The Civil war begins

The American Civil War started on April 12, 1861 when-

• South Carolina seceded from the Union

• Confederate Army soldiers fired on Fort Sumter

• Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States

• Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederate States

One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.

• Jefferson Davis
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant

To break away from a group

• state's rights
• slavery
• Gettysburg
• secede

Each state should be able to decide their issues for themselves and the Federal Government should not interfere.

• slavery
• state's rights
• secede
• Gettysburg

President of the U.S. during the Civil War who opposed slavery.

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

The name given to the northern states were called?

• Confederacy

• Rebels

• Union

• Revolutionaries

What was a major cause the Civil War began?

• Oregon Trail

• American Revolution

• Slavery

• Battle of Gettysburg

Who was the main General of the Union?

• Jefferson Davis
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• Stonewall Jackson

After ______ became President of the United States in 1860, seven southern states seceded from the Union.

• Abraham Lincoln
• James Monroe
• John Adams

More factories, more railroads, more soldiers, and a better navy were all ______________.

• Confederate advantages

• Union advantages

• reasons for a Confederate victory

• causes of the Battle of Gettysburg