Civil War Timeline

Who was elected as the sixteenth president of the United States in 1860?

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation declared enslaved people in all states, including the Union states, to be free.

• True

• False

Where was Jefferson Davis appointed as provisional President of the Confederate States of America in 1861?

• Richmond, Virginia

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Charleston, South Carolina

• Atlanta, Georgia

True or False: The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and occurred in Pennsylvania.

• True

• False

What event formally marked the beginning of the Civil War in 1861?

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Firing on Fort Sumter

• Emancipation Proclamation

True or False: Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.

• True

• False

When did Richmond become the capitol of the Confederacy?

• April 1861

• May 1861

• February 1862

• May 1862

True or False: General Ulysses S. Grant assumed command of all United States Armies in the field on March 2, 1864.

• True

• False

Who replaced General Joseph Johnston after he was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines in 1862?

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

True or False: The Civil War officially ended with the surrender of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi on May 26, 1865.

• True

• False