Civil War

What was the first state to secede from the Union

• South Carolina

• North Carolina

• Georgia

• Alabama

Who was selected to be the president of the Confederate States of America

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• Robert E Lee

• Jefferson Davis

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

• Antietam

• Yorktown

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Pulaski

What did Lincoln use his emergency powers to suspend?

• Habeas Corpus

• All military actions

• The Congress from passing laws

• The war

What is conscription?

• A military draft

• A letter

• A prescription for medicine

• A declaration of war

Who was the commander of the Confederate Army that was responsible for much of the Confederacy's success?

• Robert E Lee

• Ulysses S Grant

• General McClellan

• Stone wall Jackson

Which battle was the single bloodiest day in in Maryland in 1862?

• Vicksburg

• Antietam

• Fort Sumter

• Gettysburg

Who wins the battle of Antietam?

• The Union

• The Confederacy

• No one

• It was not a battle

What battle was fought to prove that the South was serious about becoming independent?

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Pulaski

• Antietam

• Vicksburg

Why did Lincoln declare martial law and suspend Habeas Corpus?

• To protect the government

• To show the South the the North was serious

• To protect public safety in a time of conflict

• To intimidate the south