Civil War Summative Review

Battles

100

This battle was the the bloodiest single day battle of the war and caused Lincoln to pass the Emancipation Proclamation. 

Battle of Antietam

200

This Battle triggered the start of the American Civil War

Fort Sumter

300

This 3 day battle was the largest of the war and was considered the turning point 

Battle of Gettysburg

400

This battle gave the Union Control of the Upper Mississippi River

Battle of Shiloh

500

This battle gave the Union control of the entire Mississippi River

Battle of Vicksburg

People

100

Who was the head Union General by the end of the war? 

Ulysses S. Grant

200

Who was the leader of the Confederate Army?

Robert E. Lee

300

This union officer was known for his famous March to the Sea

William Sherman

400

This Confederate General was nicknamed "Stonewall" at the Battle of Bull Run

Thomas Jackson

500

This Confederate officer led a famous charge at the battle of Gettysburg

George Pickett

Surrender

100

The idea of taking the war to citizens and not just soldiers is known as 

Total War

200

This March from Atlanta to Savannah Georgia broke southern Morale as the Union troops destroyed everything in their path

Sherman's March to the Sea

300

This campaign led to the fall of the Confederate Capital of Richmond

Overland Campaign

400

Type of war where you keep attacking regardless of your own casualties

War of Attrition

500

Lee surrendered to Grant at 

Appommatox Court House

Election of 1860 & Slavery

100

This person won the election of 1860

Abraham Lincoln

200

Abraham Lincoln did not appear on the ___________ in many southern states.

Ballot

300

Abraham Lincoln was originally against the __________ of slavery

Expansion

400

Pushed through after the battle of Antietam this document "freed" all slaves in the confederacy and allowed African Americans to serve in the Union Army

Emancipation Proclamation

500

Lincoln was a member of what political party

Republican

Random Civil War Trivia

100

The Union created a ___________ around the Confederate states which did not allow them to trade for needed supplies. 

Blockade

200

The first_________ was invented during the Civil War by Horace Hunley. Who drowned during a test run of his invention

Submarine

300

The first all black volunteer regiment was the 

54th Massachusetts

400

This Confederate general was shot and killed on accident by his own men

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

500

This battle resulted in over 7,000 union causalities in the first 20 minutes- about 350 casualties a minute

Battle of Cold Harbor