Civil War Review

Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• Jefferson Davis

• Martin Van Buren

These people wanted to end slavery:

• Terrorists

• Abolitionists

• Whigs

• Federalists

Who was the general of the Union?

• Abraham Lincoln

• "Stonewall" Jackson

• Ulysses Grant

• Robert E. Lee

Who was the general of the Confederate army during Gettysburg?

• "Stonewall" Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

Who was the man who shipped himself to freedom?

• Dred Scott

• Harriet Tubman

• Henry "Box" Brown

• Vance Joy

What was the famous speech given at Gettysburg?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

• George Washington's State of the Union

• Abraham Lincoln's State of the Union

Which law, which greatly angered Abolitionists, made helping runaway slaves in the North illegal?

• Nebraska Act

• Underground Railroad Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise

Before the Civil War, why was adding a state to the Union so problematic?

• Most thought the U.S. was too big

• The Constitution said this was unconstitutional

• The U.S. did not have enough people to do this

• A new slave or free state changed the balance in Congress

What was the name taken by the 11 southern states that seceded?

• Union

• Confederacy

• Cotton Kingdom

• Border States

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

• Jeffereson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Andrew Johnson

• Stonewall Jackson