US History Civil War Test 2

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History Civil War (Us History) K-12 to University (USA History) USA — Us History USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for History practice (US/World/State), USA — K-12 to University (USA History) level, USA — Us History.
For all levels (Elementary to University) studying History in the USA
Section: History Civil War (Us History) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Civil War (Us History) · Country: USA · Region: USA — Us History

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Question 1

Which of the following best defines Sherman's March to the Sea?

A) Destructive campaign through Georgia

B) Peace march

C) Defensive stand

D) Naval blockade

Question 2

Which person was Union president?

A) Davis

B) Abraham Lincoln

C) Grant

D) Lee

Question 3

What best defines the Anaconda Plan?

A) Confederate attack

B) French plan

C) Union blockade of the South

D) British plan

Question 4

What was the Anaconda Plan?

A) Confederate attack

B) French plan

C) British plan

D) Union blockade of the South

Question 5

When did Lee surrender?

A) April 1865

B) 1864

C) 1863

D) 1866

Question 6

What best defines the first battle of the Civil War?

A) Gettysburg

B) Fort Sumter

C) Bull Run

D) Antietam

Question 7

What was Sherman's March?

A) Peace tour

B) Retreat

C) 1864 Georgia destruction

D) Naval cruise

Question 8

Who led Union army?

A) McClellan

B) Meade

C) Sherman

D) Ulysses Grant

Question 9

Name the main Confederate general.

A) Robert E. Lee

B) George Meade

C) William Sherman

D) Ulysses Grant

Question 10

What was Antietam?

A) Victory parade

B) 1862 bloodiest day

C) Naval battle

D) Siege

Question 11

In what year exactly did the Civil War begin?

A) 1862

B) 1865

C) 1861

D) 1860

Question 12

What was Vicksburg?

A) Defeat

B) Naval loss

C) Stalemate

D) 1863 river victory

Question 13

Provide the definition of Bull Run:

A) 1861 first battle

B) Last battle

C) Naval clash

D) Siege

Question 14

In which year did Lee surrender?

A) 1864

B) April 1865

C) 1863

D) 1866

Question 15

Provide the definition of the first battle of the Civil War:

A) Gettysburg

B) Bull Run

C) Fort Sumter

D) Antietam

Question 16

What started the war?

A) Election only

B) Tariff

C) Bank veto

D) Fort Sumter 1861

Question 17

Provide the definition of the Anaconda Plan:

A) Union blockade of the South

B) Confederate attack

C) French plan

D) British plan

Question 18

Which of the following best defines Emancipation?

A) 1861 law

B) January 1863 order

C) 1865 amendment

D) Speech only

Question 19

Who was "the Union president"?

A) the main Confederate general

B) Union president

C) "Abraham Lincoln"

D) the Union president

Question 20

Name "Ulysses S. Grant".

A) president of the Confederacy

B) the Union president

C) the main Confederate general

D) the leading Union general who won the war

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