Civil War Review

The Emancipation Proclamation

• made slavery legal

• began slavery

• ended slavery in the Confederate states

• ended slavery only in the North

A result of Abraham Lincoln winning the 1860 presidential election was?

• 7 southern states seceded from the Union to form the Confederacy

• President Buchanan threatened to invade South Carolina

• Senator Sumner was beaten on the Senate floor

• the border states sided with the Confederacy

What year did the Civil War begin?

• 1920

• 1861

• 1776

• 1860

This battle was known for the bloodiest day of the war, and won by the north after battle plans of General Lee were discovered

• Bull Run

• Shiloh

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

Which of the following battles was the first battle of the war and a Southern victory amid chaos?

• Bull Run

• Shiloh

• Sumter

• Gettysburg

Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered to be the turning point of the war?

• It was the point in which the North no longer had control of the war

• It was the South's last hope to bring the war to the Northern states

• It was Lincoln's favorite general in the war winning his first battle

• General Lee finally had successfully won a battle in the Northern states

General Grant also hurt the South by taking control of the Mississippi River in the Siege of...

• Chancellorsville

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Vicksburg

Anaconda plan

• The South's military strategy to block Northern ports until they eventually ran out of supplies
• Abraham Lincoln's plan to abolish slavery
• John Brown's tactic to end slavery 
• The North's military strategy to block Southern ports until they eventually ran out of supplies

South invades the North in Pennsylvania. 3 day Union victory that resulted in 1/3 of Lee's force killed or wounded, and the south on the defensive the rest of the war. 

• Antietam
• Gettysburg
• First Battle of Bull Run 
• Vicksburg 

The 13th amendment did what?

• Officially ended slavery in the U.S.
• Officially ended child labor in the U.S.
• Officially ended indentured servants in the U.S.
• Officially gave slaves the right to vote in the U.S.