Civil War and Reconstruction Challenge

Why was the attack on Fort Sumter in 1861 significant?

• The Union surrender of the fort marked the end of the Civil War

• The Confederate attack marked the beginning of the Civil War

• It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

• It was the turning point in the war

Why did 7 Southern states decide to secede starting with South Carolina in December 1860?

• Abraham Lincoln was elected President without any southern votes

• Congress decided to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act

• Congress passed the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery

• Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in the rebel states

What did Lincoln say was his main goal in his 1st Inaugural Address on March 4, 1861?

• He wanted to preserve the Union and keep the country together without fighting a war

• He wanted to crush the Confederacy and abolish slavery forever

• He wanted to allow the expansion of slavery into the western territories

• He wanted to get help from Great Britain to defeat the Confederacy

What did Lincoln say caused the Civil War in his 2nd Inaugural Address on March 4, 1865?

• Slavery because the South was willing to destroy the country to keep it

• The issue of states' rights and how much power the federal government should have

• Arguments over tariffs and the prices on imported goods

• Disputes over the border between the US and Mexico

What were the 4 slave states called that decided not to secede and remained loyal to the Union?

• Border States

• Traitor States

• Compromise States

• Confederate States

What important event happened at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865?

• Confederate General Lee surrendered to Union General Grant ending the Civil War

• Union General Grant surrendered to Confederate General Lee and the South became independent

• John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater

• President Andrew Johnson was impeached by Congress over his resistance to Reconstruction

What was one effect of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?

• It freed all slaves in the rebelling states

• It abolished slavery everywhere in the United States

• It forced the Confederacy to surrender

• It honored the Union soldiers who had died in the Battle of Gettysburg

What important event gave the Union control of the Mississippi and cut the Confederacy in half in 1863?

• The Siege of Vicksburg

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Battle of Antietam

• The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

What new nation did the 11 seceded states try to create at the start of the Civil War?

• The Confederate States of America

• The United Slave States of America

• The Independent Slave States of America

• The Southern States of America

What is important about the 3-day Battle of Gettysburg that was fought in 1863?

• Lee's invasion of the North failed, marking a turning point in the war

• It forced the Union to stay on defense for the rest of the war

• It gave the Confederacy full control of the Mississippi River

• It forced Grant to surrender to Lee