Civil War

Why did the North and South disagree so much?

• They didn't have the same opinion on slavery

• They both hated Abraham Lincoln

• They both wanted to keep all of the slave to themselves.

• They had different opinions on states' rights

What was were the goals of Lincoln once he became president? (There are 2 correct answers)

• Abolish slavery

• Give each state the choice to follow whatever laws they wanted

• Destroy the United states

• Unite the country again

What did the South fear with Lincoln's election?

• He would increase the amount of slavery used

• He would keep the North and South separated

• He would abolish slavery

• None of the above

What was the effect of having large plantations and little help in the South?

• Less slavery

• Less money

• More slavery

• Southerners leaving the south

What was the cause for the Southern states to secede?

• Lincoln's election of 1860

• They didn't like the clothes the North wore

• The North was taking all of the slaves from the South because they needed help farming

After his election, this president went on to end slavery.

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

A person who was against slavery was known as __.

• A confederate

• An abolitionist

• A loyalist

• A patriot

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• A public announcement Lincoln gave to free ALL slaves living in ALL states

• An announcement where Lincoln proclaimed that all slaves living in the rebel states were free

• A letter Lincoln wrote to Jefferson Davis surrendering to the Confederacy

• A law added to the Constitution abolishing slavery in the US

Who was the leader of the Confederacy troops?

• General Sam Houston

• General Robert E. Lee

• General William B. Travis

• General Ulysses S. Grant

The Civil War was mostly about ___.

• slavery

• sharecropping

• reconstruction

• tariffs