Civil War Practice Quiz 1

A Confederate general trained at West Point who was responsible for leading troops at Harpers Ferry

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• George B. McClellan
• P.G.T. Beauregard

The bloodiest single day of battle in United States history

• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Shiloh
• The Battle of Antietam

The official order by President Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves in Confederate states

• Gettysburg Proclamation
• Enumeration Address
• Gettysburg Address
• Emancipation Proclamation

The first major battle of the Civil War that was won by the Confederacy

• Battle of New Orleans
• Battle of Fredericksburg
• Battle of Chancellorsville
• The First Battle of Bull Run

A Union general responsible for training the Army of the Potomac & was fired after the Battle of Antietam

• PGT Beauregard

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• George Custer

• George McClellan

A Union victory secured by cutting off a Southern city from supply lines by gaining control of the Mississippi River

• The Siege of Fredericksburg

• The Siege of Gettysburg

• The Siege of Yorktown

• The Siege of Vicksburg

1. Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War?

• a. The North invaded the South.
• b. The presidential election of Abraham Lincoln.

3. Which of President Lincoln’s speeches changed the purpose of the Civil War to a fight for human equality?

• a. Emancipation Proclamation

• b. Gettysburg Address

6. What happened at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865?

• a. General William Sherman captured Savannah.
• b. General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant.

8. Which of the following was not an advantage of the North during the Civil War?

• a. owned more than 2/3 of the nation’s railroads
• b. experienced military leaders