Civil War

Where was the capital of the Confederacy?

• Washington D.C.

• Montgomery

• Richmond

• Charleston

What was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history?

• Antietam

• Shiloh

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

Who was the the President of the Confederacy?

• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln

Which battle was the turning point of the war?

• Antietam

• Vicksburg

• Fort Sumter

• Gettysburg

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

• Fort Sumter

• Richmond

• Appomattox Court House

• Petersburg

The place where Confederate cannons opened fire and started the Civil War.

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

• Fort Sumter

What was General Sherman's strategy of total war?

• To destroy all civilian and military resources.

• To kill prisoners of war.

• To attack from land and sea.

• To kill all the slaveholders in the South.

The border states Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were all ___.

• free states that sided with the Union

• completely unified in their feelings about the war

• against President Lincoln’s war policies

• slave states that did not join the Confederacy

What was NOT an advantage for the Union?

• larger population

• better military leaders

• more railroads

• stronger navy

What was NOT an advantage for the Confederacy?

• fighting for independence

• better military leaders

• more resources

• home field advantage in early battles