Civil War Quiz

During the Civil War, a European drought led to

• Europe needing Northern grain more than cotton

• England helping the North during the Civil War

• England helping the Confederates to defeat the North

• All the Above

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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote

• Gettysburg Address

• King Cotton Plan

• the 14th Amendment

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Lincoln’s main Civil War goal was to

• free the slaves

• establish a Republican dominated Congress

• Capture the Confederate capital

• preserve the Union

The President of the Confederacy of the United States was

• Stephen Douglas

• Jefferson Davis

• Millard Fillmore

• Roger Taney

“I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any the social and political equalities of the white and black races”. This statement was said by

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• Roger Taney

• James Buchanan

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A main advantage(s) the South had during the Civil War:

• South had better generals

• they didn’t have to conquer and hold Northern land

• They were defending their own lands/homes making them more motivated

• All the above

The 54th Massachusetts Infantry was famous because

• it was one of the first African American regiments

• They saved Fort Sumter

• They Capture General Lee

• All the Above

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General Grant’s strategy for the war was

• to win European support

• to only to attack Confederate forts

• to wage a total war and destroy as much as he could

• wait for Lee to attack and defeat him

“Four score and seven years ago” is the opening line from

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Declaration of Independence

• Gettysburg Address

• Constitution

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The Southern advantage(s) over the Union included

• food production

• railroads

• the South had better generals

• The South had more money than the North

• both A and B only