Civil War: Grade 5

The Emancipation Proclamation ...

• made slavery legal.

• began slavery.

• ended slavery in the Confederate states.

• ended slavery only in the Northern states.

Who won the Civil War?

• The Union

• The North and South

• The Confederacy

• The South

(a)   was the main issue that divided the North and the South.

What did Lincoln focus on at the beginning of the war?

• Ending Slavery

• Stopping the cruelty of slavery.

• Giving women the right to vote.

• Keeping the North and the South together.

Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?

(a)  

Who was the President of the Confederate States?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• John Wilkes Booth

• Robert E Lee

What was the official name given to the Southern States?

• Slave States

• Free States

• Confederates

• Union

What was the official name of the Northern States during the Civil War?

• Slave States

• Union

• Free States

• Confederates

Who murdered Abraham Lincoln? What was his occupation?

• John Wilkes Booth, Senator

• John Brown, Actor

• John Wilkes Booth, Actor

• John Brown, Senator

Before the beginning of the war, what crisis caused Southerns to go to the North?

• Fugitive Act, they were trying to find their runaway slaves

• Food Shortage caused Southerns to find jobs in the cities

• Lack of currency (money) caused them to search for gold.