Civil War Part 2

1. What was a major cause of the Civil War?

• a. land
• b. economy
• c. Taxes
• d. Slavery

3. Which was the first state to secede from the Union?

• Georgia
• Tennessee
• South Carolina
• Florida

4. Why did the Southern states want to leave the union?

• a. They wanted to continue to have slaves
• b. They wanted to be rich
• c. They did not want Jefferson Davis as President
• d. They wanted to be free of England

5. What event started the Civil War on April 12, 1861 with Zero deaths except a horse?

• b. The battle of Gettysburg
• c. The battle of Fort Sumter
• d. The battle of Vicksburg

6. What were the people who fought to end slavery called?

• a. Terrorists
• b. Freedomists
• c. Pilgrims
• d. Abolitionists

9. General Sherman's March to the Sea through Georgia used his strategy of total war. What did he and his troops do in that strategy?

• a. Gave money to the poor Southerners.
• b. Destroyed railroads, burned homes and businesses in the South, stole cattle and grain
• c. Sent supplies to the North
• d. Captured all slaves

11. Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War and where President Lincoln gave his famous speech that was also named after the battle.

• a. Atlanta, GA
• b. Fort Sumter, SC
• c. Gettysburg, PA
• d. Harper’s Ferry, VA

12. Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

• a. Confederate General
• b. Slave owner
• c. Union General
• d. President of the Confederacy

14. What were the names of the two groups that fought in the Civil War?

• Allies and Axis
• b. North and West
• c. Union and Confederacy
• d. Abolitionist and economists

15. How did the South make money?

• a. Agriculture
• b. Technology
• c. Industry
• d. Politics