Civil War

The Confederates were fighting a(n)

• offensive war

• defensive war

Even though these were states where slavery was legal, they did not secede and join the Confederate states.

• Western States

• Southern States

• Border States

This caused widespread fear in the South about the future of slavery

• the election of Jefferson Davis

• High tariffs

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Williams

• Fort Pillow

What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?

• to abolish slavery

• to preserve the Union

• to make a profit selling war supplies

This freed the slaves in Confederate states.

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Gettysburg Address

• The Battle of Antietam

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to the Union Army and end the Civil War?

• Bull Run

• Appomattox

• Gettysburg

What simple device transformed how the war was fought and won? It was the first tool of mass communication.

• Newspaper

• Computer

• Telegraph

What battle was the single, bloodiest day in the Civil War?

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

What battle was the deadliest battle of the Civil War, as well as in American History?

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg