Civil War and Reconstruction

Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president in 1860 because:

• they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life

• they wanted a president who would support the abolition of slavery

• he wanted northern states to secede from the Union

• he had a plan to raise taxes

In 1861 a civil war began between the northern and southern states of the United States. A major reason for this conflict was a disagreement about-

• the admission of free states into the union

• the right of states to maintain the practice of slavery

• the return of fugitive enslaved people to slaveholders

• the extension of citizenship rights to formerly enslaved people

Another name for the United States of America during the Civil War was ..?

• C.S.A.

• The Confederacy

• The Union

• The 13 colonies

Increased sectional tensions over states rights and the

Republican Party ( North / Union ) against the spread of slavery were causes of?

• The Trial of Tears

• The Embargo Act

• The Civil War

• The Mayflower Compact

The Civil War began when

• Lincoln was elected president.

• the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor

• South Carolina seceded from the Union.

• Union troops attacked Confederate troops at Bull Run in Virginia.

American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865

• James K. Polk

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

What years did the civil war last?

• 1860-1870
• 1865-1880
• 1781-1785
• 1861-1865

More factories, larger population, access to the telegraph, and a better navy

• Southern advantages

• Northern advantages

• Reasons for  Southern victory

• Cause of the battle of Gettysburg

Which 2 battles of the Civil War took place in Union territory?

• Battles of Bull Run and Petersburg

• Battles of Vicksburg and Chancellorsville

• Battles of Saratoga and Yorktown

• Battles of Antietam and Gettysburg

Which Civil War battle was the deadliest single day of fighting in the war and led to a Union victory as? This battle also marked the first time that the Southern army had invaded the North.

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Appomattox Court House

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam