Early Civil War

Who was the Commander In Chief for the Union Army during the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

Who was the Commander In Chief for the Confederate Army during the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

Who was the General In Chief for the Confederate Army during the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

Who was the General In Chief for the Union Army the last year of the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

At what fort in the South did the Civil War begin?

• Fort Wagner

• Fort Knox

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Donelson

Why was the Battle of Bull Run important in the Civil War?

• It showed the south how outnumbered they were

• It showed the North how advantageous they were

• It showed both the North and South that the war would be long and costly

• It showed the North and South that the war would be short lived

Why was the Battle of Shiloh important in the Civil War?

• It made Ulysses S Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman known in the Union Army

• It was the first Union victory

• It kept the Confederates off of the Mississippi River

• All of these answers are correct

Where were civil war battles usually fought?

• Near railroad junctions

• Near rivers

• Near the Union and Confederate capitals

• All of these answers are correct

He served as Union's commanding officer in the West before being named by President Lincoln as commander of the Union Army in 1864

• Thomas Jackson

• George B. McClellan

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Robert E. Lee

Why did Thomas Jackson get the nickname "Stonewall"?

• His men got trampled by a Union force as strong as a stone wall

• His brigade stood down a union force and was quoted as being as strong as a stone wall

• No one could shoot him down on the battlefield

• Grant was nicknamed the Stone Wall