Reading 4.A The Civil War Questions

Who was the presidential candidate of the new Republican Party in 1860?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

Which state was the first to secede from the Union in 1860?

• Mississippi

• Florida

• South Carolina

• Alabama

Who was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

Which fort saw hard fighting and surrender to the Confederate forces in April, 1861?

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Fort Knox

• Fort McHenry

• Fort Sumter

What did President Lincoln call for after the fall of Fort Sumter?

• 125,000 volunteers

• 75,000 volunteers

• 100,000 volunteers

• 50,000 volunteers

What was one of the first acts of the North after the war began?

• Blockade all the Northern ports

• Blockade all the Southern ports

• Blockade all the Western ports

• Blockade all the Eastern ports

What were the names of the first ironclad battleships used in the war?

• Justice and Equality

• Constitution and Liberty

• Merrimac and Monitor

• Victory and Freedom

Who won the First Battle of Manassas in 1861?

• The battle was not fought

• It was a draw

• The South

• The North

What was the North's plan to defeat the South?

• Invade the Northern states

• Capture the Mississippi River

• All of the above

• Capture Richmond

Who was placed in command of all Union forces in 1864?

• Joseph E. Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson