Civil War and Reconstruction

Which state was the 1st to secede from the Union?

• Virginia

• Tennessee

• South Carolina

• North Carolina

The Border states were

• states that came into existence because of the war

• slave states that stayed with the Union

• states that had prison camps during the war

• States that had the underground Railroad

What was the President of the Confederate States of America?

• James Madison

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

When the Civil War began, what was President Lincoln's main goal?

• to restore the Union

• to punish the south

• to free all slaves

• to gain support of Britain and France

This Person was a Newspaper editor from Knoxville, TN, Served as governor of TN after the Civil War, Supported ideas of the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction

• Sam Watkins

• Andrew Jackson

• Nathan Bedford Forrest

• William Brownlow

Which of the following was an advantage of the South?

• Factories

• Military Leadership

• Set Government

• weapon production

Why was the Battle of Vicksburg an important victory for the Union?

• it gave them control of the Mississippi River

• it blocked trade between the south and France

• it destroyed most southern plantations

• it gain control of the northern states

What was a major goal of the Union Navy at the start of the Civil War?

• create new weapons and new ships

• freeing all slaves along the Mississippi River

• take control of the Southern Navy

• create a naval blockade around the Confederacy

Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?

• Antietam, MD

• Appomattox, VA

• Gettysburg, PA

• Chattanooga, TN

Why was the Battle of Antietam considered a turning point in the Civil War?

• it ensured that Britain and France would not support the South

• It was the Confederacy's last surge into Northern area

• it started "Total War" by William Sherman

• It ended the Civil War