Civil War Overview Quiz

How were African Americans treated before the Civil War?

• Slaves lacked rights, but free men had them

• Both slaves and free men had some rights

• Slaves had rights, but free men did not

• Both slaves and free men were denied citizenship rights

Match the following

• Union President

• Abraham Lincoln

• Union General, won war

• George McClellan

• Confederate Gen., Surrendered to Grant

• U. S. Grant

• Union Gen, fired for lack of aggression

• Robert E Lee

• Conf. Gen., shot by own men

• Stonewall Jackson

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed Kansas and Nebraska to (a)  

• vote on being slave or free states.
• decide whether they were Union or Confederate.
• create new farmland.
• build new factories.

The Battle of (a)   gave the Union control of the Mississippi and split the Confederacy in half.

• Vicksburg
• Gettysburg
• First Bull Run
• Antietam

Which battle, fought in Union territory, is considered the turning point of the war?

In his inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln argued for ​ (a)   , while Jefferson Davis said the Confederacy ​ (b)  

• preserving the Union
• had to secede.
• maintaining the status quo
• wanted a more perfect union

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Union Advantage

,

(b) Confederate Advantage

• Transportation

• Economy

• Population

• Military Leadership

What do the issues of slavery, states' rights, whether new states should be slave or free, and the Fugitive Slave Act all have in common?

• They all led to a unified nation

• They are causes of the Civil War

• They helped spur Westward Expansion

• They led to the Gold Rush

The biggest factor in determining who won the Civil War was ​ (a)  

• economic differences
• slavery
• troop training
• military leadership

The location of Robert E Lee's surrender was...

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Vicksburg