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Question #1
Arrange the following in chronological order: (A) the Battle of Bull Run, (B) the Battle of Gettysburg, (C) Lee's surrender at Appomattox, and (D) the Battle of Antietam.
A.   C, A, D, B
B.   A, D, B, C
C.   D, B, C, A
D.   B, C, A, D
Question #2
The riots that broke out among lower-class New York City workers in 1863 were in reaction to emancipation.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #3
The U.S. Sanitary Commission was set up to improve the hygienic conditions of army camps and to recruit and train nurses.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #4
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #5
A victory at Antietam probably would have won Confederate independence because the union armies were already heavily demoralized.
A.   the Border States would have joined the Confederacy.
B.   Lincoln would have been unable to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
C.   the Union armies were already heavily demoralized
D.   France and Britain were on the verge of recognizing the Confederate government.
E.   the Republicans would have lost the subsequent congressional elections.
Question #6
The Confederacy enlisted slaves into their army
A.   as a response to the Emancipation proclamation.
B.   to help in the attack on Gettysburg.
C.   a month before the war ended.
D.   in recognition that the idea of slavery was wrong.
E.   at the beginning of the war.
Question #7
The group of border states included Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland and what other state that seceded from the confederacy after seceding from the Union?
A.   Oregon
B.   Texas
C.   West Virginia
D.   Nevada
Question #8
In 1863, the Confederacy instituted the first income tax, taking a specified percentage of an individual's income.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #9
In which area did the South have an advantage over the North in the Civil War?
A.   industrial capacity
B.   military leadership
C.   food production
D.   civilian leadership
Question #10
At Fort Pillow, the worst Confederate prison camp, where men were jammed together without shelter and drank from the same stream that served as their sewer, nearly a third of the prisoners died.
A.   False
B.   True

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