Civil War Quiz

Loyalty to a part of a nation or a region, but not the nation as a whole

• Secession

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

• Patriotism

Withdrawal from a country

• secession

• division

• emancipation

• abolition

The states between the North and South that owned slaves, but did not secede.

• In-betweeners

• Border States

• Middle States

• Undecided states

A type of strategy used by General Sherman and the Union army, in which an army destroys its opponent's ability to fight by targeting civilian, economic, and military resources.

• Total War

• War of Attrition

• World War

• Massive War

The Union wanted to gain control of the Mississippi River so

• it could control the movement of trade and goods

• it was easier to invade the deep south by river, rather by land

• it was a strategic way to divide the South

• All of the above

More factories, larger population, and a strong navy were

• Confederate advantages

• Reasons why the Confederates won the war

• Union advantages

• Reasons by the North specifically won the Battle of Gettysburg

What was the tipping point that caused the South so much fear for the future of slavery that they chose to secede from the Union?

• The election of Jefferson Davis

• High Tariffs

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

The Civil War began in 1861 when Confederate forces launched an attack on which location?

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Donnelson

• Fort Bragg

• Fort McHenry

What was a major strength of the Confederacy?

• Population

• Factories

• Military leadership

• Political leadership

What was the main goal of the Confederacy?

• To restore the Union

• Become independent

• Spread slavery to the North

• Destroy the border states