Civil War Leaders

Who was elected president of the United States in 1860?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E Lee

Who was general of the Union army that defeated Robert E Lee?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Stonewall Jackson

Who was president of the Confederacy?

• Robert E Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S Grant

• Jefferson Davis

Who was the leader of the army of Northern Virginia?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S Grant

• Robert E Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

Who was a skilled Confederate general from Virginia?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Stonewall Jackson

Who was offered command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war but chose not to fight against Virginia?

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S Grant

Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in states that seceded from the Union?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E Lee

Who was determined to preserve the Union- by force if nessessary?

• Robert E Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S Grant

• Jefferson Davis

Who wrote the Gettysburg Address that said the Civil War was to preserve a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people?"

• Robert E Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis