AGS US History Chapter 16 Review

1) ________ was the Confederate general whose troops tried to defend Atlanta from Union attack.

• John Hood

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• William Sherman

The battle at ________ lasted for three days and was the turning point of the war.

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Vicksburg

• Chancellorsville

One of the bloodiest battles of the war was fought in Maryland on ________ Creek.

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Shiloh

• Chickamauga

General ________ commanded the Confederate army.

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

• George B. McClellan

What was the main goal of the Union blockade during the Civil War?

• To allow Confederate ships to reach Northern ports

• To increase cotton exports from the South

• To encourage European countries to support the South

• To prevent the Confederacy from trading goods and receiving supplies

The troops of ________ cut a path of destruction fifty miles wide through Georgia.

• William Sherman

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ambrose Burnside

After General Grant captured ________, the Union controlled the entire Mississippi River.

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Fort Sumter

The Civil War began with the attack on ________.

• Fort Sumter

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Appomattox Court House

8) ________ and his troops helped the Confederacy to win the Battle of Manassas in July of 1861.

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George McClellan

• William Tecumseh Sherman

9) President Lincoln gave the ________ at the dedication of a national cemetery.

• Gettysburg Address

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights