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1. | Southern advantages at the beginning of the Civil War included ____________
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| A) factories for producing military supplies.
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| B) a large population for recruiting soldiers.
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| C) excellent soldiers and generals.
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| D) numerous railroads for moving troops and supplies.
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2. | At the beginning of the Civil War, the North was at a disadvantage because it lacked ____________
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| A) food and money.
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| B) railroads and industry.
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| C) a large population.
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| D) a clear emotional picture of what it was fighting for.
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3. | The Union plan for fighting the Civil War included all the following strategies EXCEPT ____________
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| A) taking control of the Mississippi River.
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| B) capturing Richmond, Virginia.
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| C) fighting a defensive war.
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| D) blockading Southern ports.
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4. | The Confederacy expected to obtain war materials and supplies from ____________
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| A) Europe.
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| B) West Point.
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| C) Canada.
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| D) factories in the South.
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5. | The main goal of the Confederate navy was to ____________
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| A) do battle with ironclad ships.
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| B) cut off supplies to the Northern Army of Virginia.
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| C) break the Union blockade of Southern ports.
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| D) commandeer tugboats, ferries, and schooners.
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6. | General Robert E. Lee's plans before the Battle of Antietam included all the following objectives EXCEPT ____________
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| A) destroying Northern morale.
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| B) issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
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| C) winning British and French support.
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| D) surprising Washington, D.C., from the north.
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7. | The Emancipation Proclamation resulted in ____________
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| A) freeing slaves in the border states.
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| B) strengthening the Confederacy.
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| C) transforming the Civil War into a fight against slavery.
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| D) winning foreign powers to the side of the South.
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8. | Slavery was abolished in every state in the Union by the ____________
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| A) Battle of Antietam.
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| B) surrender of Robert E. Lee.
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| C) Emancipation Proclamation.
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| D) Thirteenth Amendment.
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9. | The North turned the war in its favor with its victory at the Battle of ____________
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| A) the Merrimack and the Monitor.
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| B) Fredericksburg.
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| C) Gettysburg.
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| D) Cemetery Hill.
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10. | The famous Gettysburg Address was delivered by ____________
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| A) George E. Pickett.
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| B) Abraham Lincoln.
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| C) George Meade.
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| D) Edward Everett.
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11. | The Confederate's last important victory in the Civil War was won at ____________
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| A) Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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| B) Missionary Ridge, Tennessee.
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| C) Chickamauga Creek, Georgia.
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| D) Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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12. | After winning the war in the West, the next task of the Union forces was to ____________
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| A) take control of the Mississippi River.
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| B) cut through the Confederacy in Tennessee.
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| C) invade the Deep South.
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| D) cut off European supplies to the South.
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13. | Confederate troops abandoned Richmond as a result of Ulysses S. Grant's ____________
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| A) siege of Petersburg, Virginia.
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| B) capture of Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
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| C) march to the sea.
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| D) repeated attacks on Robert E. Lee's defenses at Petersburg.
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14. | Ulysses S. Grant's terms of surrender included ____________
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| A) making General Robert E. Lee a prisoner.
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| B) taking the rations of Confederate soldiers.
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| C) allowing Confederate soldiers to keep their horses.
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| D) seizing the side arms of Confederate soldiers.
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15. | Abraham Lincoln died in April 1865 as the result of ____________
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| A) tensions of the Civil War.
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| B) a visit to Richmond after its capture.
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| C) typhoid fever.
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| D) an assassination by John Wilkes Booth .
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