Unit 8 Civil War

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Why did the South secede in 1860?

• Lincoln's election to the presidency

• Bleeding Kansas

• John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry

• the Dred Scott Decision

The opening confrontation of the Civil War was the battle of--

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Fort Sumter

• Appomattox

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued after the battle of--

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Fort Sumter

• Appomattox

The turning point of the Civil War was the battle of--

• Fort Sumter

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox

Where did Lee surrender to Grant, ending the Civil War?

• Fort Sumter

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox

Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

Who was the U.S. Senator who became the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

Who was the Union military commander at the end of the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• George McClellan

• Ulysses S. Grant

Who was the Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Frederick Douglass