Civil War -BrainPop quiz

What title was shared by both George Washington and Jefferson Davis?

• President

• Senator

• General

• Major

Why did firing on Fort Sumter spark the beginning of the Civil War?

• It was an American attack on a Confederate military base.

• It completed the process of secession.

• It was a Confederate attack on an American military base.

• It was a Confederate attack on a border state.

What might have happened had the Civil War not occurred?

• The Confederacy would have been formed anyway.

• Lincoln would not have been elected president.

• Slavery would never have existed.

• States could drop out of the U.S. anytime they wished.

What U.S. President was also a Civil War general?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

What can you conclude about West Virginia from its actions at the time of the Civil War?

• Its citizens did not support slavery.

• Its citizens did not support secession.

• Its citizens did not support the Union.

• Its citizens did not support Lincoln.

General William Tecumseh Sherman wrecked Southern infrastructure, which severely impaired Confederate communications. What is an example of infrastructure?

• railroads

• land

• livestock (animals)

• soldiers

What was the intended effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• To free enslaved people in the Union

• To free enslaved people in the border states

• To free enslaved people in the Confederacy

• To declare slavery illegal in the Union and the Confederacy

What can you infer from the fact that the first Civil War battles had spectators?

• People enjoyed spending time outdoors

• People did not realize how serious the war would become

• People did not know that war could be violent.

• People realized that the war would last for years.

What happened on June 19, 1865?

• LIncoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation

• The Union declared victory in the Civil War.

• The 13th amendment outlawed slavery in the US

• Enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free.

With the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union took an official stance on:

• slavery

• segregation

• discrimination

• military power