Civil War battles

What is considered to be the opening battle of the Civil War?

• Fort New Orleans

• Fort McHenry

• Fort Knox

• Fort Sumter

Led by Ulysses S. Grant. They blockaded the Mississippi River and split the confederate troops into smaller groups giving them a greater chance of victory.

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Bull Run

• Antietam

Sherman's _______ tore up major rail lines, burned cities, broke the will of the South to fight.

• Vicksburg

• March to the Sea

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

The Northern plan to win the war was called

• Secret Order 191

• The Anaconda Plan

• The Hartford Convention

Lincoln made a famous speech after this battle.

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Sherman's March to the Sea

What was total war?

• Everyone in the world was involved in the war.

• Women fought in the war too

• The final way to end a war

• To destroy everything- animals, people, children, houses and the people’s will to fight.

Fill in the blanks:_______surrendered at _________ to end the Civil War

• Lincoln/Gettysburg

• Grant/Appomattox Courthouse

• Lee/Appomattox Courthouse

• Lee/Antietam

What was the MOST important outcome in the Atlanta Campaign?

• Sherman's success led to the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox

• The success of the campaign secured President Lincoln's reelection in 1864

• It caused the diversion of resources in the South that led to the fall of Vicksburg

• The capture of Savannah, Georgia closed the south to imported manufactured goods

What battle was the single, bloodiest day in the Civil War?

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Manassas

What was the importance of the Battle of Gettysburg?

• Longest battle of the entire war.

• Turning point of the war. Confederates had to fight defense only.

• The Union took control of Alabama.

• The Confederates were able to take over Washington D.C.