The American Civil War

Civil War Year?

• 1861-1865
• 1860-1865
• 1861-1864
• 1860-1863

The name given to the north was what?

• Confederacy

• Rebels

• Union

• Revolutionaries

More factories, population, and a better navy

• Southern advantages

• Northern advantages

• Reasons for Southern victory

• Cause of the battle of Gettysburg

The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Williams

• Fort Western

• Fort Apache

Who was the the President of the Confederacy?

• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln

The President during the Civil War was ______________________.

• Thomas Jefferson 
• Abraham Lincoln
• Henry Clay 
• Robert E. Lee

Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses S. Grant

What was significant about the battle of Fort Sumter?

• It was the turning point of the war

• where the first battle took place

• where total war was used to win the war

• the end of the war

What was Lincoln's goal during the Civil War?

• to end slavery

• be elected a second time

• to preserve the union

• to lead the Union army

What is significant of Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency?

• the Civil War began

• Prompted the southern states to secede from the Union

• the abolitionist movement grew

• He came from the backroads of Indiana