Start of the Civil War

Who commanded the Confederate army during the Civil War?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Stonewall Jackson

• George Meade

What does the word 'secede' mean?

• When groups of people from the same country fight each other

• To give up something that you want in order to avoid conflict

• A person who is running away to avoid being captured

• To separate from a nation or state and become independent

Many of the Confederate and Union Military Officers were classmates at West Point

• True

• False

The name given to the northern army. 

• Confederates
• Americans
• Military
• Union

The name given to the southern army.

• Confederates
• Union
• Americans
• Military

Which one of these was a "Free" or Union state?

• South Carolina
• North Carolina
• Louisiana
• Michigan

Which one of these was a "Free" or Union state?

• South Carolina
• North Carolina
• New Hampshire
• Florida

What event resulted in South Carolina and 10 other states seceding from the Union?

• Bleeding Kansas

• The election of Lincoln

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• Harper's Ferry

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

• Union (North)

• Confederates (South)

• Western Territories

This was the President of the Union.

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