Quiz on Packet CW

In the election of 1860 ____________ was the candidate for the Republicans.

• Stephen Douglas

• John Breckenridge

• Abe Lincoln

• John Bell

___________ was the first state to secede from the Union

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• Texas

Which of the following states did not secede from the Union?

• Virginia

• North Carolina

• Alabama

• Missouri

Which of the following was not a border state?

• Kentucky

• Delaware

• Louisiana

• Maryland

The President of the Confederate States of America was ________ and the capital was in ________.

• Jefferson Davis,

  Charleston, South Carolina

• Abraham Lincoln,

  Washington DC

• Jefferson Davis,

  Richmond Virginia

• Abraham Lincoln,

  Houston Texas

The ___________had the greater population and they also had better ____________.

• United States, leaders

• Confederate States,

  leaders

• United States.

  transportation

• Confederate States,

  transportation

Which of the following does not describe the south?

• They were hurt by northern blockades

• They had an extensive railroad system

• They had the most experienced officers

• They had to rely on imports for its war materials

All of the following were important military leaders for the south, except for _________.

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• General Beauregard

• Ulysses S. Grant

At 4 am, on April 12, 1861, South Carolina fired upon ________ and the Civil War began.

• Richmond, Virgina

• Washington, DC

• Fort Sumter

• Houston, Texas

The Civil War lasted from ________

• 1860-1868

• 1800-1804

• 1861-1865

• 1810-1817