Civil War (People/Speeches/Battles)

Which Union "victory" in Maryland had 23,000 casulties, otherwise known as the "bloodiest day" of the war?

• Second Bull Run
• Gettysburg
• Antietam
• Vicksburg

Which battle was considered a "turning point" of the Civil War?

• Shiloh
• Ft. Sumter
• Gettysburg
• Bull Run

The Emancipation Proclamation

• freed only Union Slaves
• allowed slaves to fight for the South
• freed only Confederate slaves
• freed Union and Confederate slaves

Who was the general that surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865 ending the Civil War?

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Winfield Scott

• Abraham Lincoln

The most well known Confederate general was Ulysses S. Grant.

• True

• False

What was the purpose of General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea"?

• to free all remaining slaves held by Southern plantation owners

• to punish the South for daring to secede from the Union

• to weaken Southern morale and bring an end to the war by using total war

• to allow his hungry and tired troops to acquire necessary supplies

This was the President of the Union.

• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S Grant
• Abraham Lincoln

At the end of which battle did General Grant and his troops secure control of the Mississippi River?

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Richmond

What document does Lincoln refer to in the Gettysburg Address to remind people that "all men are created equal"?

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War?

• Washington, D.C.

• Richmond, Virginia

• Appomattox Court House, Virginia

• Atlanta, Georgia