Civil War 2022

Which of these was a Northern advantage at the start of the Civil War?

• highly trained soldiers
• Population
• fighting in familiar territory
• control of the Mississippi River

Which of these was a Southern advantage at the start of the Civil War?

• large population
• strong military leadership
• control of the railway system
• many factories and businesses

The Union’s Anaconda Plan included all of the following strategies except

• dividing the South.
• blocking Southern ports.
• capturing Richmond, Virginia.
• assassinating the Confederate president.

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that

• slaves in U.S. territories were free.
• slaves throughout the world were free.
• slaves in Confederate states were free.
• slaves in Union slave states were free.

Which battle was a turning point in the war because it weakened the Confederacy so much that they would never again invade the North?

• Antietam

• Sharpsburg

• Appomattox Court House

• Gettysburg

Which battle was a major victory in the war for the Union because they gained control of the Mississippi River?

• Gettysburg
• Antietam
• Fort Wagner
• Vicksburg

Why did Grant decide not to treat the Southern soldiers harshly after Lee's surrender?

• to punish the Confederates
• to show Lincoln was right all along
• to free the slaves to bring equality
• to reunite the nation

Which general led a path of destruction through the South to destroy their resources and economy?

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• William Tecumseh Sherman
• George McClellan

This man was the main general of the Confederacy

• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• William T. Sherman
• Stonewall Jackson

This man was the last general for the Union army

• Robert E. Lee

• George McClellan

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman