Quizizz Review - Mod 17/18 (The Civil War and its Causes)

The failed Confederate attack on Cemetery Ridge at the Battle of Gettysburg where over 7,500 Confederate soldiers were killed or injured.

• Battle of Shiloh

• Pickett’s Charge

• Battle of Antietam

• Wilderness Campaign

• Siege of Vicksburg

Who was the courageous 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad, leading numerous enslaved people to freedom in the North?

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

A warship that was heavily armored with thick metal armor.

• ironclads

• steam ship

• sloops

• contrabands

General that assembled the Army of the Potomac. He lead the Union Army before being replaced after Antietam and was the Democratic candidate for president in 1864

• Thomas Jackson

• George B. McClellan

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Robert E. Lee

The speech given by Abraham Lincoln in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War.

• Gettysburg Address

• Antietam Address

• Shiloh Address

• Vicksburg Address

What was the leading cause of death during the Civil War?

• cannon fire

• illness and disease

• battle injuries

• starvation

Who is the author of the widely read and influential anti-slavery novel 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin,' which stirred public opinion against slavery?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

This Mississippi town perched 200 feet above the river, gave the Confederate army a definite advantage. Grant forced its surrender after a six week siege.

• Shiloh

• Gettysburg

• Atlanta

• New Orleans

• Vicksburg

Which was the first state to formally secede from the United States?

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• Georgia

• Texas

The Union Civil War victory that turned the tide against the Confederates at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The victory made northerners believe the war could be won.

• Battle of Shiloh

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• 1st Battle of Bull Run

• Siege of Vicksburg