Quiz Review: Battles of the Civil War

1. This battle marked the end of wooden vessels and the introduction of more durable metal-protected ships.

• Battle of Shiloh
• Battle of Bull run/Manassas
• Battle of Hampton Roads
• Battle of Gettysburg

2. The battle that was considered the "turning point" of the Civil War was at ________.

• Gettysburg
• Fort Sumter
• Antietam
• Vicksburg

3. This battle was a major victory for the Union as it gave them control of the Mississippi River.

• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Shiloh
• Battle of Vicksburg
• Fort Sumter

4. This battle was the first of the Civil War.

• Appomattox
• Fort Sumter
• Antietam
• Gettysburg

5. During this event, the Union forces tore up major rail lines, burned cities, and broke the will of the South to fight.

• Gettysburg
• Battle of Hampton Roads
• Vicksburg
• March to the Sea

6. Bonus: Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

• Jefferson Davis
• William Sherman
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant