Civil War QUIZ

Where did the first battle of the Civil War take place?

• Kansas
• Massachusetts
• Nebraska
• South Carolina

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• Frederick Douglass
• John Adams

In what year was Abraham Lincoln elected president of the United States?

• 1860
• 1861
• 1864
• 1865

What was the first state to secede?

• Kansas
• South Carolina
• Texas
• Georgia

Which law said northerner had to return runaway slaves to the South?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• The Runaway Slave Law

Which law created an invisible line, stating all states north of the line would be free states and all states south of the line would be slave states?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Missouri Compromise
• Compormise of 1850
• The Runaway Slave Law

In what year did the Civil War begin?

• 1860
• 1861
• 1864
• 1865

Abraham Lincoln was liked and respected by Southern states.

• True
• False, he had anti-slavery views

Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter because they believed Fort Sumter belonged to them.

• True
• False, they thought it belonged to the North.