Gettysburg Review

The last attempt Confederate's made for victory against the Union on the 3rd day of Gettysburg known as

• Little Round Top

• Hornet's Nest

• Longstreet's Attack

• Pickett's Charge

Confederate General that earned the nickname "Stonewall" at battle of Bull Run for stopping the Union advance.

• General George Pickett
• General Bedford Forrest
• General Braxton Bragg
• General Thomas Jackson

This cautious Union General failed to pursue the weakened southern army at Antietam, which caused him to get fired by President Lincoln.

• General George McClellan
• General Joshua Chamberlain
• General Ulysses S. Grant
• General Winfield Scott

He became president in 1860 and his election was one of the immediate causes of the Civil War

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• General Grant
• General Lee

He was the leader of the Confederate (South) army throughout the entire war

• Jefferson Davis
• General Ulysses S. Grant
• General Robert E. Lee
• John Wilkes Booth

He was president of the Confederate States of America (CSA)

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• General Grant
• General Lee

Southern secession from the Union began after the

• Election of Abraham Lincoln
• Surrender of Ft. Sumter
• Blockade of southern ports
• The Emancipation Proclamation was issued

How did the South explain their right to secede from the Union?

• Declaration of Independence gave Southerners the right to Revolt
• Constitution's right to free speech allowed them to secede
• They argued that each state had voluntarily joined the Union, so they could voluntarily leave
• 5th Amendment protected property owners and any attacks on property

The Union army had a plan to surround the Confederacy, cutoff major ports in the South, and capture the capital, Richmond, Virginia.  This plan is known as?

• The Reptile Plan
• The Anaconda Plan
• The Rattlesnake Plan
• The Boa Constrictor Plan

According to Lincoln, what was the major goal of the Union at the beginning of the war?

• Destroy the border states
• Assassinate Jefferson Davis
• Preserve the Union
• Abolish slavery in the Confederate States.