Civil War Quiz Review

The Anaconda Plan by the North included which components?

• Take as many Southern cities as possible

• blockade southern cities/ports and capture Mississippi River

• Invade South Carolina and Alabama

• Take Richmond Last

The Battle of Antietam was significant because it led to....

• The fall of Richmond

• Britain aiding the Confederacy

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• a significant defeat for the Union

Why did the "lower South" (deep south) leave / secede from the Union?

• Lincoln's Election

• The Gettysburg Address

• Attack on Ft. Sumter

• A peace treaty was signed recognizing their independence

The "upper south" states like Virginia seceded over...

• The union attack on Ft. Sumter

• The election of 1860

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Lincoln's call for troops/volunteers to suppress the southern rebellion

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

• Robert E Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• James Longstreet

• Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln's primary goal at the start of the war was

• To end slavery

• To punish the South for seceding

• To preserve the Union

• To gain wealth through cotton

The Emancipation Proclamation applied to

• Every state in the Union

• Southern States that seceded

• In all western territory

• Only the North

One advantage the Confederacy had in the early years of the war was:

• Better Weapons

• Larger population

• Superior Factories

• Better Military Leadership

The first major engagement/battle of the Civil War after Ft. Sumter was in 1861 at

• Manassas

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• New Orleans

Which was not a goal/strategy of the Confederacy?

• Wear Down/Outlast the Union

• Get Foreign Recognition

• Invade and Occupy the North

• Maintain a defensive strategy