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

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

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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

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":

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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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