Civil War

The name of the people who helped slaves escape to the North to get to freedom were called

• Union

• Abolitionists

• Confederate

• Plantation owners

What was the first official battle of the Civil War?

• The Battle of Ironclads

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Battle of Fort Sumter

• Sherman's March to the Sea

What was important about the Battle of Ironclads?

• It was the bloodiest battle in the war

• It was the first battle between ironclad ships in history

• It was the first battle that last for 4 weeks

What was the war that claimed more lives than in any other day in American history?

• The Battle of Antietam

• The Battle of Fort Sumter

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Battle of Ironclads

Where did President Lincoln hold a ceremony to dedicate a cemetery to honor the soldiers who fought and died there?

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

• Antietam Creek

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do for the slaves?

• It gave them land of their own

• It made them able to vote

• Nothing

• It set them free

What was the name of the army in the South?

• Union

• Confederate

• Independent

What was the name of the President in the Confederate states?

• Ulysses S Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Barack Obama

What was the main reason for the Civil War?

• States's rights

• Slavery

• Plantation owners

• Abraham Lincoln

The Gettysburg Address that President Lincoln gave talked about...

• all people are equal no matter who they are

• the North winning the war

• the slaves being free

• the South being sore losers