Civil War Era Review

Where did Lee and Grant arrange for terms of surrender?

Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

Why did a major battle end up taking place at Gettysburg?

Why was Maryland important?

Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?

What was the name of the government the seceding states created?

Which two new territories were created under the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

T/F By the summer of 1863, the northerners were becoming tired of war.

How many days did the Battle of Gettysburg last?

T/F The South could only win the war by winning the war.

T/F Uncle Tom's Cabin helped persuade many to oppose slavery.

After the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg which side seemed to have the upper hand?

T/F The Union viewed the Confederacy as a new, independent country.

T/F The Confederates were able to flank the Union lines at Little Round Top at Gettysburg.

What did Southerners want in regard to California?

Where did the first battle of the Civil War take place?

Who decided that California should be a free territory?

T/F Lincoln believed that the secession of the southern states was legal.

What is the name of Lincoln's most famous speech?

What did President Lincoln announce after the Battle of Antietam in 1862?

Which state was the most pivotal because of its population, location, and Robert E. Lee?

What did Lincoln suspend to keep Maryland in the Union?

What is the name of the compromise that admitted California as a free state?

Which Union general was the first to wage total war?

T/F Southerners were stunned by the northern response to John Brown's execution.

Which of the following best describes Grant's strategy?

T/F Lincoln promised to free the slaves once elected to the office of president.

T/F "Stonewall" Jackson was killed by friendly fire before the Battle of Gettysburg.

T/F The Union hoped to defeat the Confederacy in one swift battle, by taking Richmond.

T/F Lincoln took office before the first states seceded from the Union.

Who led the attack on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry?

What was the name of the final assault on Union lines at the Battle of Gettysburg?

T/F The Compromise of 1850 satisfied the northern states, but not the southern states.

Where did the crisis that ignited the Civil War take place?

T/F The North had a much larger navy than the South.

After Gettysburg, who was given command of the Union Army?

Who was viewed as a radical republican candidate in the election of 1860?

Who said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand?"

What was Kansas called in the 1850s, when anti-slavery and pro-slavery violence occurred?

T/F Lincoln was willing to use the power of the federal government to preserve the Union.