Civil War Review

Lincoln

100

How did Lincoln view slavery?

He thought it was evil

200

Did Lincoln win the popular vote the first time he became president?

No

300

When he became president, what was Lincoln's plan for slavery?

He would let it exist in the South but would not let it spread into the western territories

400

In what election did Lincoln become president?

Election of 1860

500

What series of speeches made Lincoln famous nationwide for the first time?

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Battles

100

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Bull Run

200

What was the deadliest day in US history?

Battle of Antietam 

300

What engagement signaled the official start of the Civil War?

Siege of Fort Sumter

400

What was the turning point of the war which signaled the final time the Confederacy would threaten the Union?

Battle of Gettysburg

500

What battle gave the Union full control of the Mississippi River?

Siege of Vicksburg

Speeches and Acts

100

What speech did Lincoln give to open the national cemetery at Gettysburg?

Gettysburg Address

200

What executive order declared slavery illegal in the South?

Emancipation Proclamation

300

Which amendment ended slavery in the US?

13th

400

In which speech did Lincoln declare that the Union would fight the South to end slavery but would also work to bring the South back into the country at the end of the war?

Second Inaugural Address

500

In which speech did Lincoln state that he would not end slavery but would resist the South's attempts to seize federal property?

First Inaugural Address

Louisiana

100

What was the first state effectively knocked out of the Civil War?

Louisiana

200

Which side did Louisiana fight for in the Civil War?

Confederacy 

300

Why did Louisiana secede from the Union?

To keep slavery

400

Who was the occupying general in New Orleans?

Benjamin Butler

500

What was the Union plan to take the Mississippi River called?

Anaconda Plan