Civil War Review

Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had?

• More Troops
• Home Field Advantage
• Better Weapons
• Better Transportation

Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?

• Secede
• Ironclad
• Border State
• Casualty

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What Union general is known for his march to the sea?

• Grant
• Sherman
• Lee
• Jackson

The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

• Fort Sumter
• Fort Williams
• Fort Western
• Fort Apache

What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?

• Anaconda Plan
• Rattlesnake Plan
• Scorpion Plan
• Blockade Plan

What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?

• to abolish slavery
• to end British control of the Western territories
• to make a profit selling war supplies
• to preserve the Union

3 day battle that the South lost and is considered the turning point in the war

• Gettysburg
• Fort Sumter
• The Atlanta Campaign
• Uncle Tom's Cabin

The place where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant.

• Fort Sumter
• Sherman's March to Sea
• Appomattox Court House
• Uncle Tom's Cabin

What was Sherman's strategy of total war?

• destroying all civilian and military resources
• killing prisoners of war
• attacking from land and sea
• killing all the slaves in the south

This gave slaves in the Confederate states their freedom.

• The Compromise of 1850
• The Gettysburg Address 
• The Battle of Antietam 
• The Emancipation Proclomation