US History Civil War Test 4

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History Us Civil War (High School) High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) USA USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for High School History (9-12, AP US History), USA — High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) level, USA.
For High School students (9-12) including AP History in the USA
Section: History Us Civil War (High School) · Education: High School · Part: History Us Civil War (High School) · Country: USA

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Question 1

Identify the leading Union general who won the war.

A) Ulysses S. Grant

B) George McClellan

C) Stonewall Jackson

D) Robert E. Lee

Question 2

What was Sherman's March to the Sea?

A) Naval blockade

B) Destructive campaign through Georgia

C) Defensive stand

D) Peace march

Question 3

What best defines Pickett's Charge?

A) Victory march

B) Retreat

C) Failed assault

D) Naval attack

Question 4

Which term means "Freed slaves in Confederate areas"?

A) the first battle of the Civil War

B) Sherman's March to the Sea

C) the Anaconda Plan

D) the Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

Question 5

Which amendment granted citizenship to freed slaves?

A) 14th

B) 16th

C) 15th

D) 13th

Question 6

Provide the definition of Bull Run:

A) Last battle

B) 1861 first battle

C) Naval clash

D) Siege

Question 7

What started the war?

A) Election only

B) Tariff

C) Fort Sumter 1861

D) Bank veto

Question 8

Identify the Union president.

A) Jefferson Davis

B) William Seward

C) Ulysses Grant

D) Abraham Lincoln

Question 9

Who was the main Confederate general?

A) Robert E. Lee

B) Ulysses Grant

C) George Meade

D) William Sherman

Question 10

What best defines Bull Run?

A) Last battle

B) 1861 first battle

C) Naval clash

D) Siege

Question 11

What was Antietam?

A) Victory parade

B) Naval battle

C) 1862 bloodiest day

D) Siege

Question 12

What was Emancipation?

A) 1861 law

B) 1865 amendment

C) Speech only

D) January 1863 order

Question 13

Name the person who succeeded Lincoln.

A) Andrew Johnson

B) Grant

C) Seward

D) Stanton

Question 14

Which person succeeded Lincoln?

A) Grant

B) Andrew Johnson

C) Seward

D) Stanton

Question 15

Which of these did Emancipation free?

A) All slaves

B) No one

C) Rebel-state slaves

D) Border slaves

Question 16

Which person was Union president?

A) Davis

B) Grant

C) Lee

D) Abraham Lincoln

Question 17

Who was "Abraham Lincoln"?

A) the Union president

B) president of the Confederacy

C) the leading Union general who won the war

D) the main Confederate general

Question 18

Which term means "1863 turning battle"?

A) the first battle of the Civil War

B) Gettysburg

C) the Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

D) Sherman's March to the Sea

Question 19

Name "Robert E. Lee".

A) president of the Confederacy

B) the Union president

C) the main Confederate general

D) the leading Union general who won the war

Question 20

Name "Jefferson Davis".

A) the Union president

B) the leading Union general who won the war

C) the main Confederate general

D) president of the Confederacy

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