Civil War Two Truths and a Lie

Choose the lie.

• Southerners were happy about Lincoln's election.

• Southerners wanted to create their own laws.

• Southerners hated Lincoln

Choose the truth.

• Everyone loved slavery

• Northerners wanted to abolish slavery.

• Southerners wanted to abolish slavery.

When did the Civil War begin?

• May 16, 1861

• April 12, 1861

• January 1, 1865

• March 27, 1877

Choose the lie.

• Slavery was not a problem.

• Slavery was huge in the 1860s.

• White people cared about abolishing slavery.

Choose the lie.

• Africans were enslaved in America.

• Some slaves worked in cotton fields.

• President Abraham Lincoln did not try to abolish slavery.

Choose the lie.

• Northern states had gradually abolished slavery.

• Republicans did want slaves in the western states.

• The South had an agricultural economy.

Choose the lie

• Northern and Southern soldiers met at Antietam Creek during the Civil War.

• Christopher Columbus fought in the American Civil War.

• One cause of the Civil War was a debate about slavery.

Choose the lie.

• More than 3,500 troops on both sides of the war died.

• Less than 700,000 soldiers were killed during the Civil War.

• Most people back then believed the Northern army would win.

Choose the lie.

• General Lee never surrendered.

• The Civil War waged for more than 3 years.

• The last confederate soldier surrendered in June 1865.

Choose the lie.

• The Northern and Southern soldiers fought many battles.

• The South was never able to recover from the losses suffered during the Civil War.

• The Confederate Army was able to invade the North.