Civil War - Part I -Grade 8

War between people of the same country

• secede

• state's rights

• civil war

• slavery

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

Each state should be able to decide their issues for themselves and the Federal Government should not interfere.

• slavery
• state's rights
• secede
• Gettysburg

The name given to the northern army.

• The Confederacy

• Americans

• Military

• The Union

This was the main economy of the Confederacy (the South):

• Agriculture - cotton, rice, indigo (blue dye), tobacco

• Industry - textiles, machinery, shoes, furniture

• Shipping - rum, sugar, enslaved people (Triangular Trade)

• Trade - importing/exporting, mercantilism, spices

An abolitionist wants to

• spread slavery

• fight for the South (Confederacy)

• withdraw from the Union

• end slavery

Which statement BEST explains President Abraham Lincoln's original reason for fighting the Civil War?

• President Lincoln wanted to end all slavery everywhere in the US

• President Lincoln wanted to preserve the Union (keep the country united)

• President Lincoln wanted to punish the South for their rebellion

Based on the pictograph, predict which side would win the Civil War because it had more resources.

• Union (North)

• Confederates (South)

• Western Territories

What was the legal status of slaves in the United States?

• citizen
• property
• dependents
• immigrants

What does emancipation mean?

• to allow someone to vote
• to free someone from slavery
• to make someone a slave
• to ban someone from voting