Civil War

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Match the people and Vocab

• Blockade

• Anaconda Plan

• Border States

• Jefferson Davis

• Abe Lincoln

A military strategy to cut off supplies

A strategy to defeat the Confederacy

Slave states that did not secede

President of the Confederacy

President during the Civil War

• A military strategy to cut off supplies

• A strategy to defeat the Confederacy

• Slave states that did not secede

• President of the Confederacy

• President during the Civil War

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Match the People

• U. S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Phillip Bazaar

• Clara Barton

General of the Union Army

General of the Confederate Army

Confederate General known for his tactical prowess

First Hispanic recipient of the Medal of Honor

Founder of the American Red Cross

• General of the Union Army

• General of the Confederate Army

• Confederate General known for his tactical prowess

• First Hispanic recipient of the Medal of Honor

• Founder of the American Red Cross

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(a)​ ​

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was the president of the Confederate States of America

While the general for the Confederacy was (b)​

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(c) ​

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was the President of the Union.

While the general for the Union was (d)​

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Jefferson Davis

Robert E Lee

Abraham Lincoln

Ulysses S Grant

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Label the chart to which side had the advantage in the Civil War. North or South

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Determine whether the details listed were an advantage of the North or the South during the Civil War.     

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The Union’s initial strategy was to ​

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southern ports to prevent goods from coming in and out of the Confederacy. This tactic prevented southern states from ​​

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Multiple Choice

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation immediately set all the slaves in the United States free?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under Union control.

• Laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery.

• Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army.

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Lincoln gained the confidence to order the emancipation of the slaves due to the victory of the Union army in this battle:

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Fredericksburg

• Battle of Shiloh

• Battle of Fort Sumter

Multiple Choice

Which of the below statements best describes the Emancipation Proclamation?

• A change to the United States constitution allowing for all men to vote regardless of race.

• A new law issued by congress that said slavery was illegal in the North.

• An executive order from Abraham Lincoln that eventually led to the freedom of millions of slaves.

• A speech given by Abraham Lincoln asking for the Civil War to end.

• An order made by the Supreme Court saying that the Confederate states had the right to decide for themselves on slavery.

Multiple Choice

What is the name for people who wanted to put an end to slavery?

• Underground Railroaders 
• Suffragists
• Bushwackers
• Abolitionists

Multiple Choice

Lincoln specifically referred to which part of the country in the Emancipation Proclamation

• The South

• The North

• The East

• The West

Multiple Choice

What part of the country was EXCLUDED from the Emancipation Proclamation?

• The East Coast

• The West Coast

• The Border States

• The Great Lakes State

Multiple Choice

In addition to promising freedom to slaves in rebel-held areas, the Emancipation Proclamation contained what new Union policy?

• The abolition of the interstate slave trade

• African Americans were allowed to serve in the Union Army

• The abolition of slavery in the western territories

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation..."

--Which statement below best reflects this part of the Gettysburg Address?

• 27 years ago some people made a new country that brought us together.

• 87 years ago some people made a new country that brought us together.

• 27 years ago our relatives made a new country that brought us together.

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"...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain..."

--Which statement below best reflects this part of the Gettysburg Address?

• that we promise that the men who died here died for a good reason

• that we find out if the dead died terrible deaths

• that we make sure other people don’t die here

Multiple Choice

What was the tone of the speech?

• comical
• inspiring
• generous
• vicious

Multiple Choice

Lincoln believes that victory (for the Union) in the war will result in _____.

• full devotion of all citizens to the Union.

• women, as well as slaves, will have equal rights.

• a proper memorial for those who have died in the war

• a new birth of freedom and ALL people can be treated equal.

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"...and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

--Which statement below best reflects this part of the Gettysburg Address?

• and made sure the song was the same as all others

• and a belief that all people should be treated the same.

• and written to make sure that everyone could buy the same stuff.

Multiple Choice

Lincoln ends his speech by stating "that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from earth." What idea is he describing?

• democracy (without slavery)

• justice

• liberty

• equality

Multiple Choice

Who was the Union (U.S.) general that captured Vicksburg and eventually won the Civil War?

• U.S. Grant

• Robert E Lee

• William Sherman

• Stonewall Jackson

Multiple Choice

Why did the Union Army's capture of Vicksburg so important?

• It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River (Anaconda)

• It gave access to the upper Mississippi Delta Region

• It cut off all supplies to Robert E. Lee in Virginia

• It allowed the Union to attack Richmond

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What does this picture represent?

• General Lee's Surrender to grant

• General Washington winning the Revolution

• The signing of the constitution

• Jackson surrendering to Jefferson

Match

Match the following events to their impact on the U.S. Civil War

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Appomattox Courthouse

First Battle of the Civil War

Bloodiest 1-day battle in American history

Turning Point in the North

Turning point in the South; Union control of Mississippi River

Confederacy surrenders

• First Battle of the Civil War

• Bloodiest 1-day battle in American history

• Turning Point in the North

• Turning point in the South; Union control of Mississippi River

• Confederacy surrenders

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First battle of the Civil War

Located in South Carolina

Bloodiest single-day battle in American history

Turning point of the Civil War

Located in Pennsylvania

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South no longer able to attack in the Union

First Battle of the Civil War

Bloodiest single day battle in American History

Led to the Emancipation Proclamation

Robert E. Lee unable to attack the Union after this battle.

President gives inspirational speech after this battle

Turning point in the war.

Gain control of Mississippi River

Huge victory for U.S. Grant

Led to many African Americans joining the Union Army

Organize these options into the right battles

Fort Sumter

Battle of Antietam

Battle of Gettysburg

Siege of Vicksburg