Question

1.   Lincoln decided to go to war against the Confederacy after which event?

  a.  The Battle at Antietam

  b.  The Capture of Fort Sumter

  c.  The Battle at Bull Run

  d.  The issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation

2.   Which was NOT an advantage of the North during the Civil War?

  a.  better generals and soldiers

  b.  better railroads

  c.  more factories

  d.  larger population

3.   The Monitor and the Merrimack were

  a.  important Union generals.

  b.  President Lincoln’s airplanes

  c.  ironclad ships introduced during the Civil War

  d.  Confederate forts

4.   The Emancipation Proclaimation

  a.  freed all slaves behind Union lines

  b.  ended the Civil War

  c.  freed all slaves behind Confederate lines

  d.  forced men to join the military

5.   The Civil War ended at

  a.  Appomattox Court House

  b.  Fort Sumter

  c.  Shiloh

  d.  all of the above

Answer 1

1. The correct answer is Option B. Lincoln decided to go to war against the Confederacy after the capture of Fort Sumter.

2. The correct answer is Option B. Having better railroads was not an advantage that the North possessed during the civil war.

3. The correct answer is Option C. The Monitor and the Merrimack were ironclad ships introduced during the Civil War.

4. The correct answer is Option A. The Emancipation Proclaimation freed all slaves behind the Union lines.

5. The correct answer is Option A. The Civil War ended at Appomattox Court House.