Civil War Quiz (5/6)

______________ was the first state to break away from the United States.

• Florida

• Georgia

• South Carolina

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

Where did the Civil War begin?

• Gettysburg
• Antietam
• Fort Sumpter
• Manassas

Who won the battle of Gettysburg?

• North
• South

Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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

To break away from a group

• state's rights
• slavery
• Gettysburg
• secede

One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.

• Jefferson Davis
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant

President of the U.S. during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in the states that seceded.

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln

3 day battle that the South lost and is considered the turning point in the war

• Gettysburg
• Fort Sumter
• The Atlanta Campaign
• Uncle Tom's Cabin

The 1^st and only President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

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