Fater Civil War

The Civil War began with

• secession of South Carolina

• illegal formation of the Confederate States of America

• attack on the Lawrence, Kansas, a center of free-soiler activity

• the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter

Union military commander who wouldn’t fight despite President Lincoln’s orders to do so. Ran against Lincoln for President

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George McClellen

• George Meade

• Robert E. Lee

Who was the Virginia commander who turned down Lincoln to fight for the Confederate army?

• Lee    

• McDowell     

• McClellan

• Grant

president of the Confederate States of America

• Robert E. Lee

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Jackson

• Jefferson Davis

capital of the Confederate States of America

• Washington D.C.

• Atlanta, GA

• Shiloh, TN

• Richmond, VA

Which of the following was an advantage the North had over the South?

• more experienced generals

• more money to spend on war

• military support from Britain

• larger population

Which of the following was a strategy of the Confederate government?

• blockading the North’s Atlantic coast

• attacking the North by way of the Mississippi River

• seeking support from Britain and France

• limiting the upper draft age to 35

Northern strategy that included splitting the South in half

• Gettysburg Address

• Schlieffen Plan

• Copperhead Plan

• Anaconda Plan

Where was the first real battle of the war?

• Vicksburg

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg

Who were the Union and Confederate commanders at the Battle of Bull Run?

• U.S. Grant and Lee

• Beauregard and Anderson

• Beauregard and McDowell

• Hooker and Jackson