Civil War Study Guide

What was one of the main causes of the American Civil War?

• Fighting over land

• Fighting over natural resources

• Slavery

• Two countries wanted control over each other

How many states seceded the Union?

• 5

• 11

• 20

• 25

What is a civil war?

• A war fought between two groups of people in the same country

• A war fought between two or more different countries

• A war fought by sea

• A war fought on land

Why did the South leave the Union?

• They depended on enslaved people and servants to work in the fields.

• They wanted to keep their way of life.

• Plantations harvested cash crops such as tobacco, cotton, and indigo.

• All of the above

The _______ was a secret escape route for enslaved people to gain their freedom.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Appomattox Treaty

• Fort McHenry

• Underground Railroad

Which battle marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of the Wilderness

• Battle of Tippecanoe

General _______ surrendered to General _______ at the Appomattox Courthouse ending the war.

• General Lincoln surrendered to General Lee

• General Lee surrendered to General Grant

• General Grant surrendered to General Sherman

• General Jefferson surrendered to General Lee

The ________ was issued by President Lincoln to abolish slavery.

• Declaration of Independence

• United States Constitution

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Treaty of Versailles

President Lincoln was upset when several states seceded the union because he believed that ________?

• All of the states should remain united as one nation

• The North and South should have their own separate governments

• The South should be independent from the rest of the nation

• America should purchase more land from France.

The Civil War resulted in?

• Three Amendments to the Constitution were passed abolishing slavery and giving the right to vote for all men.

• The Emancipation Proclamation was passed granting enslaved people their freedom.

• Americans worked together for several years to rebuild the nation.

• All of the above.