Civil War Test

People who worked to end slavery were called:

• abolitionists

• southerners

• cartridges

Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:

• they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life

• they wanted a president who would support the abolition of slavery

• he wanted northern states to secede from the Union

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg significant to the Civil War?

• It led to the Emancipation Proclamation

• It was a turning point because General Lee was forced to fight a defensive war

• It resulted in the passing of the 15th Amendment

What advantage did the South have the North during the Civil War?

• greater manufacturing

• more effective navy

• more capable military leaders

More factories, population, and a better navy were

• Confederate advantages

• Union advantages

• reasons for a Confederate victory

This caused widespread fear in the South about the future of slavery

• the election of Jefferson Davis

• High tariffs

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

War between people of the same country

• Slavery

• state's rights

• civil war

Each state should be able to decide their issues for themselves and the Federal Government should not interfere.

• slavery

• state's rights

• Gettysburg

President of the U.S. during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in the states that seceded.

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Bush

• George Washington

The name given to the northern army.

• Confederates

• Union

• Military