FAC Civil War #1

Why was the attack on Fort Sumter significant?

• It was the bloodiest day of the Civil War
• The Confederacy surrendered
• General Pickett charged the Union line
• It began the Civil War

What was the name of the Union strategy that called for a 3 prong attack of the South, slowly squeezing it into surrender?

• Anaconda Plan
• Grant Plan
• March to the Sea
• Total War

All of these were part of the Anaconda Plan EXCEPT

• Take the Confederate capital at Richmond, VA
• Burn everything between Atlanta and Savannah
• Blockade Southern Ports
• Take control of the Mississippi River

Slave states that did not secede from the Union including Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and eventually West Virginia are called what?

• Confederate States
• Coward States
• Border States
• Traitor States

All of the following were part of the Confederate strategy EXCEPT

• Take Washington D.C.
• Wear down the Union army
• Blockade Northern ports
• Use cotton diplomacy to gain allies

The first major battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Bull Run, was important because:

• It showed that the Confederacy would be stronger
• It showed that the Union would be stronger
• It showed that the Civil War would be quick
• It showed that this war would be a long, bloody affair

All of these were Confederate advantages in the Civil War except"

• They had more factories
• They were fighting a defensive war
• They had better military generals
• They knew the land better

In the Election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran on a platform dedicated to

• building infrastructure in the West.
• the separation of the North and the South.
• upholding popular sovereignty.
• stopping the expansion of slavery

The desire to maintain the institution of slavery was not the main factor behind the Southern states' secession from the Union

• True

• False

One of the main advantages of the Confederate army was their strong military leadership. This was demonstrated with what main leader of the Confederate Army?

• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
• Abraham Lincoln