Civil War Review

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

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

2. Who attacked an army post in Harper's Ferry, Virginia? He wanted to start a slave rebellion.

• Abraham Lincoln
• John Brown
• Jefferson Davis
• Stonewall Jackson

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?

• a. John Brown’s Raid
• b. The battle of Gettysburg
• c. The battle of Fort Sumter
• d. The battle of Vicksburg

8. Who became the president of the Confederate States of America?

• a. Abraham Lincoln
• b. Stonewall Jackson
• c. Jefferson Davis
• d. John Brown

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

16. What was the economy in the northern states based on?

• a. Farming
• b. Plantation work
• c. Services
• d. Industry