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1. According to Lincoln’s first inaugural speech, what was his top priority (number one goal)?
A. Keeping the country together
B. Abolishing slavery
C.Defeating the Confederacy

2. What did soldiers and leaders on both sides seem to believe before the Civil War began?
A.That the war would be over quickly, there would be few casualties, and their side would win.
B. That the war would be long, with thousands of deaths, and there would be no winner.
C. That Great Britain would take advantage of the situation, capture the United States, and America would be a colony again.

3. Why was Roanoke Island strategically important to the Union Army?
A.The Union would control of the Albemarle and Pamlico sounds, closing them to the Confederate navy
B.It was the south’s largest port, and capturing it would wreck the southern economy
C. It was important to North Carolina history, since that’s where the lost colony was located

4. Why did former slaves head to Roanoke Island and New Bern?
A.They would be protected by Union forces
B.They could escape on ships headed to Canada
C.It was a nice area with plenty of natural resources

5.Who was the “Angel of the Battlefield,” who founded the American Red Cross after the Civil War?
A.Clara Barton
B.Robert E. Lee
C.Mary Todd Lincoln

6.What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
A.Freed all slaves in the Union States, where there were very few slaves
B.Freed all slaves in the Rebel States, where Lincoln had no power
C.Freed all slaves in the Border States, where Lincoln had no power

7.As peoples’ attitudes and opinions changed, what became the purpose of the Civil War?
A.To make sure all the states understood that seceding from the Union would never be allowed.
B.To prove that advanced technology and better infrastructure was necessary to win wars.
C.To make the United States become a nation that was committed the promises of its Constitution.

8.According to Lincoln’s short speech, known as the Gettysburg Address, who should be dedicated to continue working for the cause that the soldiers gave their lives for?
A.the military
B.the living
C.the government


9.What did Lincoln want to do to the southern states after the war?
A.Punish them for seceding and fighting.
B.Allow them to remain as their own country.
C.Welcome them back into the United States.

10.Where and when did the Civil War end?
A.April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia
B.April 4, 1865 at Washington, DC
C.April 2, 1865 at Richmond, Virginia

11.What was the attempt to reorganize the south after the Civil War called?
A.Restarting
B.Rebuilding
C.Reconstruction

12.What were “black codes?”
A.Laws in the south that gave whites almost unlimited power, while severely restricting freedom for black people.
B.Amendments added to the Constitution to outlaw slavery and give black people citizenship and the right to vote.
C.Agreements between former slaves and their former owners that required former slaves to keep working for free.


13.What did the Freedmans’ Bureau do to help newly freed southern slaves? multiple answer question
A.Opened schools
B.Distributed clothing
C. Arrested former slave owners
D.Provided food
E. Located missing soldiers
F. Provided weapons

14.Who were promised numerous times by the U.S. government that if they signed a new treaty and moved west once more, they’d be left alone?
A.Native Americans
B.Settlers
C.Cowboys

15.Who did much of the work for the Union Pacific Company?
A.Former Confederate soldiers, Chinese immigrants, former slaves
B.Irish immigrants, former Confederate soldiers, Chinese immigrants
C.Former slaves, Irish immigrants, former Confederate soldiers