Events of the Civil War

What was the order given on Jan. 1, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves?

• Ft. Sumter
• Battle of Bull Run
• Gettysburg Address
• Emancipation Proclamation

The place where Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate forces to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.

• Appomattox Courthouse
• Ft. Sumter
• Bull Run
• Missouri Compromise of 1850

Which battle divided the South?

• Appomattox
• Bull Run
• Gettysburg
• Vicksburg

The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it --

• allowed the Confederate army to seize Washington D.C.
• broke the Union blockade along the Gulf of Mexico
• enabled the Confederate army to seek French assistance
• gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg significant to the Civil War?

• It led to the Emancipation Proclamation
• It brought an end to the Civil War
• It resulted in the passing of the 15th Amendment
• It was a turning point because General Lee was forced to fight a defensive war

In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln presented the Civil War as a struggle for the --

• North's domination over the South
• preservation of the Union and democracy
• South's fight to become an independent nation
• preservation of the rights of American as individuals

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Ulysses S. Grant was to the Union as ___________ was to the Confederacy

• Jefferson Davis
• Stonewall Jackson
• Robert E. Lee
• Abraham Lincoln

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

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

When was the Civil War fought?

• 1855-1861
• 1860-1877
• 1861-1865
• 1863-1868