CIVIL WAR

Where were the first shots fired in the Civil War?

• Fort Sumter

• Harpers Ferry

• Washington DC

• Richmond, VA

Who was president of the Union during the Civil War?

THE CIVIL WAR BEGAN WITH

• ATTACK ON THE LAWRENCE, KANSAS A CENTER OF FREE-SOILER ACTIVITY

• ILLEGAL FORMATION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

• THE CONFEDERATE ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER

• A SECESSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA

WHAT STATE WAS THE FIRST TO SECEDE FROM THE UNION?

• TEXAS

• SOUTH CAROLINA

• ATLANTA

• VIRGINIA

WHO WON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1860?

• ABRAHAM LINCOLN

• JOHN BELL

• JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE

• STEPHEN DOUGLASS

WHAT WAS THE FIRST STATE TO SECEDE FROM THE UNION?

• SOUTH CAROLINA (SC)
• PENNSYLVANIA (PA)
• VIRGINIA (VA)

WHAT IS THE BEST DEFINITION FOR SECEDE?

• TO END SLAVERY
• TO VOTE ON IMPORTANT ISSUES
• TO FORMALLY SEPARATE FROM A COUNTRY

LINCOLN STATED THAT SOUTHERN STATES LEAVING THE UNION WAS

• UNCONSTITUTIONAL
• CONSTITUTIONAL
• HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING

WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FALL OF FORT SUMTER?

• END OF THE UNION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFEDERACY
• IT SHOWED THAT LINCOLN WAS A WEAK LEADER AND WOULD LOSE THE WAR
• LED LINCOLN TO CALL FOR TROOPS AND LED FOUR MORE SOUTHERN STATES TO SECEDE
• THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANCE

WHAT COLOR WERE THE CONFEDERATE UNIFORMS?

• BLUE
• GREY OR GRAY