People of the Civil War

Which of the following individuals was the General of the Union Army during the Civil War?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• William Carney

Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

President of the United States during the Civil War

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• George Washington
• Theodore Roosevelt

Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was experienced and had a good grasp of the South and his strategy seemed unbeatable.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• William Sherman

Lincoln’s address after the Battle of Gettysburg that helped look beyond the battlefield and focus on their shared ideals.

• Emancipation Proclomation
• Gettysburg Adress
• Lincoln's inaugural Address
• Picket's Charge

Lincoln spoke after the Battle of Antietam announcing his plan to issue an order freeing all enslaved people in the Confederacy.

• Gettysburg Address
• Emancipation Proclamation 
• Lincoln's Inaugural Address
• Pickett's Charge

General for the Confederate Army who got his nickname “Stonewall” because helped a rally during the First Battle of Bull Run where his troops and him heroically stood there like a “Stonewall.”

• Jefferson Davis
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• Thomas Jackson

Who believed the United States was one nation, not a collection of independent states?

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Who urged Southerners to accept defeat at the end of the war and reunite as Americans when some wanted to fight on?

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

Who was determined to preserve the union by force if necessary?

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson