Chapter 16 - Section 2 The Two Sides

Where was the first major battle of the Civil War? (Choose all that apply)

• Harper's Ferry

• Manassas Junction

• Northern Virginia

• Bull Run

Who won the first major battle of the Civil War?

• The North

• The South

• No one, it was a tie

Southerners salvaged an old Union warship named the ______ and covered it with iron plates. They renamed it the Virginia.

• Monitor

• Minnesota

• Missouri

• Merrimack

Who won the sea battle between to two ironclads on March 9, 1862?

• The North

• The South

• No one, it was a tie

Who did Lincoln appoint to be the general of the Army of the Potomac after the First Battle of Bull Run?

• U.S. Grant

• Irvin McDowell

• George B. McClellan

• Stonewall Jackson

What was the North's primary goal of the war in the West?

• to end slavery

• To gain control of the Mississippi River

• to destroy the railroad lines

• to capture the capital of Richmond

Who was Union commander at Cairo? He was also the commander who captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, helped secure the lower Tennessee River, and won the Battle of Shiloh.

• U.S. Grant

• George B. McClellan

• Ambrose Burnside

• Robert E. Lee

What was the goal of the Peninsular campaign?

• to capture the Mississippi River

• to capture Richmond

Which one day battle was the bloodiest day of the Civil War?

• Shiloh

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Bull Run

What was Lincoln's reaction to the results of the Battle of Antietam?

• He gave the Gettysburg Address

• He fired George B. McClellan

• He passed the 13th Amendment

• He hired U.S. Grant as commander of all the armies