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USI.9e Major Events Of The Civil War.
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The _____ began the Civil War.
a) Confederate firing on Fort Sumter
b) First Battle of Manassas
c) Siege of Vicksburg
d) Emancipation Proclamation
The _____ was the first major battle of the Civil War. (July 1861)
a) First Battle of Manassas
b) Second Battle of Bull Run
c) Battle of Gettysburg
d) Confederate firing on Fort Sumter
The _____ made “freeing the slaves” the new focus of the war.
a) Emancipation Proclamation
b) Gettysburg Address
c) Liberation Declaration
d) Mayflower Compact
The _____ in southern Mississippi divided the South and the North gained control of the Mississippi River.
a) Battle of Vicksburg
b) First Battle of Manassas
c) Battle of Gettysburg
d) Battle of Antietam
The _____ was the turning point of the war in which the North repelled Lee’s invasion.
a) Battle of Gettysburg
b) Battle of Vicksburg
c) First Battle of Manassas
d) Battle of Chancellorsville
Lee’s surrender to Grant at _____ in 1865 ended the war.
a) Appomattox Court House
b) Manassas
c) Gettysburg
d) Vicksburg
The North sent ships to the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico to prevent Southern troops and supplies getting out and European aid from getting in. This ____ included the ports in Savannah, Charleston, and New Orleans
a) UNION blockade of CONFEDERATE ports
b) CONFEDERATE blockade of UNION ports
c) Short siege
d) control of the high ground
The _____ River was vital for moving Confederate troops and supplies throughout the South. The Battle of Vicksburg. resulted in the North taking control of the this vital river, splitting the South in half.
a) Mississippi
b) Missouri
c) Ohio
d) Potomac
Battle locations were influenced by the struggle to capture the _____ cities of Richmond (Confederacy) and Washington D.C. (Union).
a) capital
b) minor
c) international
d) hidden
Control of the _____ influenced the outcome of battles: Soldiers fighting here would not tire as quickly, would be able to move faster, and would be able to see farther when in formation, aiding them in making smart battle plans
a) high ground
b) capital cities
c) lower valleys
d) Ohio River
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