First Five Presidents and Civil War Vocabulary

What was the name of the war fought between the northern and southern states of the United States?

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• World War II

• Cold War

Which states formed the Confederacy during the Civil War?

• Northern states

• Southern states

• Western states

• Eastern states

What is the act of formally withdrawing from a membership or association called?

• Secession

• Emancipation

• Reconstruction

• Abolition

What is the practice of owning and treating people as property called?

• Emancipation

• Reconstruction

• Slavery

• Abolition

Which President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who wants to end slavery

• someone who supports slavery

• someone who wants to vote

What is a battle?

• a violent conflict between two or more armies or armed forces.

• a person who actively worked to end slavery.

• a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to free states or Canada.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

• the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

• an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 declaring all slaves in Confederate territory to be free.

• the 16th President of the United States, known for his leadership during the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.

What is a precedent?

• something a President does.

• something that happens first and is used from then on out.

• something that happens last and then is used from then on out.

Andrew Jackson was the first president to...

• veto Congressional bills with which he strongly disagreed.

• champion states’ rights at the expense of national sovereignty

• intensify the use of the spoils system in federal government.