9.4 TEKS Check- Wilson and Chesser

Which of the following best described the significance of the location on the map? (8.8C)

• It was where the opening shots of the Civil War occurred.
• The "shot heard around the world" was fired here.
• It is the location of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner.
• It was home to the Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights.

Which of the following best explains the importance of the siege of Vicksburg? (8.8C)

• It enabled the Confederacy to take control of the Potomac River and attack Washington D.C.
• General Grant's overwhelming victory convinced Lee and the South that the war was a lost cause.
• After a devastating Union loss they then focused on capturing the capital at Richmond.
• It was a decisive Union victory and gave them control of the Mississippi River.

The image below describes an event that happened at-- (8.8C)

• Yorktown
• Appomattox Court House
• Gettysburg
• Vicksburg

Which of the following quotes best describes the importance of the Battle of Vicksburg? (8.8C)

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Often called the "turning point" of the Civil War,this three-day battle involved Generals Robert E. Lee, George G. Meade, and George E. Pickett. This was the Battle of-- (8.8C)

• Appomattox
• Fredericksburg
• Gettysburg
• Vicksburg

On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issues his Emancipation Proclamation which-- (8.8C)

• established a path for citizenship for the newly emancipated slaves
• proclaimed that all the slaves in the Union and Confederacy were free
• created an orderly plan for the Confederacy to surrender their property
• stated that all the slaves held in rebellious states would be free

When Lincoln issued the proclamation below the significance was that-- (8.8C)

• border states that allowed slavery would now secede
• the war would now be about the issues of slavery
• slaves in the northern states rioted against the government
• European countries allied with the Confederacy

In his diary entry, Lt. Colonel Pendleton is describing the battle of-- (8.8C)

• Gettysburg
• Vicksburg
• Antietam
• Fort Sumter

President Lincoln had specific plans for rebuilding the South and restoring it to the Union. He never carried out these plans because-- (8.8C)

• Andrew Johnson replaced him as President of the United States
• Lincoln resigned as President after the Civil War officially ended
• Lincoln was assassinated a few days after the Civil War officially ended
• the United States Congress denied seats to former members of the Confederacy

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this great continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." This excerpt is taken from-- (8.8C)

• General Lee's Surrender Document
• Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
• The Gettysburg Address
• The Emancipation Proclamation