First half of the Civil War Review

Confederates attacked the this fort, the Union surrendered. First shots of the war

• Bull Run/ Manassas 1

• Antietam

• Appomattox Courhouse

• Ft. Sumter

What was the official name of the south during the Civil War?

• Confederate States of America

• Rebel States of America

• Southern States of America

• Confederate States of the South

The idea of attacking the Confederacy by squeezing them like a snake from the East and West is known as the...

• Snake Plan

• Anaconda Plan

• Gator Paln

• Enduring Freedom

All of the following was part of the "Anaconda Plan" EXCEPT:

• Block all southern ports to cut off shipping

• Divide the north into sections

• Control the Mississippi River

• Capture the Confederate capital, Richmond

Which of the following was a Union advantage during the Civil War?

• heavy military support fr Great Britain
• more experienced generals
• Southern Nationalism
• more soldiers and factories

What battle was the single, bloodiest day in the Civil War?

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Manassas

Where was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War?

• Appomattox

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Bull Run

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• Changed the course of the war, it made it about the issue of slavery as well as preserving the Union

• Preserved the Union

• Abolished slavery

• Changed the mind of the Southerners about having slavery, and brought the war to an end

Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army.

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

Vicksburg was...

• the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River.

• the single bloodiest day in American history.

• Sherman's march to the sea.

• where General Lee surrendered to General Grant.