US History Standard 3 Part 2

The battle of Gettysburg

• Proved the war would last longer than expected

• Was the bloodiest single day of the war

• Ended Confederate hope of invading the North

• Was the first armed conflict of the war

• Gave the Union control of the Miss. River

The battle at Fort Sumter

• Proved the war would last longer than expected

• Was the bloodiest single day of the war.

• Ended Confederate hope of invading the North.

• Was the first armed conflict of the war.

• Gave the Union control of the Miss. River

The battle of Antietam

• Proved the war would last longer than expected

• Was the bloodiest single day of the war.

• Ended Confederate hope of invading the North

• Was the first armed conflict of the war

• Gave the Union control of the Miss. River

President of the United States during the Civil War

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

Confederate General who surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court house

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

Which of the following is Abraham Lincoln’s greatest achievement as President?

• The great economic expansion of the North

• The reunification of the South and North on terms of equality

• The preservation of the union

• The transformation of the U.S. into a great military power

Union General with strategy of total war and unconditional surrender

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

Union General that devastated the South with his “march to the sea”.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

Which point was a part of the Union’s Anaconda plan?

• Capture the Confederate Capital of Richmond, Va.

• Split the Confederacy in half by controlling the Miss. River

• Establishing a Naval Blockade

• All of the above

Which of the following battles are usually considered turning points of the Civil War?

• Atlanta and Savannah

• Gettysburg and Vicksburg

• Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville

• Bull Run and Antietam