Battles of the Civil War

Which document signed by Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves on January 1, 1863, in the states that were still in rebellion, it allowed for slaves to fight in the Union army and strengthened the North?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Emancipation Proclamation

• The Gettysburg Address

Who was elected president in 1860, in turn causing some southern states to secede?

• Robert E. Lee
• Thomas Jefferson
• Abraham Lincoln

Who was this important general of the Union Army?

• Ulysses S. Grant
• George Washington
• Robert E. Lee
• Thomas Jefferson

Grant besieged this city in Mississippi from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.

• Battle of Vicksburg
• Battle of New Orleans
• Battle of Savannah
• Battle of Fort Sumter

Who won the war?

• Confederacy
• Union
• England
• France

North Captured this stronghold to gain control of the Mississippi River, which divided the confederacy.

• Vicksburg
• Gettysburg
• Fort Sumter
• Antietam

The Emancipation Proclamation reflected a change of strategy by Lincoln. What was that change?

• His initial war strategy was to end slavery, and there was no change.

• His initial war strategy was to allow slavery, but now he needed the Confederacy to agree to surrender.

• His initial war strategy was to keep the Union together, but now it was to fight for the freedom of slaves.

• His initial war strategy was to keep the Union together, but now he was going to do it by crushing the Confederate Army.

Who was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

• Alexander Stephens

• John Breckenridge

• Jefferson Davis

• James Buchanan

Considered a turning point of the war; North becomes confident of winning the war

• Battle of Shiloh
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Pittsburg
• Battle of Chickamauga

Use the following chart to answer the question that follows.

According to the bar graph, what region had the larger share of resources in the United States?

• The South

• The North

• The West

• All regions had equal amount of resources