Battles
What was the first major battle of the American Civil War?
a. Battle of Lexington and Concord
b. Battle of Shiloh
c. First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
d. Battle of Verdun
c. First Battle of Manassas
How many states succeeded and formed the Confederate States of America
a. 2
b. 13
c. 9
d. 11
d. 11
Who was in position of U.S. President during the American Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Which document originally declared all slaves in the insurrectionist states free from slavery?
a. Emancipation Proclamation
b. Declaration of Independence
c. U.S. Constitution
a. Emancipation Proclamation
What year did the American Civil War begin?
a. 1861
b. 1776
c. 1860
d. 1865
a. 1861
Which battle is considered a major turning point in the war that favored the Union?
a. Battle of Yorktown
b. Battle of Gettysburg
c. Battle of Chattanooga
d. Siege of Petersburg
b. Battle of Gettysburg
Which southern state was the first to secede from the Union?
a. North Carolina
b. South Carolina
c. Massachusetts
d. Georgia
b. South Carolina
Who was the Union general during the initial stages of the war? (1861-1862)
a. Ulysses S. Grant
b. Roger T. Sherman
c. George B. McClellan
d. Robert E. Lee
c. George B. McClellan
Fill in the Blank: On the 13th of April, 1861, a _________ announcing the surrender of Fort Sumter was dispatched by Union Major Robert Anderson to Confederate Brigadier General Pierre G.T. Beauregard.
Telegram.
When was Abraham Lincoln inaugurated in presidency?
March 4, 1861
Fill in the blanks. General William T. Sherman’s _______________, which saw a large employment of the Scorched Earth policy in ___________, contributed to the Union war effort by crippling the Confederate economy and disrupting supply lines. (One answer is more correct than another.)
a. Peninsula Campaign, Virginia
b. March to the Sea (Savannah Campaign), Georgia
c. Razing of Georgia, Georgia
d. Atlanta Campaign, Georgia
b. March to the Sea (Savannah Campaign), Georgia
What was the Confederate capital?
Richmond, Virgina
Washington D.C.
Savannah, Georgia
Columbia, South Carolina
a. Richmond, Virginia
Who was the President of the Confederate States?
Jefferson Davis
What was U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg known as?
Gettysburg Address.
When was the Emancipation Proclamation ratified? (Exact date)
January 1st, 1863
What was the first major campaign of the American Civil War on the eastern coast?
a. Atlanta Campaign
b. Peninsula Campaign
c. Richmond Offensive
d. Spring Offensive
b. Peninsula Campaign
For what reason did the Confederate States secede?
a. Because they wanted to.
b. Declining economic prosperity along with a desire for sovereignty.
c. On the issue of slavery along with the potential decline in political power.
d. Because their fortress, Fort Sumter, was attacked by the Union off the coast of South Carolina.
c. On the issue of slavery along with the potential decline in political power.
Who was the General in Chief of the Confederate armies?
a. Robert E. Lee
b. David Farragut
c. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
d. Robert Anderson
a. Robert E. Lee
Read the following passage: "We, the people of the Confederate States, each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States of America."
Where is this passage from? (Hint: What seems familiar about this passage?)
Confederate Constitution
When did South Carolina secede? (Exact Date)
December 20, 1860
Which of the following was one of the most decisive battles of the American Civil War, which lead to the Confederacy divided in two and the Union gaining control of the Mississippi River.
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Antietam
Battle of the Wilderness
Siege of Petersburg
a. Siege of Vicksburg
Which diplomatic incident negatively impacted foreign relations between the Union and Great Britain?
a. Union raids on British merchant vessels in the Atlantic
b. Battle of Port Royal
c. Trent Affair
d. Anaconda Plan
c. Trent Affair
Who led the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War?
General William T. Sherman
What did the Compromise of 1850 achieve? (At least one achievement.)
It saw California become a free state, Utah and New Mexico becoming federal territories, abolished slave trade in Washington D.C., formation of a boundary between Texas and the U.S., and the amending of the Fugitive Slave Act.
When was the Battle of Appomattox Court House (Final significant engagement of the American Civil War[Exact Date])
April 9, 1865