Civil War Quiz

What was the Emancipation Proclamation about?

• Lincoln's announcement freeing slaves in the South

• A speech honoring soldiers

• A battle strategy

• A campaign across Georgia

Where was the first battle fought in the North?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• March to the Sea

• Emancipation Proclamation

• End of the War

What was a major loss for the Confederacy?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Hyperinflation

• Women in the Workplace

What was the strategy of Total War?

• Destroy enemy supplies, poison wells, and burn crops

• Free slaves in the South

• Honor soldiers lost at Gettysburg

• Campaign across Georgia

Where was hyperinflation worse?

• In the North

• In the South

• In the West

• In the East

What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• To free slaves in the South

• To honor soldiers

• To destroy enemy supplies

• To campaign across Georgia

What was a key event in April 1865?

• General Robert E. Lee's surrender

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Emancipation Proclamation

• March to the Sea

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction Era?

• To rebuild the North after the Civil War

• To rebuild the South after the Civil War

• To expand westward

• To establish new colonies

What is segregation?

• Division by wealth

• Division by race

• Division by age

• Division by gender

What is sharecropping?

• A system where landowner and worker 'share' a harvest

• A method of crop rotation

• A type of irrigation

• A form of livestock management