American Civil War

The official start of the Civil War

• the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• the firing on Fort Sumter

• the Battle of Gettysburg

• the surrender at Appomattox

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

• John Wilkes Booth

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• James Earl Ray

• Gavrilo Princip

This battle is known as being the bloodiest single day in American History.

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

• Bull Run

What was the Confederate's strategy for winning the Civil War?

• King Cotton and staying on defense

• Aggressive offense and rapid troop movements

• Alliances with European powers

• Total war against the Union

During the Civil War the North was also called

• the Confederacy

• the Union

• the Republic

• the Alliance

What was the Union's goal in fighting the Civil War?

• to reunite the United States

• to abolish slavery

• to expand westward

• to establish a monarchy

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?

• Appomattox Court House, VA

• Gettysburg, PA

• Richmond, VA

• Antietam, MD

The president of the Confederacy was

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

A border state is

• a state that did not allow slavery

• a state between the Union and the Confederacy that did allow slavery

• a state that was part of the Confederacy

• a state that was neutral during the Civil War

What was the Union's strategy for winning the Civil War?

• The Anaconda Plan and invading VA to capture Richmond

• A defensive strategy focusing on holding the border states

• A strategy of total war against Southern civilians

• Negotiating peace with the Confederacy