Civil War

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

• he had a plan to raise taxes

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One reason South Carolina chose to leave the Union was because:

• the other states refused to trade with South Carolina

• people in SC believed their state's rights were being denied

• our state was too far away from the state capital

• plantation owners were being forced to trade with northern businesses

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 single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place here:

• Appomatox

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

The capital of the United States of America during the Civil War was:

• Washington D.C.

• Richmond

• Philadelphia

• Charleston

The capital of the Confederate states of America during the Civil War was:

• Charleston

• Washington, D.C.

• Richmond

• Philadelphia

The Union army ...

• represented the northern states and wore grey

• represented the southern states and wore grey

• represented the northern states and wore blue

• represented the southern states and wore grey

The Confederate army...

• represented the northern army and wore grey

• represented the southern army and wore grey

• represented the northern army and wore blue

• represented the southern army and wore blue

The commanding general of the Union army was

• Ulysses Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• William Sherman

• John Wilkes Booth