BTMS_USI9EF: Major Battles & Events + Effects of the Civil War

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

• Gettysburg

• Richmond

• Manassas (Bull Run)

• Vicksburg

What did the Emancipation Proclamation state?

• All enslaved African Americans in the South were freed.

• All new states added to the Union had to be free of slavery.

• Southern leaders were not allowed to hold government office.

• The Civil War had to come to an end.

What battle marked the turning point of the Civil War?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Appomattox Court House

• Battle of Vicksburg

• The First Battle of Manassas

Which battle allowed the North to gain control of the Mississippi River?

• Appomattox

• Manassas

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

What important event occurred at the Appomattox Court House in 1865?

• Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.

• Lee surrendered to Grant ending the Civil War.

• The first Confederate victory of the Civil War was won.

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson received his nickname at this battle.

The Union tried to prevent the Confederacy from getting supplies by ____________________.

• surrounding the border of the Confederacy with troops.

• creating a blockade of southern ports.

• taking control of the Colorado river.

• bombing all of their airfields.

Battle locations were influenced by ______________________.

• control of all states

• the struggle to capture capital cities

• both sides wanting to control the low ground

• pre-made agreements of where battles should be fought

What did the collapse of the Confederacy do to the value of Confederate money?

• It remained stable.

• It was worth half of its original value.

• It made it worthless.

• It became worth twice as much as American money.

African American soldiers were __________________.

• discriminated against and served in segregated units.

• free to leave the United States and return to Africa.

• not allowed to serve in Northern or Southern armies.

• treated equal to white soldiers.

Who created the American Red Cross?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Harriet Tubman

• Clara Barton

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton