The Civil War Unit Test

The Civil War strategy that involved attacks on both civilian and military targets was called

• March to the Sea

• Shenandoah Valley Campaign

• Total war

• Southern surrender

Many Southern leaders believed that a McClellan victory in the presidential election of 1864 would lead to

• a Republican presidency

• negotiations for Confederate independence

• the end of the Civil War

• the emancipation of enslaved persons

Which best describes how the status of the Civil War affected Lincoln's reelection in 1864?

• The Civil War was close to ending

• The Civil War was about half over

• The Civil War had many years left

• The Civil War was just beginning

General Grant responded to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House by

• feeding Lee's troops and sending them home

• arresting Lee and sending his troops home

• arresting Lee and sending his troops to prison

• executing Lee and arresting his troops

During the Civil War, Grant attacked Vicksburg a second time because

• he was angry at the Confederacy

• Vicksburg was vital to a Union victory

• the Confederacy did not expect it

• the Union navy could not control the city

How did the capture of Vicksburg contribute to the Union victory in the Civil War?

• it gave the Union control of major Southern cities

• it allowed the Union to focus on fighting in border states

• it gave the Union the ability to supply its troops

• it allowed the Union to focus on fighting in the East

On the first day of fighting at Gettysburg, the Union army

• drove the Confederates out of Pennsylvania

• was forced into a defensive position

• had an easy victory against the Confederate army

• fought the Confederate army to a stand-off

A reason the Battle of Gettysburg was a key turning point was

• it won the war for the Union

• it convinced Europe to become a Union ally

• it greatly weakened Lee's army

• it was the first battle the Confederacy lost

"A house divided against itself cannot stand." -Abraham Lincoln

The "house" that Lincoln mentions is a reference to

• the federal government

• the Northern slave trade

• freed enslaved people

• Kansas and Nebraska

A major result of the Emancipation Proclamation was that

• it brought an end to the war

• it gave enslaved people their freedom

• it provided the Union with a larger army

• it brought border states into the fight