US History I Final Reivew

What was Abraham Lincoln’s primary objective after he was elected?

• to end slavery
• preserve the Union
• attack the Confederacy
• attack the Union

Civil War was begun

• at Bull Run.
• at Fort Sumter. 
• by Stonewall Jackson. 
• by Virginia’s secession 

What was the name of the Union’s plan to “strangle the Confederacy”?

• the Boa Constrictor Plan
• the Total War Plan
• the Viper Plan
• the Anaconda Plan

Who was the president of the Confederacy throughout the Civil War?

• Robert E. Lee
• George McClellan 
• Jefferson Davis
• Thomas J. Jackson 

What was John Brown known for? 

• He was an abolitionist that led a raid on Harper’s Ferry.
• He was a Union general during the Civil War. 
• He ran against Lincoln in the election of 1860.
• He was a Confederate general during the Civil War. 

Who led the Confederate Army even though he opposed succession? 

• Thomas J. Jackson 
•  William Tecumseh Sherman
• Robert E. Lee
• George McClellan

Who was the final general appointed by Lincoln to lead the Union Army?

• Andrew Jackson
• Ulysses S. Grant
• George McClellan
• Thomas J. Jackson

What Union admirable successfully led a fleet of 40 ships down the Mississippi to split the Confederacy?

• General George McClellan 
• Admiral David G. Farragut
• Cornel Thaddeus Stevens 
• Admiral Rutherford B. Hayes

What did President Lincoln hope to do in writing the Emancipation Proclamation?

• free slaves in the Confederacy
• free slaves in the Union
• free all slaves 
• free prisoners of war in the Union

On April 6, 1862, the Union had a major victory at a small Tennessee church close to the Mississippi River known as: 

• 1st Battle of Bull Run
• Gettysburg
• Antietam
• Shiloh