United States History ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1862 - Correct answers✔✔When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
Maryland - Correct answers✔✔What was the most important border state?
Maryland - Correct answers✔✔What border state was close to Richmond and the Confederate
Capital?
Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware, and Maryland - Correct answers✔✔______ _________
__________ ____________ are border states
Missouri could control parts of the Mississippi River; Kentucky controlled the Ohio River;
Delaware was close to Philadelphia; Washington, D.C., Virginia. - Correct answers✔✔Explain
the importance of the location of two of the four border states.
The North wanted to preserve the Union while the South wanted to become an independent
nation - Correct answers✔✔Describe the different goals of the North and South at the start of the
Civil War.
North- cutting off southern supply lines and ports and capturing Richmond, Virginia.
South- fight a defensive war until the North gave up. - Correct answers✔✔What were the
strategies of the North and South at the start of the war?
The North had a large population and more resources. The South had strong military leadership,
knowledge of the terrain, where the war would be fought, and a fighting spirit. - Correct
answers✔✔What strengths did the North and South have at the start of the war?
, conduct a defensive war - Correct answers✔✔What was the Confederacy's strategy?
Some people that were younger that 18 sometimes lied about their age or ran away from home -
Correct answers✔✔How did some people get into the war?
Rebels, 112,000 - Correct answers✔✔By the summer of 1861, the Confederate army also known
as ___________, had _____________ soldiers
Yankees, 187,000 - Correct answers✔✔By the summer of 1861, the Union army also known as
___________, had _____________ soldiers
True - Correct answers✔✔T or F
Some families had relatives serving on both sides of the war
False, the South - Correct answers✔✔T or F
The North was afraid that African American soldiers would turn against whites if they were
armed
True - Correct answers✔✔T or F
Both sides thought that the war would be over quickly
False, The Union soldiers were called Yankees - Correct answers✔✔T or F
The Union soldiers were sometimes called rebels
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1862 - Correct answers✔✔When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
Maryland - Correct answers✔✔What was the most important border state?
Maryland - Correct answers✔✔What border state was close to Richmond and the Confederate
Capital?
Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware, and Maryland - Correct answers✔✔______ _________
__________ ____________ are border states
Missouri could control parts of the Mississippi River; Kentucky controlled the Ohio River;
Delaware was close to Philadelphia; Washington, D.C., Virginia. - Correct answers✔✔Explain
the importance of the location of two of the four border states.
The North wanted to preserve the Union while the South wanted to become an independent
nation - Correct answers✔✔Describe the different goals of the North and South at the start of the
Civil War.
North- cutting off southern supply lines and ports and capturing Richmond, Virginia.
South- fight a defensive war until the North gave up. - Correct answers✔✔What were the
strategies of the North and South at the start of the war?
The North had a large population and more resources. The South had strong military leadership,
knowledge of the terrain, where the war would be fought, and a fighting spirit. - Correct
answers✔✔What strengths did the North and South have at the start of the war?
, conduct a defensive war - Correct answers✔✔What was the Confederacy's strategy?
Some people that were younger that 18 sometimes lied about their age or ran away from home -
Correct answers✔✔How did some people get into the war?
Rebels, 112,000 - Correct answers✔✔By the summer of 1861, the Confederate army also known
as ___________, had _____________ soldiers
Yankees, 187,000 - Correct answers✔✔By the summer of 1861, the Union army also known as
___________, had _____________ soldiers
True - Correct answers✔✔T or F
Some families had relatives serving on both sides of the war
False, the South - Correct answers✔✔T or F
The North was afraid that African American soldiers would turn against whites if they were
armed
True - Correct answers✔✔T or F
Both sides thought that the war would be over quickly
False, The Union soldiers were called Yankees - Correct answers✔✔T or F
The Union soldiers were sometimes called rebels
