Civil War Review

The Union (North) had more _______ than the South.  

• crops

• quality generals

• railroad tracks

• slaves

The southern states that seceded were called the

• Anti-Union

• The United States

• The Confederate States of America

• Sharecroppers

The first battle of the war took place at Fort Sumter, ___

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• New York

This general led the Union army and led his troops on a "march to the sea" that destroyed everything in their path.  

• Ulysses Grant

• William Sherman

• Stonewall Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

5.  The president of the Union was _______ and the president of the Confederacy was ___________

• Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses Grant, Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses Grant, Jefferson Davis

This battle took place in Pennsylvania in 1863, more than 50,000 Americans were killed in this battle, and it was considered the turning point of the war.  

• Shiloh

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

This was the first major battle in the war, it took place in Virginia and both sides were shocked at how many lives were lost.  This showed the Union and Confederacy that the war would not be over quickly.

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox

• Bull Run

• Antietam

In this action by Lincoln, he declared all slaves would be free.  Knowing that the southern states wouldn't listen, he did this more to change the tone of the war and inspire the North to keep pushing ahead.  

• Gettysburg Address

• Emancipation Proclamation

• 2nd Inaugural Address

In this speech, Lincoln stood at the sight of a battle that took place months earlier.  He reminded the Union of the principles of the Declaration of Independence and connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for "a new birth of freedom."

• Gettysburg Address

• Emancipation Proclamation

• 2nd Inaugural Address

The North's strategy to defeat the South by blocking all the shipping ports and controlling the Mississippi River was called the ______Plan.

• Python

• Sherman

• Anaconda

• Ozark