Causes and Events of the Civil War TH

Who was the author of the Compromise of 1850?

• Henry Clay
• Stephen A. Douglas
• Abraham Lincoln
• John C. Calhoun

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• John Bell
• Preston Brooks

Who raided Harper's Ferry?

• John Brown
• Robert E. Lee
• Frederick Douglass
• Daniel Webster

The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?

• North
• South
• West
• Union

Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?

• Grant
• Lee
• Jackson
• McClellan

Which side had a larger population and more railroads?

• Union
• Confederacy

What document gave freedom to the slaves (in name only)?

• The 10% Plan
• The Wade-Davis Bill
• The 3/5th Law
• The Emancipation Proclamation

What job became available for women to perform in the Civil War?

• Doctors
• Soldiers
• Nurses
• Cooks

True or False:  Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War was to end slavery.

• True
• False

Even though these states had slavery, they did not join the Confederate states.

• Western States
• State of Confusion
• Border States
• Southern States