Civil war Events & People

1. Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Washington, DC
• Fort Sumter, South Carolina
• Atlanta, Georgia

2. Which battle was considered a major turning point in the war?

• The Battle of Gettysburg
• Fort Sumter
• The Battle of Bull Run
• None of the Above

3. In 1864, General Sherman moved his Union Army south from _______________.

• Washington to Pennsylvania
• Georgia to Florida
• North Carolina to South Carolina
• Tennessee to Georgia

4. Which state would have had the greatest amount of physical damage as a result of the Civil War?

• Missouri
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• Georgia

5. Abraham Lincoln gave a speech to honor fallen soldiers called:

• The Halftime Speech
• The State of the Union Address
• The Gettysburg Address
• The Fort Sumter Address

6. After the First Battle of Bull Run, the Union Army realized:

• this war would be a piece of cake
• they could easily defeat the Confederacy
• the war would not be over as quickly as they thought
• Union Generals were superior to Confederate Generals

7. I was the 16th President of the United States. I was born in Kentucky, but grew up in Illinois. I freed all slaves with the “Emancipation Proclamation.

• Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln
• George Washington

8. How did specialization give the North or South an advantage in the war?

• Farming allowed the North to feed soldiers.
• Factories allowed the North to make weapons.
• Rivers allowed the South to build ships.
• Railroads allowed the South to transport soldiers.

9. On April 9, 1865, General Lee and the Confederate Army surrendered to General Grant and the Union Army in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Is the statement above true or false?

• TRUE
• FALSE

10. Sherman marched his soldiers from Atlanta to Savannah destroying everything in their path to ruin the South’s will to fight. Is the statement above true or false?

• TRUE
• FALSE