Civil War Quiz

Why did plantation owners in the South believe they needed slavery?

• In order to treat them kindly
• So the owners could feel important
• So the slaves could pick their cotton
• So the slaves could wear the cotton they grew.

Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War?

• Foreign Invasion
• Immigration
• Taxes
• Slavery

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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

The Civil War officially started at....

• Bull Run
• Gettysburg
• Antietam
• Ft Sumter

The Emancipation Proclamation...

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

Who was elected President of the Confederate States of America?

• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln

The name give to the north was what?

• Confederacy
• Rebels
• Union
• Revolutionaries

Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?

• More experienced military leaders

• Defensive Strategy

• Greater population

• High motivation to fight for independence

What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the early years of the Civil War?

• to abolish slavery

• to end British control of the Western territories

• to make a profit selling war supplies

• to preserve the Union