1.the battle of antietam

a)severely weakened the union army.

b)shifted control of the civil war from the south to the north.

c)was the last battle that took place in the eastern united states.

d)convinced europe to support the confederacy.

2.the emancipation proclamation was an order from lincoln

a)granting slaves u. s. citizenship.

b)requiring slaves to join union troops.

c)calling for all confederate slaves to be freed.

d)ending slavery in the united states.

3.what did the second battle of bull run accomplish for the confederacy?

a)most of the union troops were forced to retreat in defeat.

b)the confederacy gained control of the union’s capital.

c)the confederacy gained control of the northern railroads.

d)most of the union troops were lost during this battle in virginia.

4.why did general lee decide to surrender his troops at appomattox courthouse?

a)general lee no longer wanted to fight and his troops wanted to surrender.

b)the union promised to restore the south to its way of life before the war.

c)confederacy president jefferson davis ordered him to surrender.

d)the union had surrounded his troops and he had run out of supplies.

5.the civil war began with the

a)election of abraham lincoln to the presidency.

b)abolition of slavery in the south.

c)declaration of war by president lincoln.

d)firing of confederate guns on fort sumter.

6.the goal of the union army in the west was to gain control of the

a)mississippi river.

b)border state of kentucky.

c)railroads in the west.

d)confederate capital.

7.what did the union victory in the battle of shiloh mean for the union?

a)it won the war in the west for the union.

b)it gave the union greater control of the mississippi river valley.

c)it allowed the union to focus more on the war in the east.

d)it established union control over the border states.

8.as a strategy for winning the civil war, union general winfield scott wanted to

a)cut off the confederacy’s means of transportation by taking control of the railroads in the south.

b)deny the south access to the north by building a wall along the border between north and south.

c)gain control of the confederate capital in richmond and force the southern troops to surrender.

d)employ a naval blockade of southern ports and gain control of the mississippi river to divide the confederacy.

9.the first battle of bull run

a)shattered the union’s hope of winning the war quickly and easily.

b)showed the union that the confederate army was weaker than anticipated.

c)demonstrated to the confederacy the power and strength of the union army.

d)destroyed the confederacy’s hope of restoring unity without resorting to war.

10.which of these news headlines would have most likely appeared in northern newspapers the day after the battle of antietam?

a)confederate leader gives his life in antietam

b)the confederacy’s greatest triumph

c)union gains an edge on the confederacy

d)spirit of the north broken by the outcome of antietam

11.what did president lincoln do to silence those in opposition to the war? .

a)he banned the publication of anti-war articles in newspapers.

b)he decided that enemies of the union would be forced to immediately leave the united states.

c)he ignored protections against unlawful imprisonment by jailing enemies of the union without trial.

d)he ordered that anyone who openly opposed the war be fined a large sum of money.

12.the development of new warships by both the north and the south

a)shifted the majority of fighting from the land to the sea.

b)made the power of the northern and southern navies equal.

c)marked the end of the use of wooden warships powered by sails and wind.

d)demonstrated to both sides that the war would not be ending soon.

13.what was the main problem for the confederate and union armies when preparing for war?

a)most soldiers had neither boots nor uniforms.

b)most soldiers found rifles difficult to carry.

c)most soldiers were unreliable mercenaries.

d)most soldiers were inexperienced and undisciplined.

14.the purpose of lincoln’s gettysburg address was to

a)honor the union soldiers and their bravery throughout the civil war.

b)surrender to certain demands of the confederacy.

c)remind americans of the reasons that the civil war was being fought.

d)declare the official end of the civil war.

15.how did the union’s capture of atlanta contribute to lincoln’s reelection?

a)it showed union voters that the north would absolutely win the war.

b)it convinced union voters that the north was making progress in the war.

c)it showed union voters that the south was willing to give in to lincoln’s demands.

d)it convinced union voters that lincoln’s decision to emancipate slaves was justified.