USI.9e MAJOR BATTLES AND EVENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR

___ were critical elements influencing important developments in the Civil War, including major battles.

• Location and the element of surprise

• Topography and Strategy

• Location and Topography

The firing on ___ began the Civil War. (April 1861)

• Fort Sumter

• Manassas

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox Court House

The first battle ___ of in Northern Virginia was the first major battle of the Civil War. (July 1861)

• Fort Sumter

• Manassas

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox Court House

The siege at ___ in southern Mississippi divided the South and the North gained control of the Mississippi River. (May-July 1863)

• Fort Sumter

• Manassas

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox Court House

The Battle of ___ in southern Pennsylvania was the turning point of the war in which the North repelled Lee’s invasion. (July 1863)

• Fort Sumter

• Manassas

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox Court House

Lee’s surrender to Grant at ___ in 1865 ended the war. (April 1865)

• Fort Sumter

• Manassas

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox Court House

The signing of ___ made “freeing the slaves” the new focus of the war.

• Lee's surrender to Grant

• the Gettysburg Address

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the 13th Amendment to the Constitution

After ___ Many free slaves joined the Union army. (January 1863)

• Lee's surrender to Grant

• the Gettysburg Address

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the 13th Amendment to the Constitution

___ sent ships to the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico to prevent enemy troops and supplies getting out and European aid from getting in.

• The Confederates

• The Union

• England

The Union blockade of Southern ports included the ports in ___.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• Savannah

• Charleston

• Washington D.C.

• New Orleans

• Vicksburg