Civil War Key Events and Battles

Which battle is the turning point of the Civil War?

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Antietam

• Fort Sumter

This battle was considered to be the bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War?

• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Vicksburg

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Battle of Gettysburg

Identify where General Lee surrendered to General Grant.

• Richmond, Virginia
• Appomattox Court House, Virginia
• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Antietam, Maryland

General Grant takes control of the Mississippi River and splits the south in half where?

• Memphis, Tennessee
• New Orleans, Louisiana
• Vicksburg, Mississippi
• Little Rock, Arkansas

Where do the first shots of the Civil War take place?

• Bull Run, Virginia
• Fort Sumter, South Carolina
• Antietam, Maryland
• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Identify which president would have said it.

• Lincoln

• State's rights are not being protected under the Federal Government

• Lincoln

• The spread of slavery shall be no more

• Davis

• The south will secede and be known as the Confederacy

• Lincoln

• All African Americans will be free and can serve in the Union military

• Davis

• I want to preserve the Union

The Union general is​ (a)   The Confederate general is​ (b)  

• Ulysses S. Grant.
• Robert E. Lee.
• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis

1st Battle of the Civil War

• Fort Sumter

• El Alamein

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox Courthouse

Grant won this battle by taking control of Mississippi River and laying siege to the city of....

Identify the Union states on the map.