Civil War Introduction — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The Confederacy's capital city during the war was Richmond, Virginia.
Richmond, Virginia, served as the Confederate capital from 1861.
2. A major Civil War battle along Antietam Creek took place in the state of Maryland.
Antietam, fought in Maryland in 1862, was the war's bloodiest single day.
3. Lincoln gave a famous speech at the dedication of a cemetery in Gettysburg.
The Gettysburg Address honored fallen soldiers and defined the war's purpose.
4. Soldiers who fought for the South wore uniforms colored gray.
Confederate soldiers wore gray, while Union soldiers wore blue uniforms.
5. Soldiers who fought for the North wore uniforms colored blue.
Union troops wore blue uniforms throughout most of the Civil War.
6. The North wanted to keep the country together, called preserving the Union.
Lincoln's main goal was preserving the Union as one country.
7. People who worked to end slavery were called abolitionists.
Abolitionists like Douglass and Tubman pushed for emancipation.
8. The crop most grown on Southern plantations was cotton.
Cotton was the South's main cash crop and economic foundation.
9. Eleven Southern states left the Union to form the Confederate States of America.
The Confederate States of America claimed independence from 1861 to 1865.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
Fort Sumter
→ Where the Civil War began in 1861
Where the Civil War began in 1861
Gettysburg
→ Major turning point Union victory in Pennsylvania
Major turning point Union victory in Pennsylvania
Appomattox
→ Where Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865
Where Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865
Antietam
→ Bloodiest single day of fighting in the war
Bloodiest single day of fighting in the war
Connecting battles to events helps you remember Civil War timelines.