Civil War Review

How many states seceded the Union?

• 25

• 20

• 11

• 5

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.

True or False: President Lincoln kept the U.S. together during the difficult years of the Civil War?

• True

• False

General ______ surrendered to General _____ at the Appomattox Courthouse ending the war.

• General Lincoln surrendered to General Lee.

• General Lee surrendered to General Sherman

• General Lee surrendered to General Grant

• General Jefferson surrendered to General Lee.

True or False: Harriet Tubman worked as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

• False

• True

Which battle marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of the Wilderness

• Battle of Tippecanoe

True or False: The Treaty of Versailles was issued by President Lincoln to abolish slavery.

• True

• False

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.

• All of the above.

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

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.

True or False: The Battle of Gettysburg was a major victory for the South.

• False

• True