Civil War

What was the main cause of the American Civil War?

• Slavery

• Fighting over land

• Fighting over natural resources

• Two countries wanted control over each other.

How many states seceded the Union?

• 5

• 11

• 13

• 50

What is a civil-war?

• A war fought on land.

• A war fought between to more more different countries.

• A war fought between two groups of people in the same country

• A war fought on sea.

Which of the follow is not a reason why the South leave the union?

• There were too many people in one area.

• Plantations harvested cash crops such as tobacco, cotton and indigo.

• They wanted to keep their way of life.

• They depended on enslaved people.

The ____________ was a secret escape route for enslaved people to gain their freedom.

Which Battle marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• Bumblebee

• Fort Sumter

• Gettysburg

• Tippercanoe

General______ surrendered to General______ at the Appomattox Courthouse ending the war.

• Lee, Grant

• Lee, Washington

• Washington, Lincoln

• Roosevelt, Trump

The__________ was issued by President Lincoln to abolish slavery.

• United States Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Versailles

• Emancipation Proclmation

The Civil War did not result in which of the following?

• Three Amendments to the Constitution were passed abolishing slavery and giving the right to vote.

• More wars

• The Emancipation Proclamation was passed granting enslaved people freedom.

• Americans worked together for several years to rebuild the nation.

President Lincoln was upset when several states seceded the union because he believed that

• The South should be independent from the rest of the nation.

• The North & South should have their own separate governments.

• All of the states should remain as one nation.

• Americans should purchase more land from France.