Civil War & Reconstruction Overview

What was one cause of the Civil War?

• desire to maintain a balance of power
• ownership of California
• Northern opposition to the annexation of Texas
• the growth of the abolitionist movement in the South

Which state threatened to secede if Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860?

• Georgia
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• New York

The capital of the Confederate States of America was...

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• New York, New York
• New Orleans, Louisiana
• Richmond, Virginia

Who was elected President of the Confederate States of America?

• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln

The first battle of the Civil War was....

• Gettysburg
• Vicksburg
• Fort Sumnter
• Bull Run

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Union.

• True
• False

The turning point of the Civil War was...

• Bull Run
• Gettysburg
• Appomattox Courthouse
• Second Battle of Bull Run

This amendment ended slavery in the United States

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 23 Amendment

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the South into how many military districts?

• four
• five
• six
• seven

The Civil War ended at Appomattox Courthouse in 

• 1862
• 1863
• 1864
• 1865