The Civil War

Who were the Confederates?

• southern states that believed in slavery

• northern states that were anti-slavery

What is the definition of secede?

• to join something

• to break away from something

• to end something

• to give up or surrender

What was The Emancipation Proclamation?

• law that said African Americans in the South had to become slaves

• law that said African Americans were free slaves in the North

• law that said African Americans were free slaves in the South

• law that said African Americans in the North had to become slaves

What does abolish mean?

• to end something

• to start something

• to break away from something

• to leave something

General Lee was apart of the...

• Union army

• Confederate army

Who wrote The Emancipation Proclamation?

• Thomas Jefferson

• General Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

What color did the Union soldiers wear?

• blue

• gray

The Battle of _______________ was the end of the Confederates in the North.

• The North

• The South

• Gettysburg

• Abraham Lincoln

This historic war to end slavery is called...

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The War of 1860

• The Civil War

What were two reasons U.S soldiers fought in the Civil War? You can click more than one answer.

• to keep the U.S together

• to punish the southern states for leaving the Union

• to end slavery

• to encourage African Americans to join the U.S Army