Civil War

Which of these documents signed by Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves held in Confederate states?

• Declaration of Independence

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Appomattox Document

• Gettysburg Address

What happened when South Carolina made the decision to secede from the Union in 1860?

• North Carolina became a state

• Other states followed its lead

• South Carolina joined the North

• The United States went to war with France

Who surrendered at the Appomattox Court house in April of 1865 to end the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• General William Sherman

• Ulysses Grant

• General Lee

Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War?

• The Alamo

• Lexington and Concord

• Gettysburg

• Bull Run

Who killed Abraham Lincoln one week after the Civil War ended?

• Jefferson Davis

• John Wilkes Booth

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

What does the word secede mean?

• to leave

• to join

• to sign

• to make

Who was the President of the North during the Civil War?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert Lee

Who was president of the South or Confederacy?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas Jefferson

Which Amendment freed all the slaves in the United States Territory?

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

What was the major cause of the Civil War?

• conflict in Canada

• disagreements over slavery

• war with the British

• the Louisiana Purchase