VS 7B Quiz

Which picture shows the president of the Union?

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Which of these things is something Abraham Lincoln did?

• He earned the nickname "Stonewall" at the Battle of Bull Run.

• He surrendered at Appomattox.

• He used the Union navy to blockade southern ports.

• He sunk the Monitor.

Which of these men served as commander of the Union army?

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Robert E Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It was a document that freed the slaves in the South

• It was a battle that the Union won.

• It was a kind of cannon used in the Battle of Gettysburg.

• It was the capital of the South

The first major battle between the armies of the North and and South was fought at

• Gettysburg

• Richmond

• Fredericksburg

• Bull Run

The Confederate general who received a nickname at the battle of Bull Run was

• Robert E Lee

• Thomas Jackson

• George Pickett

• J.E.B. Stuart

Who won the battle of Fredericksburg?

• Robert E. Lee and his Confederate soliders

• Ulysses S. Grant and his Confederate soliders

• Robert E. Lee and his Union soliders

• Ulysses S. Grant and his Union soliders

All of the following are true about the first battle between the ironclad ships EXCEPT

• The Monitor was the Confederate ship

• The battle was fought to a draw

• The Merrimack was the Confederate ship

• The battle took place at Hampton Roads (between Hampton and Norfolk).

Which important Confederate city was captured by Ulysses S. Grant at the end of the war? The city was burned by the Confederates as the left the city.

• Hampton

• Fredericsburg

• Richmond

• Appomattox

Much of the Civil War was fought in Virginia because

• General Lee lived here.

• There were creeks and stonewalls.

• It was located between Washington D.C. and Richmond.

• It had the most railroads.