Civil War Battles and Generals

At the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln's main goal was to -

• free all slaves

• preserve the Union

• destroy the South

• take over Canada

What was the importance of the Battle of Gettysburg?

• Longest battle of the entire war.

• Turning point of the war. Confederates had to fight defense only.

• The Union took control of Alabama.

• The Confederates were able to take over Washington D.C.

Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?

• Union

• Confederates

What is the significance of the Firing on Fort Sumter?

• It ended the Civil War.

• It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

• It officially started the Civil War.

• It ended slavery in the Union.

Who was the General of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George Washington

From 1863 until the end of the War, who was the Union General in charge of the U.S. army?

• Robert E. Lee

• George Washington

• "Stonewall" Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

What was the goal of the Union's Anaconda Plan?

• To set snakes loose in the south

• To surround the South and stop them from trading with Europe

• To attack the south only from the ocean

• To spy on the south and send information back north

Which battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Antietam

• 1st Bull Run

What was the official name of the south during the Civil War?

• Confederate States of America

• Rebel States of America

• Southern States of America

• Confederate States of the South

Jefferson Davis was

• President of the Union

• Vice President of the Confederacy

• Union General at Chickamauga

• President of the Confederacy