Secession and the Civil War

When did southern states start to secede?

• After Lincoln was elected.

• After the north tried to resupply Fort Sumter.

• After the Kansas-Nebraska Act was signed.

• After the First Battle of Bull Run.

What was the cause of the Civil War?

• Tariffs on cotton exports.

• Disputes over the route of the transcontinental railroad.

• Slavery

• The Lincoln Douglas Debates.

How many states seceded before Lincoln was inagurated?

• 12

• 7

• 2

• 5

Before the First Battle of Bull Run both sides thought the war would be:

• Quick and relatively bloodless.

• Long and bloody.

• A battle of equals.

• Fought mostly at sea.

What was Lincoln's priority when he became President?

• Ending slavery.

• Preserving the tariff.

• Preserving the Union.

• Reducing the federal debt.

What battles gave Lincoln confidence that the Confederacy would lose? Mark assl correct answers.

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Battle of Hampton Roads

• The Battle of Vickburg

• The Battle of Cold Harbor

Why did the Emancipation Proclamation free few enslaved people? Select all that apply.

• It only applied to the states that made up the Confederacy.

• Southern slaveholders did not obey the Proclamation.

• Lincoln did not have the authority to issue the Proclamation.

• Congress refused to give Lincoln money to enforce the Proclamation.

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address ended with a call to do what?

• Punish the South.

• Elect more Republicans.

• Reunify the country.

• Capture Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens.

Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at:

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox Court House

The period immediately after the Civil War is known as:

• Reconciliation

• Redemption

• Reconstruction

• Repentance