Unit 9 - The American Civil War

What are units of troops on horseback; mainly used before the invention of modern vehicles?

• The Union
• Calvary
• Infantry
• Navy

What was the nation formed by the southern states when they seceded (separated) from the Union (the United States of America).

• The Union
• The United Southern States
• The Communist South
• The Confederacy

What was the name of the northern states during the American Revolution, who fought to outlaw slavery and gain back the lands taken by the Confederacy (southern states)?

• The Union
• The Confederacy
• The Rebels
• The United States Marine Corp.

The Presidential Election of 1860 led to the election who?

• James Madison
• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis

Who was a Virginia military general who became the commander of the Confederate forces during the Civil War?

• Robert E. Lee
• General Sherman
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln

Who was a Union general who later became the 18th president of the United States from 1869-1877?

• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Thomas Jefferson

What was the name of the first battle of the American Civil War, at the entrance to the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina?

• Battle of Charleston
• Battle of Fort Sumter
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Saratoga

What was the deadliest one-day battle in American military history? It took place in Sharpsburg, Maryland where more than 22,000 Americans died on that day.

• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Fort Sumter
• Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Fort Moultrie

The bloodiest overall battle of the Civil War; many historians claim that the Southern defeat in this battle was the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. It is considered the turning point of the war.

• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Fort Sumter
• Battle of Camden
• Battle of Gettysburg

What was the name of Union Strategy during the civil war that was a devastating total war military campaign, led by Union general William Tecumseh Sherman, that involved marching 60,000 union troops through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah and destroying everything along the way? (Burned down Chesterfield).

• Lincoln's March to the Sea
• Jefferson's March to the Sea
• Sherman's March to the Sea
• Grant's March to the Sea