Major Battles and Events of the Civil War

What began the Civil War?
1. The firing on Fort Sumter
2. The Battle of Bull Run
3. The Battle of Vicksburg
4. The Battle of Gettysburg
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
1. the firing on Fort Sumter
2. The Battle of Bull Run
3. The Battle of Vicksburg
4. The Battle of Gettysburg
The signing of what document by Abraham Lincoln made "freeing the slaves" the new focus of the war? (After this, many freed slaves joined the Union army.)
1. The Declaration of Independence
2. The Gettysburg Address
3. The Treaty of Paris
4. The Emancipation Proclamation
Which battle divided the South and gave the North control of the Mississippi River?
1. firing on Fort Sumter
2. Battle of Bull Run
3. Battle of Vicksburg
4. Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point in the Revolutionary War. What was the turning point of the Civil War?
1. firing on Fort Sumter
2. Battle of Bull Run
3. Battle of Vicksburg
4. Battle of Gettysburg
What happened at the Battle of Gettysburg?
1. The North repelled (stopped) Lee's invasion
2. The South invaded the North successfully
3. Grant surrendered to Lee's southern troops
4. Lee officially surrendered ending the war
Where did Lee officially surrender to Grant to end the war?
1. Paris, France
2. Lexington and Concord
3. Yorktown
4. Appomattox Court House
What year did the war officially begin and end?
1. 1862, 1866
2. 1861, 1865
3. 1860, 1866
4. 1861, 1864
Topography (the lay of the land) influenced important developments in the war. How did it influence Gettysburg?
1. Control of the Mississippi River
2. Control of higher ground
3. Capture of capital cities
4. Union blockade of Southern ports
Topography (the lay of the land) influenced important developments in the war. How did it influence Savannah, Charleston, and New Orleans?
1. Control of the Mississippi River
2. Control of higher ground
3. Capture of capital cities
4. Union blockade of Southern ports
Topography (the lay of the land) influenced important developments in the war. How did it influence Richmond and Washington, D.C.?
1. Control of the Mississippi River
2. Control of higher ground
3. Capture of capital cities
4. Union blockade of Southern ports
Topography (the lay of the land) influenced important developments in the war. How did it influence Vicksburg?
1. Control of the Mississippi River
2. Control of higher ground
3. Capture of capital cities
4. Union blockade of Southern ports
What is a blockade?
1. barrier or obstruction used to stop something or someone
2. pathway to allow people a way through something
3. a gate
4. a fort
Which of the following battles was a Confederate victory?
1. Bull Run
2. Vicksburg
3. Gettysburg
4. Sherman's March to Sea
Which of the following were Union victories?
1. Vicksburg
2. Gettysburg
3. Bull Run
4. Sherman's March to Sea
What was Sherman's March To Sea?
1. Confederate General William Tecumseh Sherman burned and destroyed everything that could help the North win the war
2. Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burned and destroyed everything that could help the South win the war
3. Confederate General William Tecumseh Sherman marched all slaves to sea
4. Union General William Tecumseh Sherman marched all slaves to sea
Why was Union control of the Mississippi River after the Battle of Vicksburg the turning point in the war?
1. This strenghtened the Confederacy by cutting it in half
2. The Confederacy battled to try and gain back control of the Mississippi, and fighting went on for years
3. Made the Confederacy use boats to cross the river
4. This weakened the Confederacy by splitting it in half
Why did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
1. Booth wanted to be President
2. Booth was a Confederate who thought he would help the South by killing Lincoln
3. Booth was following orders from General Lee
4. Booth wanted the North to be a separate country
Why did the assassination of Lincoln cause a problem for the nation?
1. They did not like the vice-president, soon to be President
2. The violence scared the people of the United States
3. Lincoln had promised to treat the southerners fairly in defeat, and now could not help the North and South join together again
4. Lincoln had promised to punish the southerners in defeat, and now the southerners had control
Which three different groups were torn between the North and South and chose different sides?
1. American Indians
2. Friends and families
3. border states
4. white Southerners

Major Battles and Events of the Civil War

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