Civil War 1

To leave, or quit, a group or union

• secede
• state's rights
• sectionalism
• habeas corpus

Why was slavery an important part of the Southern economy?

• Plantation owners needed slaves to cook their meals.
• The land in the South provided farmers with good soil to grow cash crops but the land was so large that plantation owners needed more hands to work the land.
• Factories began to spread and there was a greater need for free labor.
• White indentured servants wanted more money. 

Which candidate for president of the US in 1860 won the electoral vote?

• John Bell
• John Breckinridge
• Stephen A. Douglas
• Abraham Lincoln

Which Southern state was the first to secede?

• South Carolina
• Texas
• Georgia
• Louisiana

Which Southern state did *not* secede?

• Tennessee
• Kentucky
• West Virginia
• North Carolina

This man was the President of the Confederate States of America.

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Charles Butler

The first place the Confederate army attacked was what?

• Gettysburg
• Manassas
• Fort Sumter
• Bull Run

Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri were slave holding states that did not secede.  They were known as what kind of states?

• Loyal States
• Free Slave States
• Traitor States
• Border States

Who was the head of the Union Army at the end of the Civil War?

• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
• George B. McClellan 

At the end of the Civil War, who was the head of the Confederate Army?

• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• George McClellan
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson