Civil War Review

How did the Union hope to damage Confederate trade and transportation during the Civil War?

• By patrolling rivers and the Gulf of Mexico

• By attacking railroads

• By blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi River

• By taking over Southern farms and factories

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

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Manassas

Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

• Battle of Antietam

• Siege of Vickburg

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Battle of Gettysburg

Who was the 16th President of the United States, a Republican, served during the Civil War?

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

Who was the only elected president of the Confederate States of America?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

Who was the commander of the Union Army after 1864?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

Of the following, which is synonymous with the term, "Union".

• The slave states. 
•  The United States of America. 
• The free states. 
•  The border states. 

Of the following, which one was an advantage held by the South during the war?  The South . . . 

•  had greater industrial resources than the North. 
•  had more transportation resources than the North. 
• was defending their own territory. 
•  could count on the support of Native Americans. 

Of the following, which one is an advantage of the North during the Civil War?  The North . . .

•  had more military schools than the South did. 
•  had greater industrial resources. 
• knew the local terrain better than the South did. 
• could depend on Great Britain to help them defeat the South. 

The Emancipation Proclamation

• freed only Union Slaves
• allowed slaves to fight for the South
• freed only Confederate slaves
• freed Union and Confederate slaves