Civil War Test Review

What effect did the abolitionist movement have on the South?

• It caused South Carolinians to become more determined about their way of life.

• It brought an end to slavery without opposition.

• Many South Carolinians fought to end slavery.

• Abolitionists were very successful in convincing the people of the South to end slavery.

Abraham Lincoln believed slavery could stay legal where it was already legal.

• True

• False

Who was the leader of the Union Army during the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

Who was elected as the first and only president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

After the Secession Convention, South Carolina decided not to secede from the Union.

• True

• False

Men who signed up to fight in the Civil War on both sides believed the war would end very quickly.

• True

• False

What event was considered the beginning of the Civil War?

• The firing on Fort Sumter

• When the Grimke sisters were asked to leave SC

• When Abraham Lincoln was elected President

• When the Hunley sank a Union ship

What was the effect of the Union blockade of the Charleston harbor?

• It allowed imports and exports to come and leave the port of Charleston.

• It caused the Confederacy to build factories.

• It prevented Confederate forces from importing and exporting goods.

The Confederacy invented the Hunley to get around the Union blockade.

• True

• False

The Hunley became the second submarine to sink an enemy warship.

• True

• False