A Nation Divided Part II: Civil War (USH9)

The name given to the South

• Confederacy

• Rebels

• Union

• Revolutionaries

The name given to the North

• Confederacy

• Rebels

• Union

• Revolutionaries

After the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency, the Southern states debated the question of __, or withdrawing from the Union.

• secession
• populous
• slavery
• federalist

What is Lincoln’s main purpose in the Gettysburg Address?

• to identify the soldiers who have died in battle so far

• to argue why the Union will win the war

• to seek money for the families of those who died in battle

• to explain the importance of the war and inspire support for the Union

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The prayers of both could not be answered-that of neither has been answered fully."

In this sentence from the passage, to whom or what does both refer?

• colored slaves and white masters
• the North and the South
• McClellan and Lincoln
• Pendleton and Johnson

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The Emancipation Proclamation...

• Freed slaves in the Union
• Declared slaves in the confederacy free
• ended slavery 
• helped the South gain foreign support

The Battle of Gettysburg was..

• the first major battle of the Civil War
• the turning point of the Civil War
• the last major battle of the Civil War
• a Confederate victory

Who had greater industrial capacity at the beginning of the Civil War?

• The North
• The South 
• The Confederacy
• Mexico

Who had better Generals throughout the Civil War?

• The Union
• Lincoln
• The South
• Canada

Who had greater population in the Civil War?

• The North

• The South

• The West

• American Indians