1. Chapter 19 Social Studies Test
The Civil War
Chapter 19 Social Studies Test

2. Select the term or terms that best matches the given definition.
New Words
Select the term or terms that best matches the given definition.

3. New Words
1. the part of a nation at war that is home to those not fighting the war
Gettysburg
home front
Union
Confederacy

4. New Words
2. the side that fought for freedom to leave the United States
Gettysburg
home front
Union
Confederacy

5. New Words
3. site of one of the most important battles of the Civil War
Gettysburg
home front
Union
Confederacy

6. New Words
4. the side that fought to keep the United States together as one country
Gettysburg
home front
Union
Confederacy

7. Just the Facts
True or False

8. Just the Facts
5. Union and Confederate soldiers joined their respective armies for the same reasons.
True
False

9. Just the Facts
6. Most soldiers who fought in the Civil War were poor farmers.
True
False

10. Just the Facts
7. The Battle of Gettysburg marked a turning point in the Civil War, in favor of the Confederacy.
True
False

11. Just the Facts
8. Under the leadership of General Ulysses Grant, the Union finally defeated the Confederacy and won the Civil War.
True
False

12. Just the Facts
9. More Americans died in the Civil War than in any other war in U.S. history.
True
False

13. Just the Facts
Select the best answer.

14. Just the Facts
10. Which of the following was not one of the military tactics or technologies used in the Civil War?
trenches
hot-air balloons
artillery
All of these were used in the Civil War

15. Just the Facts
11. Which one of the following statements is not true about combat conditions in battles like the one at Gettysburg?
Advancing rows of soldiers were ripped apart by bullets and artillery shells.
Soldiers fought face-to-face, using bayonets and whatever other weapons they could find.
Soldiers wounded on the battlefield received medical attention right away.
All of the above statements are true about combat conditions

16. Just the Facts
12. Which of the following explains why medical care during the Civil War was so poor?
Doctors had only simple instruments to use for surgery and often did not have medicines or other supplies they needed.
Conditions in hospital tents and camps were dirty and unhealthful.
Doctors did not know how to treat some sicknesses and sometimes gave soldiers medicines that were poisonous.
All of these statements help explain why medical care was so poor.

17. Just the Facts
13. Which of the following would a Civil War soldier have been least likely to eat?
hardtack
fried chicken
coffee
pickled meat

18. Just the Facts
14. Which of the following people would have been most likely to have written a letter describing draft riots?
a Confederate officer
a Union soldier
the wife of a Union officer
the sister of a Confederate soldier