Civil War People and Events

President of the United States during the Civil War

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• George Washington
• Theodore Roosevelt

First and only President of the Confederate States of America

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• George Washington

Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was experienced and had a good grasp of the South and his strategy seemed unbeatable

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• William Sherman

Lincoln’s address after the Battle of Gettysburg that helped look beyond the battlefield and focus on their shared ideals.

• Emancipation Proclomation
• Gettysburg Adress
• Lincoln's inaugural Address
• Picket's Charge

Lincoln spoke after the Battle of Antietam announcing his plan to issue an order freeing all enslaved people in the Confederacy.

• Gettysburg Address
• Emancipation Proclamation 
• Lincoln's Inaugural Address
• Pickett's Charge

Which of the following was when William Tecumsah Sherman led Union troops down South and destroying the South on their way to the sea

• Battle of Antietam
• First Battle of Bull Run
• March to the Sea
• Siege of Vicksburg

Union troops led by Ulysses S. Grant formed a 47 day siege leading to a  Union victory and complete control of the Mississippi River

• Battle of Antietam
• First Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Atlanta
• Siege of Vicksburg

The outcome of this battle shocked the North and helped the realization that it could be a long, difficult, and costly war for both sides.

• First Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Atlanta

General for the Confederate Army who got his nickname “Stonewall” because helped a rally during the First Battle of Bull Run where his troops and him heroically stood there like a “Stonewall.”

• Jefferson Davis
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• Thomas Jackson

Lincoln's choice of Supreme Commander of the Union Army because of his willingness to fight during the Civil War

• Ulysses S. Grant
• William Tecumseh Sherman
• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis