TCI - The Civil War

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• A military strategy used by the Union

• An address given by President Lincoln at the site of a major battle

• A document that declared the freedom of slaves in Confederate states

• A march led by Union General Sherman through the South

What does the term "Copperhead" refer to?

• A type of bread riot during the Civil War

• A Northern Democrat who opposed the Civil War

• A military regiment from Massachusetts

• A plan to blockade the South and cut off its supplies

What was the Anaconda Plan?

• A military strategy to blockade the South and cut off its supplies

• A document that declared the freedom of slaves in Confederate states

• A march led by Union General Sherman through the South

• A type of bread riot during the Civil War

Who were the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?

• A Northern Democrat group that opposed the Civil War

• A type of bread riot during the Civil War

• An all-black regiment that fought for the Union

• The authors of the Gettysburg Address

What was Sherman's March to the Sea?

• A military strategy used by the Union

• An address given by President Lincoln at the site of a major battle

• A document that declared the freedom of slaves in Confederate states

• A destructive campaign led by Union General Sherman through the South

What event caused Wilmer McLean to move his family to a farm outside the small village of Manassas Junction, Virginia?

• The shelling of Fort Sumter

• The First Battle of Bull Run

• His retirement from being a merchant

• A cannonball landing in his kitchen

What made McLean's farm a strategic location in the Civil War?

• It was the site of the First Battle of Bull Run

• It had a comfortable and pleasant environment

• It was an important railroad junction

• It was located in Alexandria, Virginia

When did the First Battle of Bull Run take place in relation to the cannonball landing in McLean's kitchen?

• Three days before

• The same day

• Three days after

• One week after

Why did the North and the South want to control McLean's farm?

• Because it was a prosperous merchant location

• Because it was comfortable and pleasant

• Because it was an important railroad junction

• Because it was the site of the First Battle of Bull Run

What significant event happened in April 1861, marking the beginning of a state of war?

• The First Battle of Bull Run

• The shelling of Fort Sumter

• A cannonball landing in McLean's kitchen

• McLean moving to the farm