Important People and Battles of Civil War

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

What was Lincoln's main reason for fighting in the war?

• to get rid of slavery

• to bring the British and French to America

• to show his strength as a president

• to preserve the Union

Jefferson Davis was

• President of the Union

• Vice President of the Confederacy

• Union General at Chickamauga

• President of the Confederacy

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

Who won the Battle of Bull Run?

• Confederates

• Union

• British

• Northerners

Battle took place in Maryland and was the closest Civil War battle to Washington D.C. The Union won and gave Abraham Lincoln the victory he needed to issue his Emancipation Proclamation.

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

Bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Turned the tide of the war in favor of the Union. Northern most battle in the civil war.

• Antientam

• Gettysburg

• Bullrun

• Vicksburg

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

Which slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Northern slaves
• Southern slaves
• Slaves in the border states
• All the slaves