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The Civil War

Test B
A. Key Terms
Directions: Match the definitions in Column I with the terms in Column II. Write the correct
letter in each blank. You will not use all the terms. (2 points each)
Column I

Column II

_____ 1. a general rise in prices

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

_____ 2. to give someone freedom

_____ 3. Union general who accepted
the Souths surrender
_____ 4. Union general replaced after
Antietam
_____ 5. constitutional protection
against unlawful
imprisonment

habeas corpus
blockade
inflation
Shiloh
emancipate
George McClellan
Gettysburg Address
Ulysses S. Grant

B. Key Concepts
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer in each blank. (5 points each)
_____ 6. Which of the following statements is true about the effect of the war?
a. Trade between the South and Europe increased greatly.
b. Prices of goods rose in both the North and the South.
c. Northern factories produced less and less.
d. The Norths economy was hurt more than the Souths economy.
_____ 7. During the Civil War, African American troops
a. fought on the Union side in large numbers.
b. were not allowed into battle.
c. were very few in number.
d. did not face discrimination.
_____ 8. After the first battle at Bull Run,
a. Robert E. Lee knew that he would quickly defeat the North.
b. Ulysses S. Grant was made commander of the Union army.
c. the North and the South realized that the war would be a long, hard
struggle.
d. Abraham Lincoln realized that the war would be short.
_____ 9. Which of the following people is remembered for his march to the sea?
a. George Meade
c. Stonewall Jackson
b. William Tecumseh
d. Joseph Hooker
Sherman
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The Civil War

Test B (continued)

Directions: Use this chart and your knowledge of social studies to answer questions 11
and 12.
Situation at Start of Civil War
Heading:

Heading:

had larger free population

fought mostly a defensive war

had greater manufacturing capability

fought for their property

_____ 11. Which of the following headings belongs on the right column of the chart?
a. Northern Advantages
c. Southern Advantages
b. Northern Disadvantages
d. Southern Disadvantages
_____ 12. Which of the following belongs in the left column of the chart?
a. had the resources to keep its armies supplied
b. had the most opportunities to fight on home territory
c. had the military leadership of Robert E. Lee
d. had the full support of all its people
_____ 13. By 1865,
a. the Souths economy was strong because the war had helped its
industries.
b. large parts of the North were destroyed because of invasions by
Robert E. Lees army.
c. Northern armies were doing very little damage to the South.
d. parts of the South lay in ruins because of the Norths strategy of
total war.
_____ 14. Which adjective best describes the surrender terms that Ulysses S. Grant
offered Robert E. Lee?
a. vengeful
c. unrealistic
b. weak
d. generous

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Chapter and Section

Support

_____ 10. Which of the following statements is true?

a. The war might have been shorter if Ulysses S. Grant had been more
willing to fight.
b. Robert E. Lee believed that his best strategy was to never invade the
North.
c. Jefferson Davis refused to suspend the right of habeas corpus.
d. Abraham Lincolns main goal was to reunite the nation.

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The Civil War

Test B (continued)
Directions: Use this map and your knowledge of social studies to answer questions 15 and 16.
_____ 15. What took place at the location
labeled B on the map?
a. the battle of Vicksburg
b. the Gettysburg Address
c. the capture of New
Orleans
d. the fall of Richmond

Civil War Battle Sites

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Gulf of
Mexico

_____ 16. What happened at the location labeled A?

a. The Union captured a key Southern fort on the Mississippi River.
b. A Union victory stopped a major Confederate invasion of the North.
c. A Southern victory put Washington, D.C., in danger.
d. The South broke the Union blockade of its ports.
_____ 17. The Emancipation Proclamation
a. ended slavery throughout the United States.
b. was Abraham Lincolns declaration of war against the South.
c. gave Great Britain a reason to support the Souths independence.
d. banned slavery in areas fighting the Union.

C. Critical Thinking and Writing

Directions: Answer the following questions on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet of
paper. (15 points each)
18. Compare the Unions military leaders at the beginning of the war (George
McClellan, Ambrose Burnside) with its military leaders later in the war (Ulysses S.
Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman). How were they alike or different? How did
their strategies and attitudes about war affect the progress and outcome of the
Civil War? Support your ideas with examples from the text.
19. Discuss the role of African Americans in the Civil War. In what ways was their
fate tied to the war? How did they contribute to the war? Support your ideas with
examples from the text.

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