Civil War Key Figures and Events

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg significant during the Civil War?

• It had the most casualties of any battle in the war.

• It was the first battle of the war.

• It ended the Civil War.

• It was fought in the ocean.

What was the main focus of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Ending slavery

• Reuniting the Union

• Starting the war

• Building new cities

Who was the General of the United States of America during the Civil War?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Clara Barton

Who founded the American Red Cross and was known as the “Angel of the Battlefield”?

• Clara Barton

• Dorothea Dix

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

What role did Dorothea Dix have during the Civil War?

• Superintendent of Army Nurses for the Union

• General of the Confederate Army

• President of the United States

• Founder of the American Red Cross

What evidence shows that Clara Barton was important during the Civil War?

• She founded the American Red Cross and was called the “Angel of the Battlefield.”

• She was a general in the army.

• She was President of the United States.

• She wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.

How did Abraham Lincoln use the Union victory at Antietam strategically?

• He announced the Emancipation Proclamation.

• He surrendered to the Confederacy.

• He became a general.

• He started the American Red Cross.

What reasoning might explain why the Emancipation Proclamation was announced after the Battle of Antietam?

• The Union needed a victory to show strength before making a major announcement.

• The Confederacy had already surrendered.

• The war was over.

• The Red Cross was founded that day.

If you were a soldier in the Confederate Army, who would be your general?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Clara Barton

Why was the role of Dorothea Dix important to the Union Army?

• She organized and led the nurses who cared for wounded soldiers.

• She fought in battles.

• She was President of the Confederacy.

• She wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.