Civil War Review

What was Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War?

• to abolish slavery
• to end British control of the Western territories
• to make a profit selling war supplies
• to preserve the Union

The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War

• Sherman's March to Sea
• Gettysburg
• Atlanta Campaign
• Fort Sumter

Which accomplishment could be added to this diagram?

• Commanded the U.S military in the West during the Indian Wars

• Led the Radical Republicans Congress during Reconstruction

• Was appointed general in chief of the Union Army during the War

Who was the commander of the Union Army after 1864?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

What best describes the point of Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Address?

• He focuses on Unity and bringing the Southern States back into the Union. He discusses in his speech how he does not want to abolish slavery or the fugitive slave act.

• He addresses the issue of slavery by talking about how he would like to keep slavery where it already exists. He goes on to discuss how he would like to abolish the Fugitive Slave Act and how he would like to bring the South back into the Union.

• Most of his speech is focused on the inevitability of war. He warns the South what will happen if they attack the North and that he would show no mercy on the South if they choose to declare war on the North

• He focuses on the Civil War that has taken place. He is trying to promote northerners to join the Union Army so that they can force the Confederate states back into the Union.

Sectionalism, States Rights, Slavery can all be identified as...

• Causes of the Civil War

• Causes of the American Revolution

• Causes of Manifest Destiny

• Causes of War of 1812

What happened at Fort Sumter?

• The confederate defense besieged the fort and lengthened the war

• The Union victory divided the Confederacy along the Mississippi River

• The invasion of the Confederate capital resulted in the surrender of the Confederacy

• The Confederate attack upon the Union fort initiated the war

The Battle of Gettysburg was significant to the Civil War because -

• The Mississippi River was taken by the Union which divided land controlled by the Confederates

• The Confederacy prevented the Union from capturing Richmond, which was the capital of the Confederacy

• Half of all the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee died, which crippled the effectiveness of the Confederate Army for the remainder of the Civil War.

• The Confederate Army failed a Northern invasion and was forced to return to the South.

Which Civil War battle was the deadliest single day of fighting in the war and led to a Union victory as Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had to retreat? This battle also marked the first time that the Southern army had invaded the North.

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Appomattox Court House

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

Why are the battles at Antietam and Gettysburg different from the rest?

• Only two fought in Confederate territory

• Only two fought in Union Territory

• They took place during the American Revolution

• The Confederacy won both.