Civil War begins part 1

Civil War begins part 1

Multiple Choice

Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:

• they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life

• they wanted a president who would support the abolition of slavery

• he wanted northern states to secede from the Union

• he had a plan to raise taxes

Multiple Choice

Which item would best complete the list?

• Inexperienced military leaders
• Lack of Industries
• Larger Population
• Lack of agricultural land

Multiple Choice

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." -- Abraham Lincoln 1858
According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that

• slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately
• sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union
• the Souther states should be allowed to secede
• to save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery

Multiple Choice

After Lincoln's election, which man called for Georgia to remain in the Union?

• Joseph Brown
• Thomas Cobb
• Robert Toombs
• Alexander Stephens

Multiple Choice

What was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War?

• unified popular support for the war effort
• superior military leadership
• economic aid from Great Britain and France
• greater human and economic resources

Multiple Choice

The events above contributed to-

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

• the start of the American Civil War

• the creation of the Missouri Compromise

• the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Multiple Choice

What Union strategy caused the people in the South to suffer from a lack of supplies? 

• Emancipation Proclamation
• Underground Railroad
• The Blockade
• The Two Front War

Multiple Choice

Vocabulary:
When 11 southern states left the Union to create the Confederacy

• Secession
• Imperialism
• Indoctrination
• Popular Soverignty

Multiple Choice

Which Confederate official was from Georgia?

• Jefferson Davis, the president
• Lyman Hall, the secretary of state
• Alexander Stephens, the vice president
• William Sherman, the commander-in-chief

Multiple Choice

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

• Gettysburg

• Pilot Knob

• Bull Run

• Fort Sumter

Multiple Choice

What was the first state to secede from the United States?

• New York

• Missouri

• Texas

• South Carolina