the President of the Confederacy? a) Increasing trade b) States rights a) Robert E. Lee b) c) d) Objection to high tariffs c) John C. Calhoun d) e) Maintaining their way of life e) George Pickett Civil War 6 Civil War 5 What was the North’s goal at the beginning of the war? What was the first major battle of the Civil War? a) Abolish slavery a) 1st Battle of Bull Run b) b) Compensate slave owners c) d) c) Prevent more slave states e) d) Stop importing slaves e) Preserve the Union

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What was the South’s biggest advantage? Where was the capital of the Confederacy? a) Extensive railroad system a) Atlanta, GA b) Gettysburg, PA b) Strong military leaders c) Charleston, SC d) Richmond, VA c) Economic aid from Britain e) Memphis, TN d) Money from cotton exports e) Biggest navy Civil War 10 Civil War 9 What was the North’s biggest advantage? Which of the following was NOT a border state? a) A much bigger and more diverse economy a) Kentucky b) Indiana b) An enthusiastic volunteer army c) Maryland d) Missouri c) Strong military leaders e) Delaware d) Economic aid from France e) All of the above

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Which of the following is NOT associated with the What were Greenbacks? South? a)A kind of fish eaten in the South a) Rebel Yell b)Nickname for Confederate soldiers b) Plantations c) Paper currency printed by North not backed by gold c) Cotton d) Paper currency printed by South d) Dixie e) Rifles used by Confederate soldiers e) Blue uniforms Civil War 14 Civil War 13 Which of the following is NOT associated with the North? What was the South’s most important export? a) Jefferson Davis a) Beef b) Iron ore b) Abolitionists c) Peanuts d) Corn c) Industry e) Cotton d) e) Ulysses S. Grant

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Which of the following caused the most problems for Why didn’t President Lincoln immediately issue the soldiers on both sides? Emancipation Proclamation? a) Shortage of weapons a) Britain would provide aid to the Confederacy b) Homesickness b) He would lose support among abolitionists c) Shortage of food c) The border states would join the Confederacy d) Disease d) The Confederacy would be less likely to surrender e) Shortage of shoes e) Immigrants would join the Confederacy Civil War 18

Civil War 17 Which of the following is NOT accurate?

Which border state did Lincoln consider the most vital? a) More than ½ of the world’s cotton supply was produced in the South a) Kentucky b) Arkansas b) Most Southerners owned no slaves c) Missouri d) Illinois c) The Southern economy was dominated by one crop e) Delaware d) There was very little public education in the South e) The South was quickly urbanizing

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Which of the following is NOT accurate? Which best describes the term ? a) Few immigrants moved into the South a) The presidential would be decided by popular vote b) The European aristocracy was supportive of abolition b) Border states would be decided by popular vote c) The North was much more industrialized c) Settlers in a territory would vote on slavery d) The North had a bigger and more diverse economy d) Secession of a state would be decided by popular vote e) The European working class was supportive of e) Citizens in every state would vote to reenter the abolition Union Civil War 22 Civil War 21 Which of the following was the North’s biggest Which was NOT a weakness of the South? weakness? a) Fewer railroads b) Smaller population a) Few factories c) Skill with guns & horses d) Fewer factories b) Large immigrant population e) Less money c) Lack of farms d) Small navy e) Fighting on unfamiliar territory

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What was the biggest impact of the Emancipation Which of the following was NOT a general in the Union Proclamation? army? a) Every slave was immediately freed a) Ulysses S. Grant b) Civil War became a moral crusade b) Stonewall Jackson c) Slaves in the border states were freed c) George McClellan d) More abolitionists joined the d) e) More soldiers joined the Confederate army e) Civil War 26 Civil War 25 Who would be the LEAST likely to support the What famous book was written by Harriet Beecher Emancipation Proclamation? Stowe? a) Radical Republican a) ’s Cabin b) The Liberator b) Abolitionist c) The North Star d) The Abolitionist c) e) Gone With the Wind d) European monarch e)

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Which is most accurate concerning the early battles of How did Lincoln ensure his reelection in 1864? the war? a) He declared martial law in the South a) Both sides expected aid from Britain b) Freed slaves were allowed to vote b) The North expected an easy victory c) Northern soldiers were allowed to return home and c) Weak military leadership was a problem for the South vote d) Both sides thought they would quickly win d) Women were allowed to vote e) The North won every major battle e) He convinced Southern abolitionists to vote for him Civil War 30 Civil War 29 Which is NOT true about Frederick Douglass? Which of the following was considered a militant abolitionist? a) He was an escaped slave b) He wrote his autobiography a) Marcus Garvey b) William Lloyd Garrison c) He believed slavery would be ended politically c) Stephen Douglas d) John Bell d) He published the North Star e) John C. Calhoun e) He founded the

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Who would be the LEAST likely to support the What is the Mason-Dixon line? Underground Railroad? a) Boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland a) Planter aristocracy b) Boundary above which slavery is prohibited b) c) Boundary along the Mississippi River c) d) Boundary between Texas and Mexico d) Frederick Douglass e) Boundary over which slaves crossed to freedom e) Civil War 33 Civil War 34 Which was NOT used by Southerners as a defense of slavery? How did black soldiers contribute to the Union Army? a) Unemployment would rise a) They fought alongside white soldiers from the beginning b) Slavery had existed throughout history and was natural b) They did not participate in any way c) Most slaves chose to be slaves and enjoyed their lives c) They fought alongside white soldiers after the d) Slaves were property and had no legal standing Emancipation Proclamation e) Freed slaves would be unable to care for themselves d) They fought in segregated units e) They served only as cooks and laborers

Civil War 36 Civil War 35 Which of the following what NOT prohibited by slave In which of the following did slaves NOT support the codes? Confederate war effort? a) Teaching a slave to read and write a) As farm workers b) Slaves owning property b) As soldiers c) Slaves attending church services c) As laundresses and cooks d) Slave marriages d) As manual laborers e) Slaves testifying in court e) By building Confederate fortifications Civil War 37 Civil War 38 What difficulty did Jefferson Davis have in ruling the Confederacy? Why was the Battle of Antietam so crucial? a) Some states wanted to surrender a) It was the first major battle won by the South b) Slaveholders wanted to elect a new president b) Europe was on the verge of diplomatic recognition of the c) Texas and Arkansas refused to provide food Confederate States of America d) Some states wanted to accept compensation for their slaves c) Bounty hunters no longer pursued fugitive slaves e) States were reluctant to allow troops to fight outside their d) The South began to consider surrender own borders e) Northern victory led to Lincoln’s reelection

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Which of the following happened after the Emancipation Why was the Battle of Gettysburg so crucial? Proclamation? a) The North was on the verge of defeat a) Desertions in the Union army increased b) Britain was ready to aid the South b) Desertions in the Union army decreased c) The South got unexpected help from Cuba c) Working class in Britain began to support the d) It was the South’s last real chance to win the war Confederacy e) The Southern victory reenergized the South d) Desertions in the Confederate army decreased e) Abolitionist support for the war decreased Civil War 41 Civil War 42 What were the Northern “Peace Democrats” called? Where did General Lee surrender? a) Copperheads b) Rattlesnakes a) Atlanta c) Dixiecrats b) Virginia Beach d) Traitors c) Appomattox Courthouse e) Radicals d) Washington D.C. e) Shiloh

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Who assassinated President Lincoln? Who became president after Lincoln’s death? a) a) James Buchanan b) Jack Ruby b) Andrew Johnson c) Lee Harvey Oswald c) Ulysses S. Grant d) Charles Guiteau d) Robert E. Lee e) James Earl Ray e) Civil War 45 Civil War 46

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Number Answer Number Answer Number Answer Number Answer 1 15 29 42 2 16 30 43 3 17 31 44 4 18 32 45 5 19 33 46 6 20 34 47 7 21 35 48 8 22 36 9 23 37 10 24 38 11 25 39 12 26 40 13 27 41 14 28 42 Civil War Task Card Answer Sheet

Number Answer Number Answer Number Answer Number Answer 1 b 15 d 29 b 44 a 2 d 16 c 30 e 44 b 3 a 17 a 31 a 45 4 b 18 e 32 a 46 5 a 19 b 33 c 47 6 e 20 c 34 d 48 7 b 21 c 35 b 8 d 22 e 36 c 9 b 23 b 37 e 10 a 24 b 38 b 11 e 25 a 39 a 12 c 26 d 40 d 13 e 27 d 41 a 14 a 28 c 42 c