Civil War

The first state to secede from the Union was

• North Carolina.

• Virginia.

• South Carolina.

• Georgia.

All of the following were Border States except

• Kentucky.

• Maryland.

• Missouri.       

• Ohio.

All of the following were part of the overall Union strategy for victory except

• control the Mississippi River.

• assassinate Jefferson Davis.

• blockade Southern ports.

• capture Richmond.

What was the main goal of the South in the Civil War?

• to capture Washington D.C. and force the North to surrender

• to win recognition as an independent nation

• to develop more industry

• to spread slavery north of the Mason–Dixon Line.

The president of the Confederate States was

• Jefferson Davis.

• Robert E. Lee.

• Stonewall Jackson.

• Abraham Lincoln.     

Why didn’t Lincoln act against slavery at the beginning of the Civil War, even though he considered it immoral?

• He feared the loyal, Slave, Border States would secede.

• He feared France and England would support the Confederacy.

• He feared the Northern abolitionists would refuse to fight.

• He feared he would lose the election of 1864.

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the Union victory at

• 1^st Manassas.

• Antietam.

• Fredericksburg.

• Gettysburg.

The main goal of President Lincoln at the beginning of the war was to

• end slavery.   

• end slavery in the Border States ONLY.

• punish the South.       

• save the Union.

  Which of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation is NOT TRUE?

• England and France withheld recognition of the Confederacy.

• It freed ALL the slaves.

• It was greeted joyfully by African Americans in the North.

• Some whites in the North were unhappy with the proclamation.

They had more industry.

• North

• South