Civil War Mini Review

The first battle of the American Civil War and signaled the start of the war. 

• Ft. Sumter
• Gettysburg
• Antietam
• Bull Run

Why did the Siege of Vicksburg affect the balance of power during the Civil War?

• Several important Confederate generals were killed.

• Union troops were pushing back across the Ohio River

• The Confederate territory was divided in half.

• Several casualties were inflicted on Union Forces.

What were TWO things Lincoln did to help the Union win the war?

• Put Ulysses S. Grant in charge of the army

• Ended slavery in the border states

• Made an alliance with Great Britain

• Allowed the Union army to use total war tactics

• Added a new step to the Anaconda plan

He was appointed President of the Confederate States of America.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

Getting control of the Mississippi and blockading the ports was part of what plan?

• The Great Snake

• Total War

• Siege and Blockade

• Anaconda plan

The Union’s initial strategy was to ​ (a)   southern ports to prevent goods from coming in and out of the Confederacy. This tactic prevented southern states from ​​ (b)           

• Blockade
• exporting cotton to create revenue

To break away from a group

• state's rights
• slavery
• Gettysburg
• secede

Determine whether the details listed were an advantage of the North or the South during the Civil War.     

Select the correct answer in each row.

Match the following battles with their outcomes:

• Siege of Vicksburg

• Final battle of the Civil War - General Lee surrendered to General Grant

• Battle of Antietam

• Turning Point of the Civil War - Lincoln gave a speech afterward

• Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

• Cut the Confederacy in half and gave the Union control over the Mississippi

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Bloodiest single day of the Civil War - led to the Emancipation Proclamation

Even though these were states where slavery was legal, they did not secede and join the Confederate states.

• Western States
• State of Confusion
• Border States
• Southern States