Beginning of the Civil War & Early Battles

A civil war is a war between _________________.

• people of the same race

• people of the same country

• two different countries

What political party did Abraham Lincoln help form?

• The Democratic Party

• The Free Soil Party

• The Whig Party

• The Republican Party

What caused South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas to Secede?

• The battle for Ft. Sumter in South Carolina

• The passing of the Kansas - Nebraska Act

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The Emancipation Proclamation

The first state to secede from the United States was

• South Carolina

• Alabama

• North Carolina

• Virginia

The capital of the Confederacy was ____.

• Washington D.C.

• Williamsburg, Virginia

• Richmond, Virginia

• Charleston, South Carolina

The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War

• Sherman's March to Sea
• Gettysburg
• Atlanta Campaign
• Fort Sumter

When did the Civil War begin?

• 1861

• 1860

• 1754

• 1987

In the beginning of the Civil War the North's primary goal was to

• reunite the country

• end the Fugitive Slave Act

• destroy the south

• end slavery

What caused Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina to seceded?

• The Battle of Bull Run

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The Battle for Fort Sumter

• The Emancipation Proclamation

The southern states that seceded from the Union formed the ______.

• Confederate States of the Union

• Confederate States Of America

• Confederate Union