CIVIL WAR PEOPLE AND BATTLES

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do for slaves?

• It freed all slaves in southern states at war against the U.S.

• It made slavery legal everywhere.

• It forced runaway slaves to return to the South.

• It gave former slaves voting rights.

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.

According to Abraham Lincoln, where does the government get its authority (power)?

• From the People

• From the King

• From the States

• From other countries

Confederates attacked the fort, the Union surrendered, first shots of the Civil War.

• Bull Run/ Manassas 1

• Antietam

• Appomattox Court House

• Ft. Sumter

This was the first major battle of the Civil War

• New Orleans

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Manassas

This man was the president of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy).

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

This man was the commander of the Union troops

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

Who was the commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia who inspired Confidence and devotion in his soldiers

• Nathan Bedford Forrest

• John Bell Hood

• William T. Sherman

• Robert E. Lee

Which city located on the Mississippi River was considered crucial to control of that important strategic waterway

• Vicksburg

• Memphis

• New Orleans

• Atlanta