Civil War

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

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Wilkes Booth

Who was the president of the Confederate states of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Sherman

• Morgan Freeman

• Jefferson Davis

In 1863 this declared all slaves in the rebelling states were free.

• Declaration of Independance

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

• Battle of Bull Run

The commanding general of the Union army was

• Ulysses Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• William Sherman

• John Wilkes Booth

The commanding general of the Confederate army was

• Ulysses Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Sherman

Why was the attack on Fort Sumter significant?

• It was the bloodiest day of the Civil War.

• The Confederacy surrendered.

• The first shots of the Civil War were fired.

• General Pickett charged the Union line.

The Confederacy surrendered to the Union army at this courthouse in Virginia.

• Appomattox

• Antietam

• Manassas

• Richmond

Strengths of the North during the Civil War were all but:

• 85% of the factories in the country were located in the north

• The north had the most experienced military generals

• The north had more soldiers

• There was double the length railroad in the north

Which state was the first to succeed from the Union?

• Virgina

• Texas

• South Caronlia

• Georgia

Superior transportation, an industrialized economy, and a large population describes the

• Union (North)

• Confederacy (South)