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What was the major victory for the Union that was considered the turning point of the Civil War?
A.Atlanta Campaign path (Tennessee to Atlanta)
B.The Battle of Gettysburg
C.Sherman’s March path (Atlanta to Savannah)
B.The Battle of Gettysburg
What was the impact (effect) of Uncle Tom’s Cabin on the American public?
A. The idea that states have the right to make decisions about issued that concern them.
B. Site of the Battle of Gettysburg which lasted 3 days. Inion victory over the confederate forces in 1863. It was a major turning point in the war.
C. It convinced many people that slavery was morally wrong.
C. It convinced many people that slavery was morally wrong.
What was the March to the Sea?
A. A series of battle fought throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864, led by William T. Sherman.
B. A pathway of battles led by William T. Sherman from Atlanta to Savannah that destroyed the South
C. Town in Northeastern West Virginia, Sit of Federal arsenal raided by John Brown in 1859.
B. A pathway of battles led by William T. Sherman from Atlanta to Savannah that destroyed the South
Who was Jefferson Davis?
A. Commander of the Confederate forces
B. The president of the Confederate States of America
C. Abolitionist who led attacks on supported of slavery
B. The president of the Confederate States of America
What were the two main causes of the Civil War?
A. the bombardment, or bombing,
B. States’ Rights and slavery
C. Northern surrender of Fort Sumter
B. States’ Rights and slavery
What event started the Civil War?
A.Largest urban area (city) in the United State. Center of the Industrialization movement.
B. the bombardment, or bombing, and Northern surrender of Fort Sumter
C.The idea that states have the right to make decisions about issued that concern them.
B. the bombardment, or bombing, and Northern surrender of Fort Sumter
What does States’ Rights mean?
A.The idea that individual states should have more power in choosing their laws than the federal government does. The idea that states have the right to make decisions about issued that concern them.
B. Site of the Battle of Gettysburg which lasted 3 days. Inion victory over the confederate forces in 1863. It was a major turning point in the war.
C. Book written by abolitionist Harriett Beecher Stow showing the cruelties of slavery. This book greatly changed public opinion against slavery.
A.The idea that individual states should have more power in choosing their laws than the federal government does. The idea that states have the right to make decisions about issued that concern them.
Who was “Stonewall” Jackson?
A.Abolitionist who led attacks on supported of slavery in Kansas and led a raid on Harpers, Ferry Virginia in 1859.
B. 16th president of the United States, who led the US during the Civil War and was assassinated in 1865.
C. Brave Confederate general who won many battles despite having half as many soldiers fighting for him as against him. He told his men to “stand like a stone wall.”
C. Brave Confederate general who won many battles despite having half as many soldiers fighting for him as against him. He told his men to “stand like a stone wall.”
What was the novel that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that describes the horrors of slavery?
A. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
B. The Battle of Gettysburg
C. “March to the Sea”
A. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What was a major cause of the Civil War?
A.TThe first shot of the Civil War was fired at Fort Sumter
B.condition in which one human being was owned by another.
C. People in the North and in the South disagreed over slavery.
C. People in the North and in the South disagreed over slavery.
What is the Appomattox Court house?
A.A series of battle fought throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864, led by William T. Sherman.
B. Site in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant which ended the war.
C. Largest urban area (city) in the United State. Center of the Industrialization movement.
B. Site in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant which ended the war.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
A.18th President of the US; Commander of the Union forces during the Civil War. Robert E. Lee surrendered to him.
B.16th president of the United States, who led the US during the Civil War and was assassinated in 1865.
C. Abolitionist who led attacks on supported of slavery in Kansas and led a raid on Harpers, Ferry Virginia in 1859.
A.18th President of the US; Commander of the Union forces during the Civil War. Robert E. Lee surrendered to him.
Why did southern states, led by South Carolina, secede from the U.S. right after Abraham Lincoln was elected president?
A. To give the southern states weaponry to fight back against slave owners
B. To destroy property and make Southerners realize they could not win the war.
C. The south feared he might try to end slavery.
C. The south feared he might try to end slavery.
To help bring the war to an end, the Union sent General William T. Sherman on his “March to the Sea.” What was the purpose of this?
A.To destroy property and make Southerners realize they could not win the war.
B.The idea that states have the right to make decisions about issued that concern them.
C.An artificial waterway that connects the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
A.To destroy property and make Southerners realize they could not win the war.
What is Fort Sumter?
A. A series of battle fought throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864, led by William T. Sherman.
B.Located in central Virginia, site of Confederate General Lee’s surrender to Union General Grant on April 9, 1865.
C. Site of the first Civil War battle in 1861. Confederate soldiers fired the first shot of the war at the union soldiers who were controlling the southern fort located in South Carolina.
C. Site of the first Civil War battle in 1861. Confederate soldiers fired the first shot of the war at the union soldiers who were controlling the southern fort located in South Carolina.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
A.President of the Confederacy during the Civil War and former US. Senator from Mississippi.
B.Commander of the Confederate forces during the Civil War.
C. President of the United States during the Civil War
C. President of the United States during the Civil War
Place three events in chronological, or time, order.
A. The Union forces surrendered Fort Sumter , Appomattox Courthouse surrender, Sherman’s March to the Sea
B. Appomattox Courthouse surrender, Sherman’s March to the Sea , The Union forces surrendered Fort Sumter
C. The Union forces surrendered Fort Sumter , Sherman’s March to the Sea, Appomattox Courthouse surrender
C. The Union forces surrendered Fort Sumter , Sherman’s March to the Sea, Appomattox Courthouse surrender
What was the purpose of John Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry,Virginia in 1859?
A. the number of vibrations in a sound per second
B.To give the southern states weaponry to fight back against slave owners
C. created by vibrations that stimulate auditory nerves and produce the sensation of hearing
B.To give the southern states weaponry to fight back against slave owners
What is Gettysburg?
A.The first shot of the Civil War was fired at Fort Sumter with the Confederates firing on the Union soldiers that controlled the southern fort.
B. A city in southern Pennsylvania which was the sight of a 3-day long battle called the Battle of Gettysburg. It was the turning point of the Civil War because the South had been winning until this battle was won by the north.
C. Largest urban area (city) in the United State. Center of the Industrialization movement.
B. A city in southern Pennsylvania which was the sight of a 3-day long battle called the Battle of Gettysburg. It was the turning point of the Civil War because the South had been winning until this battle was won by the north.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
A. He was a southern (Confederate) general from Virginia. He did not want the South to leave the Union. He surrendered to General Ulysses Grant to end the Civil War. (Commander of the Confederate forces during the Civil War.)
B. Confederate general who led the Confederate Army to Victory in Several battles early in the Civil War.
C. Abolitionist who led attacks on supported of slavery in Kansas and led a raid on Harpers, Ferry Virginia in 1859.
A. He was a southern (Confederate) general from Virginia. He did not want the South to leave the Union. He surrendered to General Ulysses Grant to end the Civil War. (Commander of the Confederate forces during the Civil War.)