Civil War

People who worked to end slavery were called _____.

• abolitionists

• southerners

• cartridges

• blockades

Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:

• they believed he might one day end slavery.

• they wanted a president who would end slavery.

• he wanted northern states to secede from the Union.

• he had a plan to raise taxes.

The speech above shows that Lincoln believed that the South should _____.

• be allowed to continue the practice of slavery

• pay for the damages suffered by the Union

• receive fair treatment after the war

• be punished for seceding from the Union

Which number on the map labels the state that first seceded from the Union?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation said _____.

• the U.S. was free from Great Britain

• the Civil War would end

• the slaves in the Confederacy would be freed if the North won the war

• Reconstruction would start

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

• It led to the Emancipation Proclamation

• It brought an end to the Civil War

• It resulted in the passing of the 15th Amendment

• It was a turning point because the North started winning more and more battles

More factories, more railroads, more soldiers, and a better navy were all ______________.

• Confederate advantages

• Union advantages

• reasons for a Confederate victory

• causes of the Battle of Gettysburg

Better officers, defending their own homes, and not having to go on the attack were

• Union advantages
• reasons the Union won the battle of Antietam
• Confederate advantages
• reasons that the Confederacy won at Ft. Pillow

This event caused a lot of fear in the South about the future of slavery.

• the election of Jefferson Davis

• High tariffs

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

• the death of Stonewall Jackson

The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

• Fort Sumter
• Fort Williams
• Fort Pillow
• Fort Apache