Civil War

Word for states leaving the Union.

• Confederacy

• States' rights

• Secession

• Liberty

What was the cause for the Southern states to secede?

• Lincoln's election of 1860

• They didn't like the clothes the North wore

• The North was taking all of the slaves from the South because they needed help farming

What was the reason taking sides was hard for the people in border states?

• The states allowed slavery, but wanted to remain in the union.

• They didn't like the South

• They were abolitionists

• They formed their own country

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

Who was the general that surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865 ending the Civil War?

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Winfield Scott

• Abraham Lincoln

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War?

• Washington, D.C.

• Richmond, Virginia

• Appomattox Court House, Virginia

• Atlanta, Georgia

This was the President of the Union.

• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S Grant
• Abraham Lincoln

What river was an important resource during the war?

• Missouri

• Mississippi

• Amazon

• Delaware

At the end of which battle did General Grant and his troops secure control of the Mississippi River?

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Richmond

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

• Washington D.C.

• Atlanta, GA

• Philadelphia, PA

• Richmond, VA