Civil War battles quiz

The site of the first major battle of the Civil War

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Vicksburg

• Appomattox

This Union general took 62,000 men and marched from Atlanta to Savannah.

• General Jackson
• General Smith
• General Scott
• General Sherman

Confederates attacked the this fort, the Union surrendered. First shots of the war

• Bull Run/ Manassas 1

• Antietam

• Appomattox Courhouse

• Ft. Sumter

What was the official name of the south during the Civil War?

• Confederate States of America

• Rebel States of America

• Southern States of America

• Confederate States of the South

The idea of attacking the Confederacy by squeezing them like a snake from the East and West is known as the...

• Snake Plan

• Anaconda Plan

• Gator Paln

• Enduring Freedom

All of the following was part of the "Anaconda Plan" EXCEPT:

• Block all southern ports to cut off shipping

• Divide the north into sections

• Control the Mississippi River

• Capture the Confederate capital, Richmond

The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the war because:

• It triggered a four-day draft riot in New York City

• The outcome convinced European nations to help the Confederacy.

• Southern troops reached their northernmost point in Union territory.

• Lee lost so many troops that he would never again invade the North.

Which of the following was a Union advantage during the Civil War?

• heavy military support fr Great Britain
• more experienced generals
• Southern Nationalism
• more soldiers and factories

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

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Manassas

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• Changed the course of the war, it made it about the issue of slavery as well as preserving the Union

• Preserved the Union

• Abolished slavery

• Changed the mind of the Southerners about having slavery, and brought the war to an end