Civil War

One advantage the Confederacy had over the Union during the Civil War was that Confederate forces had-

• numerous factories for producing weapons and ammunition

• a larger number of military troops in reserve

• an expensive railroad system for moving troops and supplies

• knowledge of the terrain where most battles were fought

How did the loss of control of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the Confederacy?

• The river had provided direct access to the Union's base of military operations

• Losing control of the river removed the physical barrier between slave and free states

• The river had provided the Confederacy with a power source for factories and mills

• Losing control of the river divided the Confederacy in two and cut off its supplies

Which of the following completes this diagram?

• Lincolns first inaugural address

• Gettysburg Address

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Lincolns second inaugural address

This person became the president of the Confederacy or Confederate States of America.

• Jefferson Davis

• William Carney

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E Lee

This person became the general of the Union Army

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysess S Grant

• Robert E Lee

What do all of these have in common: issue of slavery, state's rights vs federal rights, sectionalism, election of Abraham Lincoln

• Nullification crisis

• Key events of the Civil War

• Start of the New Deal program

• Causes of the Civil War

The bloodiest single day of the Civil War with over 23,000 deaths in one day!

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Bull Run

In his first inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln stated his main goal for the nation was to...

• Uphold the Dred Scott decision

• Use the vote to resolve the conflict over slavery

• Preserve the Union

• Free all slaves in the US

What was the name of the speech Abraham Lincoln gave that motivated the North to keep fighting to end the civil war?

• Vicksburg Address

• Gettysburg Address

• Yorktown Address

• Saratoga Address

The first place that the confederates attacked to start the Civil War was...

• Vicksburg

• Fort Freedom

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter