U.S. CIVIL WAR

The purpose of the "House Divided Speech" was to?

• to divide the nation
• make the South secede
• to state a a country must stay  united to exist
• war was coming

At Lincoln's Inaugural Speech, he stated his main goal was?

• end slavery
• keep the country united
• keep the country  divided
• stop the spread of slavery

The first shots of the U.S. Civil War were fired at?

• Fort Wagoner
• Fort Tejon
• Fort Miller
• Fort Sumter

What was one of the North's main advantages during the war?

• more cotton fields
• more slaves
• more population
• better military leaders

This was one the South's great advantages during the war?

• more railroads
• more factories
• better boats
• great military leaders

The North's plan to win the war was to?

• create a naval blockade around the South like a snake
• to fight toe to toe
• total war
• to only free all the slaves

This was the first major battle of the war and afterwards everyone knew the war would be long?

• Battle of Stone's River
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of 1st Bull Run
• Battle of Vicksburg

After the Battle of Antietam, the first Northern victory, Lincoln's made an important announcement. What was that announcement?

• Gettysburg Address
• Treaty of Ghent
• Peace Treaty
• Emancipation Proclamation

This battle was the turning point of the war, the South's lost its ability to attack. Name that battle?

• Appomattox Courthouse
• Battle of the Wilderness
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Shiloh

What was the speech Lincoln gave to get Americans to recommit to the ideals of freedom and equality?

• Lincoln's Inaugural Speech
• Gettysburg Address
• Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural
• Emancipation Proclamation