Civil War Battles of Virginia Review

The first Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) was the first major battle of the Civil War. _______ played a major role in this battle.

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson

• John Brown

• Nat Turner

The Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia who defeated Union troops in a battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1862 was General ________.

• Robert E. Lee

• Thomas 'Stonewall Jackson'

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

What was the name given to the plan to blockade southern ports during the Civil War?

• Lock and Key Plan

• Iron Clad Plan

• Anaconda Plan

• Burn It Plan

President Lincoln used the Union navy to blockade southern ports. An important sea battle between two iron-clad ships, the ____ (Union) and the _____ (Confederate) took place in waters near Hampton and Norfolk.

• Monitor & Manassas

• Merrimack & Appamattox

• Monitor & Merrimack

• Merrimack & Richmond

The two ironclads battled for more than three hours, the battle was fought to a ______.

• Monitor won

• It was a draw

• Merrimack won

• They both sank

Who won the Civil War?

• The North (Union)

• the 'freed slaves'

• The South (Confederacy)

• Canada

After ______ became President of the United States in 1860, seven southern states seceded from the Union.

• George Washington

• John Brown

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

The Civil war ended at what Virginia location?

• Richmond

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Yorktown

• Bull Run

The Battle of the Ironclads took place in the waters near what Virginia city.

• Williamsburg

• Fredericksburg

• Manassas

• Norfolk

What Union general came up with a plan to block the southern ports from getting supplies?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Winfield Scott

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George Washington