Civil War Battles and People

Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?

• James Madison

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Monroe

This gentleman was a former slave who escaped to the North and became an abolitionist.

• John Ross

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia -

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

General of the Union Army

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

He was offered command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war, but choose not to fight against his home state of Virginia

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

He was determined to preserve the Union by force, if necessary.

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

Who was an African American who became a congressman after the war?

• Frederick Douglass

• Clara Barton

• Robert Smalls

• William Lloyd Garrison

Who was a very skilled confederate general from Virginia?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Jefferson Davis

What contributed to the Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg?

• more capable soldiers

• they had control of the high ground

• they had control of the river

The Union benefited from the blocks of southern ports, such as Savannah, New Orleans, and

• New Jersey

• Charleston

• Vicksburg