Mississippi in the Civil War

In what year did Mississippi secede from the United States of America?

• 1861

• 1862

• 1860

• 1863

After the capture of Fort Sumter, which President moved over 75,000 troops and unofficially declared war?

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Barack Obama

• Thomas Jefferson

At least 3/4 of military-age white men in wartime Mississippi joined the Confederate Army.

• True

• False

Which counties' voters initially opposed the state's secession from the Union?

• Harrison

• Jackson

• Jones

• Hancock

What was the secessionist movement rooted in?

• States Rights

• Cotton Farming

• Land Ownership

• Slavery

Most white southerners believed what to be just as unacceptable as abolition?

• Free Soil

• Haircuts

• Schools

• Child workers

Which secessionist leader was elected governor of Mississippi in 1859?

• Jefferson Davis

• John Jones Pettus

• Ray Maybus

• Tate Reeves

In January 1861, what did Mississippi do?

• Made slavery illegal

• Became a state

• Elected a governor

• Seceded from the Union

The Free State of Jones formed its own republic after local voters opposed the state's secession from the Union.

• True

• False

Mississippi was the only state to secede from the United States of America.

• True

• False