The Civil War

What changed the course of the Civil War in favor of the Union?

• Grant’s Virginia campaign

• Gettysburg and Vicksburg

• The Battle of Antietam

• Sherman’s total war

What amendment ended slavery in the United States?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Who assassinated President Lincoln?

• General Meade

• George Pickett

• Robert E. Lee

• John Wilkes Booth

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

• Adam Smith

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Meade

• Fort Knox

• Fort Lincoln

Which of the following was NOT a border state?

• Delaware

• Kentucky

• Maryland

• South Carolina

Robert E. Lee was a commander of the Union army.

• True

• False

Ulysses S. Grant was a commander of the Union Army.

• True

• False

What was Lincoln's first priority when he was elected president in 1860?

• to give more control to the states

• to end slavery in the United States

• to preserve the Union

• to build more factories

The Anaconda Plan was the Union's plan to do what?

• to take back the Texas territory so they could launch a western attack

• to form a naval blockade to cut off the South from imports and exports

• to offer the Native Americans citizenship and land if they join the Union army

• to convince Spain to join in the fight in exchange for Florida