8th STAAR Review: Civil War

Who was the Confederate General of all Armies leading the South?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Charles Cornwallis

Who was the Union General of all Armies leading the North?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysse S. Grant

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Charles Cornwallis

The Union's General Winfield Scott developed a war strategy to end the Civil war. It was called the Anaconda Plan. What did the strategy do?

• Only participate in small, limited engagements when the odds were in their favor.

• Troops would be moved around to meet military needs instead of trying to defend their borders

• Union should take advantage of its large army and aggressively engage the Confederates simultaneously in different locations to overwhelm them

• Naval blockade of all Eastern and Southern ports to pervent the Confederacy from trading and to capture the Mississippi, dividing the nation in two.

Who was the commanding general during the Civil War whose fame carried him to becoming our 18th President of the United States?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Winfield Scott

After the southern seccession of states, who became the Confederate President?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

Why did Abraham Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863?

• The speech was a dedication of a promise made to abilish slavery

• The speech was given to inform the American people that he hoped the war would soon end

• The speech dedicated a Soldiers' National Cemetery for Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

• The speech was a reminder to all the American people of the atrocities (cruelty) of war.

A biography on the career of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson would include his involvement in which Civil War event?

• The First Battle of Bull Run and the Confederate victory at Fredericksburg

• The Union capture of Atlanta and the March to the Sea through Georgia

• The Virginia Peninsula campaign and the Union victory at Gettysburg

• The campaigns in Northern Virginia and the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Why did the siege of Vicksburg affect the balance of power creating a turning point in the Civil War?

• Several important Confederate generals were killed

• Union troops were pusched back across the Ohio River

• The Confederate territory was divided in half

• Severe casualties were inflicted on Union forces

Confederate Commanding General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union Commanding General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 at?

• Appomattox Station, Virginia

• Appomattox Court House, Virginia

• Manassas (Bull Run), Virginia

• Richmond, Virginia

What was the Conscription Act of 1863 that Congress passed during the Civil War?

• law preventing bloody riots in New York City, where protesters were outraged over the war

• first wartime draft for military induction of women to serve

• first wartime draft for military service of U.S. citizens in American history

• Congressional action seizing all seaports during the war