15.2 "Early Years of the War" Quizizz Lesson

Multiple Choice

Where was the first major battle of the Civil War?

• Antietam Creek

• Bull Run

• Richmond

• Shiloh

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General

headed the Union army of the East after the Battle of Bull Run.

(Use full name)

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The

,(originally named the Merrimack), and the Monitor took part in a battle that raised spirits in the North and in the South.

​Click the link below to view the video "Clash of the Ironclads":

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Psl98mw4T9j2ZvLXAf6SWAiwCc2_3D60/view?usp=sharing

Multiple Select

What was the Union goal in the West?

• to control California

• to control Texas

• to control the Mississippi River

• to control the Tennessee River

Multiple Choice

Who was the Union general who captured Fort Donelson?

• David Farragut

• George B. McClellan

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

Multiple Choice

Together the Union and Confederate armies suffered more than 23,000 casualties in which battle?

• Bull Run

• New Orleans

• Richmond

• Shiloh

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A key victory for the North was when Union naval forces under David Farragut captured

on April 25, 1862.

Multiple Choice

The Seven Days Battles resulted in the Union's capture of the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

The Confederate army was victorious at both the First Battle of Bull Run and the Second Battle of Bull Run.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Why was the Battle of Antietam important?

• The Union’s victory led to the resignation of General Lee.

• The battle sparked Sherman’s March to the Sea.

• The battle was the first to feature ironclads.

• The Union’s victory halted the Confederacy’s efforts to invade the North.

​Click the link below to view the video "The Emancipation Proclamation":

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O9Wf7HdcZGEbk4DCJ83_axmIzTwGVwrM/view?usp=sharing

Use the preceding slides and/or pgs. 532 - 538 to help you answer the following questions.

15.2

Early Years of the War

Multiple Choice

Why was President Lincoln initially reluctant to make the Civil War about ending slavery?

• He worried that states in the Confederacy would refuse to rejoin the Union.

• He was concerned that the border states would secede.

• He was concerned he would not be reelected.

• He did not want formerly enslaved people to move to the North.

Reorder

Reorder the following starting with what happened FIRST.

• The First Battle of Bull Run

• The Battle of Fredericksburg

• Lee crosses into Maryland

• The Battle of Antietam

• Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation

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