US History: Civil War

The OFFICIAL names of the two sides who fought during the civil war were

• North and South

• Union and South

• Union and Confederacy

• Confederacy and United States

This was the main reason for the civil war

• Tarriffs

• Slavery

• Economics

• Sectionalism

This is the term for identifying with a specific region or area rather than the country as a whole

• Sectionalism

• Regionalism

• Secession

• Identification

Abraham Lincoln created the __________ party

• Democratic

• Free Soil

• Liberty

• Republican

Who was elected President in 1860?

• Jefferson Davis

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

This event caused the North to become more technologically advanced than the south

• Industrial Revolution

• Enlightenment

• Age of Reason

• Gilded Age

This act allowed two states to enter the Union determined that popular sovereignty would be used to decide their statuses on slavery

• Texas Independence

• Bear Flag Revolt

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

This battle was the turning point in the civil war

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

• Fort Sumter

This was the bloodiest day in American history

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Shiloh

• Gettysburg

• Chancellorsville

What is the significance of the Appomattox Courthouse?

• Its the site of a major battle

• Its where the emancipation proclamation was signed

• Its where the confederacy surrendered to the Union and ended the civil war

• Its the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln