Events of the Civil War

In 1861 a civil war began between the northern and southern states of the United States. A major reason for this conflict was a disagreement about-

• the admission of free states into the union

• the right of states to maintain the practice of slavery

• the return of fugitive enslaved people to slaveholders

• the extension of citizenship rights to formerly enslaved people

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared --

• United State's freedom from Great Britain
• an end to the Civil War
• freedom for slaves in rebellious southern states
• the beginning of Reconstruction

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

• Gettysburg

• Battle of Appomattox Court House

• The Atlanta Campaign

• Fort Sumter

Which battle is considered the turning point of the war?

• Gettysburg

• The Atlanta Campaign

• Battle of Appomattox Court House

• Fort Sumter

What were two main goals of Sherman's March to the Sea?

• convincing people to give up the Confederate cause

• to recruit American Indians to fight for the Union

• destroying Confederate supply lines in Georgia

• capturing Confederate naval bases in Georgia

The economy of the north was ___________________.

• Agricultural

• Tourism

• Technology

• Industrial

The economy of the south was ___________________.

• Agricultural

• Tourism

• Technology

• Industrial

What did the southern states rename themselves?

• The Union States of America

• The Free States of America

• The Confederate States of Mexico

• The Confederate States of America

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