Civil War Quiz Practice Test

Which area is in dark blue?

Which area is in light blue?

Which area is in red?

Jefferson Davis, shown, was

• The lead Union General

• The lead Confederate General

• the Union President

• the Confederate President

Abraham Lincoln, shown, was

• the Union general

• the Union President

• the Confederate General

• the Confederate President

An abolitionist was someone who

• wanted to end slavery

• owned slaves

• lived in the South

• wanted to move west

What does secession mean?

• to join

• to leave

• to ask for

Which was the first state to SECEDE?

• Maine

• Massachusetts

• South Carolina

• New York

Which POLITICAL event happened just before states began to secede?

• Abraham Lincoln was elected President

• The French tried to take back the city of New Orleans

• The Battle of Fort Sumter

• The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

What was the name of the new country formed from the states that seceded?

• Southern States of America

• Confederate States of America

• Freedonia

• Seceded States of America