The Civil War

Who thought that the Southern states would rejoin the Union if only the Northern states would return all runaway slaves?

• President Lincoln

• President Jefferson Davis

• President Buchanan

• General Robert E. Lee

Fort Sumter was under the command of who?

• General Robert E. Lee

• General U.S. Grant

• General Tecumseh Sherman

• General Robert Anderson

Who suggested a compromise that would have allowed slavery in all new territories?

• Senator John Crittenden

• General "Stonewall" Jackson

• President Jefferson Davis

• General Robert E. Lee

Who was chosen by the Confederacy to be president?

• Senator John Crittenden

• President Jefferson Davis

• President Abraham Lincoln

• General Robert E. Lee

What was Abraham Lincoln's first challenge as president of the Union?

• To declare war against the rebellious southern states

• To bring the southern states back into the union peacefully

• To ban all slavery from North America

• To call for a treaty between the North and the South

What is important about the attack on Fort Sumter?

• It would become the first battle in the Civil War.

• It caused England to join with the southern states against the north.

• It caused the North to give up Fort Sumter over to the South.

• It caused the North and South to stop all fighting and join together again.

What was one advantage the North had over the South?

• They had lots of cotton to throw at the South.

• They had more war experience than the South.

• They had more industry and machines than the South.

• They had more youth and energy than the South.

What was one advantage the South had over the North?

• They had lots of cotton to throw at the North.

• They had more fighting experience than the North.

• They had more industry and machines than the North.

• They had more youth and energy than the North.

What was the North's strategy for the war?

• blockade

• surprise attack

• nothing

• full frontal attack

What was the South's strategy in the war?

• We'll hide and they won't be able to find us."

• We'll surprise them."

• "We'll get them before they get us."

• "Let them come to us."