Military strategists in the Civil War:
	a.	developed ground-breaking techniques because of the nature of new weapons.
	b.	made good use of technological advances.
	c.	relied heavily on guerrilla tactics.
	d.	followed the example of the French and British in the Napoleonic Wars.
	e.	followed the example of the Americans in the American Revolution.
	
2.
	

Jomini's Art of War focused on:
	a.	undermining the industrial base of the enemy.
	b.	isolation of the Confederacy.
	c.	capturing as much of the enemy's total territory as possible.
	d.	position and maneuver as the keys to winning battles.
	e.	using cavalry and artillery, to reduce total casualties.
	
3.
	

In the Civil War, the primary role of the cavalry was:
	a.	to scatter enemy troops just prior to a battle.
	b.	to penetrate enemy lines.
	c.	to outflank the opponent.
	d.	hand to hand combat.
	e.	reconnaissance.
	
4.
	

In the Civil War, the backbone of the army was the:
	a.	special forces.
	b.	cavalry.
	c.	infantry.
	d.	artillery.
	e.	support units.
	
5.
	

The typical Civil War battle was fought:
	a.	around fortified cities.
	b.	primarily using guerilla tactics.
	c.	in dense wooded terrain.
	d.	within population centers.
	e.	in open country.
	
6.
	

Which of the following does not accurately describe Civil War troops?
	a.	They tended to be young.
	b.	They were from all states.
	c.	They were more likely to be from the lower classes.
	d.	They had one of lowest rates of desertion of any American conflict.
	e.	Draft laws led to resentment.
	
7.
	

Which of the following accurately describes the role women played in the Civil War?
	a.	Women were not allowed to serve in the lower levels of the federal bureaucracy.
	b.	Women served only as nurses.
	c.	Women were not allowed to have any role in the war, due to nineteenth-century perceptions of the proper role for women.
	d.	Some women were allowed to serve on the battlefield.
	e.	Women served as nurses and spies.
	
8.
	

General George B. McClellan, in command of the Army of the Potomac, was known as:
	a.	a political appointee who avoided battle while hoping for a diplomatic solution.
	b.	an innovative tactician.
	c.	a brilliant field commander.
	d.	a hothead who had to be held back in battle.
	e.	a superb organizer and administrator.
	
9.
	

In the Civil War, the most important part of the naval war was:
	a.	the blockade set up by the Confederacy to stop Union troop movement.
	b.	to fight the growing Confederate navy.
	c.	the Confederacy's use of the navy to interfere with northern shipping.
	d.	the use of the navy by the Union to gain port cities in the South.
	e.	the blockade set up by the Union to keep the Confederacy from being able to trade cotton for badly needed manufactured goods.
	
10.
	

In the American Civil War, France:
	a.	quickly sided with the North.
	b.	intervened in Mexico.
	c.	quickly sided with the South.
	d.	openly aided the North.
	e.	stayed completely out of all North American affairs.
	
11.
	

In the American Civil War, Britain:
	a.	never sided with the South due to strong anti-slavery feelings among the British public, even though the British government was pro-Confederate.
	b.	quickly sided with the North.
	c.	took a neutral stance.
	d.	quickly sided with the South.
	e.	openly aided the North's navy even though they claimed neutrality.
	
12.
	

Jefferson Davis tried to hasten a British diplomatic decision on helping the South by:
	a.	capturing two diplomats at sea.
	b.	lowering the cost of cotton for the British.
	c.	offering the British a monopoly on exported Southern cotton.
	d.	withholding cotton shipments.
	e.	attempting to garner support in Ireland.
	
13.
	

Diplomatic tensions between the U.S. and ________ became strained over the captain of a U.S. ship seizing two Confederate diplomats.
	a.	German
	b.	Canada
	c.	Britain
	d.	France
	e.	Mexico
	
14.
	

Regarding the opponents of the Civil War, Lincoln:
	a.	did little because there were not enough of them to make a difference.
	b.	was extremely tolerant because he believed so strongly in the first amendment.
	c.	got Congress to pass Alien and Sedition acts so it would be easy to charge them with disloyalty.
	d.	suspended the trial by jury to draft dodgers.
	e.	suspended the legal right of habeas corpus so they could easily be jailed.
	
15.
	

Robert E. Lee can best be described as:
	a.	an opportunist who saw the war as a way to further his political goals.
	b.	a staunch defender of slavery and secession.
	c.	a military genius with no opinions on political issues.
	d.	a staunch defender of the Union.
	e.	a loyal defender of his state, Virginia, even when he did not completely agree with its stands.
	
16.
	

The key battle for the campaign in the West in 1862 was:
	a.	Shiloh.
	b.	Gettysburg.
	c.	Antietam.
	d.	Henry and Donelson.
	e.	Manassas.
	
17.
	

The Merrimack and Monitor made naval history as:
	a.	submarines.
	b.	sloops of war.
	c.	blockade runners.
	d.	iron-clad ships.
	e.	commerce raiders.
	
18.
	

The Peninsula Campaign was designed for the:
	a.	South to weaken the North's naval blockade.
	b.	North to invade Richmond.
	c.	North to take Florida.
	d.	North to strengthen the naval blockade.
	e.	North to invade Washington, D.C.
	
19.
	

The battle of Antietam resulted from:
	a.	the success of the Peninsula Campaign.
	b.	the South's decision to invade Maryland.
	c.	the North's decision to invade Virginia.
	d.	the North's decision to invade Georgia.
	e.	the South's counter attack after Shiloh.
	
20.
	

Which of the following statements best describes the Civil War in 1862?
	a.	The North was clearly winning the war, although final victory was still a long way off.
	b.	The North was winning battles, but losing the war.
	c.	The South was winning the war.
	d.	The war was basically stalemated as both sides pulled into winter quarters.
	e.	The North was winning the war in the eastern theater, but losing in the West.
	
21.
	

Attacking forces suffered more from:
	a.	carbines.
	b.	disease.
	c.	bayonets.
	d.	rifles.
	e.	artillery.
	
22.
	

In July 1863, 60,000 men rioted over draft in what city?
	a.	Atlanta
	b.	Savannah
	c.	Boston
	d.	New York
	e.	Chicago
	
23.
	

What black American was a notable spy in Virginia?
	a.	Fredrick Douglas
	b.	Stephen Douglas
	c.	Booker T. Washington
	d.	Sojourner Truth
	e.	Harriet Tubman
	
24.
	

The Confederate forces at the First Battle of Bull Run were commanded by?
	a.	Hooker
	b.	Beauregard
	c.	Lee
	d.	Jackson
	e.	McDowell
	
25.
	

Which of the following is not an accurate statement about the Emancipation Proclamation?
	a.	It freed slaves in Washington, D.C.
	b.	Lincoln freed slaves in states fighting the Union.
	c.	There was an antislavery sentiment growing.
	d.	It was made effective on January 1, 1863.
	e.	It did not affect the Border States.
	
26.
	

Southern slave owners served in the Civil War in proportion to their numbers.
True
False
	
27.
	

Both sides were adequately equipped in the American Civil War, since they were fighting so close to home.
True
False
	
28.
	

Most Northerners assumed from the beginning that the Civil War would be a long, difficult fight.
True
False
	
29.
	

The hero at the Battle at Manassas (Bull Run) was General Pierre Beauregard because of his discretion in not invading Washington, D.C. immediately after the battle.
True
False
	
30.
	

Northerners who sympathized with the South were called copperheads.
True
False
	









In the Battle of Chancellorsville:
	a.	the battle was essentially a draw.
	b.	the Union won because of the able leadership of General Thomas Hooker.
	c.	the Confederacy won a decisive victory that actually strengthened their resources to fight.
	d.	the Union won in spite of the inept leadership of General Thomas Hooker.
	e.	Robert E. Lee won, but only with severe casualties, including Stonewall Jackson.
	
2.
	

Capturing Vicksburg was a military aim of the North because of its significance:
	a.	as an industrial center.
	b.	in demoralizing the Confederacy.
	c.	on the Mississippi River.
	d.	as a railroad center.
	e.	as a port city.
	
3.
	

Prior to the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant was known:
	a.	as a failure at almost everything he tried and as a problem drinker.
	b.	for his time at West Point.
	c.	as a successful businessman.
	d.	as a sympathizer with the South.
	e.	for his outstanding military career.
	
4.
	

Grant was able to take Vicksburg:
	a.	by undermining the fortifications.
	b.	by attacking from ships.
	c.	by taking the surrounding area and then laying siege to the city.
	d.	through a head-on assault.
	e.	by shear luck.
	
5.
	

Lee's invasion of the North in 1863 resulted in:
	a.	immediate defeat as he crossed into Maryland.
	b.	Grant withdrawing from the west to fight Lee in the east.
	c.	the Battle of Gettysburg.
	d.	the Wilderness Campaign.
	e.	the Battle of Antietam.
	
6.
	

In Pickett's Charge:
	a.	the Union troops successfully broke through the Confederate lines.
	b.	the Confederate troops suffered 10,000 casualties in less than an hour.
	c.	the Confederate troops, after suffering severe battle casualties, were counterattacked by the Union forces.
	d.	the Union troops suffered 10,000 casualties in less than an hour.
	e.	Lee successfully outmaneuvered the union commander in battle.
	
7.
	

The Battle of Gettysburg is most significant because:
	a.	it rallied Confederate anger toward the Union.
	b.	of the amount of land gained by Union forces.
	c.	it forced the surrender of a significant portion of the Confederate army.
	d.	it ravaged southern morale.
	e.	it forced the Union forces to withdraw.
	
8.
	

The long campaign for Tennessee was finally over after Union forces managed to secure:
	a.	Nashville.
	b.	the Potomac River Valley.
	c.	Memphis.
	d.	the Tennessee River Valley.
	e.	Chattanooga.
	
9.
	

Grant considered the primary object in the war to be:
	a.	seizing territory.
	b.	freeing the slaves.
	c.	capturing the leaders of the Confederate government.
	d.	making himself look good for a future run at the presidency.
	e.	the total destruction of the enemy's ability to fight.
	
10.
	

In the Battles of the Wilderness:
	a.	Grant outmaneuvered Lee in such a way that Lee was forced to retreat further south.
	b.	Grant won a decisive battle so that he was able to easily move on to Richmond.
	c.	Lee won a decisive battle, forcing Grant to withdraw into Maryland.
	d.	neither side won a decisive victory.
	e.	Lee outmaneuvered Grant, but both sides suffered heavy casualties.
	
11.
	

Petersburg was significant because:
	a.	it offered control of the Mississippi.
	b.	it served as a rail center that was the key to Richmond's survival.
	c.	it served as a rail center that was the key to Atlanta's survival.
	d.	the Confederate government had withdrawn there when Richmond came under attack.
	e.	it was an industrial center.
	
12.
	

William Tecumseh Sherman's march to the sea was designed to:
	a.	humiliate the Confederacy.
	b.	be able to re-supply his army.
	c.	destroy the South's ability and willingness to keep fighting.
	d.	capture the secessionist leaders in South Carolina.
	e.	free the slaves in Georgia.
	
13.
	

Lee surrendered his army:
	a.	about one week after the fall of Richmond when his efforts to make a final stand failed.
	b.	rather than abandon Richmond.
	c.	immediately after the fall of Richmond.
	d.	as a concession to keep Union troops from burning Richmond.
	e.	as a concession to halt Sherman's march through Georgia.
	
14.
	

John Wilkes Booth was:
	a.	a frustrated politician.
	b.	able to escape and lived out his life hiding in the South.
	c.	acting alone.
	d.	part of a conspiracy.
	e.	an insane northerner.
	
15.
	

In the 1864 presidential election, Lincoln:
	a.	won largely because of Union victories just prior to election day.
	b.	postponed the election for several months due to the war.
	c.	won because the Democrats were not willing to put up an opponent during the war.
	d.	won a close election through dubious means.
	e.	won with less than 40 percent of the popular vote.
	
16.
	

Which of the following is a result of the Civil War?
	a.	The issue of inseparability of the states was decided beyond question.
	b.	The Supreme Court's influence would be weakened, due to their reluctance to rule slavery unconstitutional.
	c.	The issue of states' rights was dead and would no longer be a political consideration.
	d.	The Republican Party was devastated.
	e.	The Democratic Party would become important only in the South.
	
17.
	

As a result of the South being out of the Union, Congress was able to do all of the following except:
	a.	pass a Homestead Act.
	b.	pass a transcontinental railroad bill.
	c.	lower the tariff.
	d.	propose a constitutional amendment ending slavery in the United States.
	e.	insure the end of slavery.
	
18.
	

Paper money in the Civil War:
	a.	was only used in the South.
	b.	Caused runaway inflation in both the North and the South.
	c.	caused extreme inflation in the South, but stayed more stable in the North.
	d.	was only used in the North.
	e.	had no real impact on the economy.
	
19.
	

The Morrill Act was:
	a.	an act to provide land to settlers out west.
	b.	created new institutions of higher learning.
	c.	an income tax.
	d.	a provision to allow the issue of "greenbacks."
	e.	an act to provide states money for the establishment of colleges.
	
20.
	

In the Union, African Americans:
	a.	served in the military but suffered prejudicial treatment.
	b.	served in the military but only in non-combatant positions.
	c.	served in the military on equal terms with white soldiers.
	d.	served in the military but only under black officers.
	e.	were not allowed to serve in the military.
	
21.
	

Why did Robert E. Lee fight for the Confederacy?
	a.	To defend Virginia.
	b.	He believed secession was the proper course.
	c.	He believed in the Confederacy.
	d.	To strengthen the institution of slavery.
	e.	He hated the Union.
	
22.
	

Which of the following is not an accurate statement about the Battle of Gettysburg?
	a.	Both armies met south of Gettysburg.
	b.	Lee invaded Pennsylvania.
	c.	Lee's forces won the battle.
	d.	The North gained a strategic advantage.
	e.	Lee surprised the Army of Potomac.
	
23.
	

After Gettysburg:
	a.	the Army of the Potomac was devastated.
	b.	Lee left Pennsylvania with 28,000 fewer troops than he entered with.
	c.	Meade pursued the routed Lee.
	d.	Southern morale was raised.
	e.	the South was beaten.
	
24.
	

Early in 1864, who did Lincoln place in command of all Union forces?
	a.	Grant
	b.	Meade
	c.	Sherman
	d.	Hooker
	e.	Burnside
	
25.
	

Who was the General responsible for the defeat at the Battle of Chancellorsville?
	a.	Meade
	b.	Burnside
	c.	Grant
	d.	Hooker
	e.	Sherman
	
26.
	

In the spring of 1863, the Confederacy was actually winning the Civil War.
True
False
	
27.
	

Ulysses S. Grant had command of all Union forces from the time of his victory at Shiloh in April 1862.
True
False
	
28.
	

Abraham Lincoln's running mate in 1864 was a Democrat from a southern state.
True
False
	
29.
	

Lincoln was not overwhelmingly popular as president.
True
False
	
30.
	

Robert E. Lee urged the Confederate Congress to offer slaves freedom in return for their loyal service in the Confederate army.
True
False