History Final Review - The Civil War

The Civil War began when Confederate troops attacked this federal fort protecting Charleston harbor in South Carolina.

• Antietam

• Appomattox

• Fort Sumter

• Vicksburg

The slave states that lay between the North and the South and did not join the Confederacy during the Civil War (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia) were known as _________________________.

• Union States

• Confederate States

• border states

• territories

Confederate efforts to use the importance of southern cotton to Britain’s textile industry to persuade the British to support the Confederacy in the Civil War.

• tariffs

• contraband

• Anaconda plan

• cotton diplomacy

Confederate general that earned his famous nickname, "Stonewall," as he held himself poised and steady during the Battle of Manassas; played a key role in many significant battles in the east, dying shortly after Chancellorsville.

• Thomas Jackson

• George B. McClellan

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Robert E. Lee

General that assembled the Army of the Potomac. He lead the Union Army before being replaced after Antietam and was the Democratic candidate for president in 1864

• Thomas Jackson

• George B. McClellan

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Robert E. Lee

He resigned from the U.S. Army to become commander of the Confederate Army in 1862. He was known for his risk taking and unpredictable moves to throw the Union forces off balance.

• Thomas Jackson

• George B. McClellan

• Ulysses S. Grant

• David Farragut

• Robert E. Lee

He served as Union's commanding officer in the West before being named by President Lincoln as commander of the Union Army in 1864

• Thomas Jackson

• George B. McClellan

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Robert E. Lee

He was the Union General that captured Atlanta before using total warfare (destroying civilian and economic resources) on his “March to the Sea” across Georgia.

• Thomas Jackson

• George B. McClellan

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Robert E. Lee

The first major clash of Union and Confederate forces in northern Virginia; showed the Union forces that the war would not be easily won.

• Battle of Shiloh

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• 1st Battle of Bull Run

• Siege of Vicksburg

Tennessee battle in which Confederates attacked Grant’s army by surprise. The attack lead to an intense 2-day battle, resulting in the Union army gaining greater control over the Mississippi River valley

• Battle of Shiloh

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• 1st Battle of Bull Run

• Siege of Vicksburg