Battles and Effects of the Civil War

1. Where did Sherman's March begin and end?

• Atlanta to Savannah
• Vicksburg to Savannah
• Atlanta to Gettysburg
• Vicksburg to Atlanta

2. Which battle split the Confederacy in half?

• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Vicksburg
• Attack at Fort Sumter
• Battle of Manassas

3. President Lincoln made the ___________ to dedicate a part of a battlefield as a cemetery in Pennsylvania and to inspire the Union.

• Gettysburg Address

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Surrender Orders

4. Where did Robert E Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?

• Washington DC

• Gettysburg, PA

• Appomattox Court House

• Savannah, GA

5. What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?

• Battle of Vicksburg
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Manassas

6. The Union blockaded Southern ports to cut off Southern exports and imports.

• True
• False

7. Which of the following best describes General Sherman's March to the Sea during the Civil War?

• His troops were asked to go to Canada to defend it.

• His troops were sent to the Gulf of Mexico to protect the South.

• His troops destroyed anything they could between Atlanta and the Atlantic Coast.

• His troops gained control of the Appalachian Mountains and the East Coast.

8. What General moved his Union Army south from Tennessee to Atlanta?

• William T. Sherman

• Stonewall Jackson
• George Washington
• Jefferson Davis

9. The Civil War was primarily fought on

• Southern Soil

• Northern Soil

• Eastern Soil

• Western Soil

10. What cut Confederate supply lines and crushed the spirit of the Confederate army?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Siege of Vicksburg

• March to the Sea