VUS SOL 7b Civil War Events and Leaders

The secession of the southern states  triggered a civil war the led to all of the following EXCEPT:

• a Northern Victory
• emancipation of the slaves
• restoration of the Union
• economic prosperity for the South

What triggered the secession of South Carolina and the "Deep South?"

• the firing on Fort Sumter
• the Emancipation Proclamation
• the Election of 1860
• the Compromise of 1850

What was the opening confrontation of the Civil War?

• Bleeding Kansas
• Fort Sumter
• Antietam
• Gettysburg

Which battle provided Lincoln with the military victory he needed to be able to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Fort Sumter
• Antietam
• Gettysburg
• Appomattox

Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

• Fort Sumter
• Antietam
• Gettysburg
• Appomattox

This place really isn't a battle, it is the place where Lee surrendered to Grant to end the Civil War.

• Fort Sumter
• Antietam
• Gettysburg
• Appomatox

Abraham Lincoln's plan to let the South back into the Union was very______________.

• generous
• punitive
• malicious
• negative

In 1860 Abraham Lincoln insisted that:

• the slaves be emancipated
• the union be preserved by using force if necessary
• that General Grant be chosen to lead the Union Army
• the South must be punished

Ulysses S. Grant became the commander late in the War.  He did all of the following EXCEPT:

• had success where others failed
• gained early success in the west
• eventually defeated Robert E. Lee
• had harsh surrender terms for Lee and his men

What did Robert E. Lee oppose?

• secession as well as the use of force to keep the union together
• attacking Washington D.C.
• the terms of surrender
• reunification after the war