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Chapter 16: The Civil War
      
  1.The North held the advantage over the South in each of the following areas EXCEPT __________.  
  a.   farm acreage  
  b.   population  
  c.   knowledge of territory  
  d.   manufactured goods  
      
  2.The first major battle of the war was __________.  
  a.   the First Battle of Bull Run  
  b.   Fredericksburg  
  c.   Antietam  
  d.   Shiloh  
      
  3.The commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia was __________.  
  a.   George B. McClellan  
  b.   Robert E. Lee  
  c.   George Meade  
  d.   Stonewall Jackson  
      
  4.The single bloodiest day of the war was the Battle of __________.  
  a.   Antietam  
  b.   Chancellorsville  
  c.   Shiloh  
  d.   Atlanta  
      
  5.One major result of the Emancipation Proclamation was __________.  
  a.   freedom given to slaves in the border states  
  b.   the Confederacy’s decision to support the Proclamation  
  c.   freedom given to all slaves in the United States  
  d.   Britain and France’s decision not to recognize the Confederacy  
      
  6.One of the most famous African American regiments was the __________.  
  a.   801st Kentucky  
  b.   54th Massachusetts  
  c.   61st New York  
  d.   2nd Cavalry Maryland  
      
  7.The founder of the American Red Cross was __________.  
  a.   Clara Barton  
  b.   Florence Nightingale  
  c.   Belle Boyd  
  d.   Mary Cross  
      
  8.The last attack of the Battle of Gettysburg is known as __________.  
  a.   Storming the Hornet’s Nest  
  b.   The Devil’s Marbleyard  
  c.   Pickett’s Charge  
  d.   Stuart’s Storm  
      
  9.The phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people” is from __________.  
  a.   the document of surrender  
  b.   Stonewall Jackson’s declaration at the First Battle of Bull Run  
  c.   the Emancipation Proclamation  
  d.   the Gettysburg Address  
      
  10.Lee surrendered to Grant at __________.  
  a.   Appomattox Court House  
  b.   Petersburg  
  c.   Richmond  
  d.   Cold Harbor  

 






 
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