Civil War

What political party was founded in 1854 to oppose the expansion of slavery?

• Republican

• Democrat

• Whig

• Know Nothing

What Supreme Court decision ruled that the federal government could not restrict slavery's expansion, angering Republicans and Northerners?

• Plessy vs. Fergusson

• Marbury vs. Madison

• Dred Scott vs. Sanford

• Gibbons vs. Ogden

What state was the first to secede from the Union?

• Texas

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• Mississippi

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired on the night of April 12-13, 1861, after which four more states seceded from the Union?

• Bull Run

• Appomattox

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

What first battle of the Civil War ended in a Confederate victory, thanks to "Stonewall" Jackson?

• Antietam

• Shiloh

• First Bull Run/ Manassas

• Chancellorsville

What battle saw the single-bloodiest day of fighting, an inconclusive result, though a political victory for the Union, leading to the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Petersburg

• Antietam/ Sharpsburg

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

This was the biggest battle ever fought in North America; July 1-3, 1863; A Union victory and turning point of the war.

• Chancellorsville

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

This Union victory on July 4, 1863, gave the North control of the Mississippi River, thanks to General Ulysses S. Grant. Another turning point.

• Shiloh

• Petersburg

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

This Union general led a "march to the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, devastating the South.

• Stonewall Jackson

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

The Civil War ended when Lee surrendered to Grant at _____________.

• Sharpsburg, MD

• Petersburg, VA

• Appomattox Court House, VA

• Fort Sumter, SC