Civil War

What does "secede" mean?

• to break away from
• to join
• to accomplish
• to lose

Which of the following best describes why 11 Southern states seceded from the Union?

• because the government wanted the states to make important decisions concerning slavery
• because the Southern states wanted the government to make important decisions concerning slavery
• because the Southern states did not want the government to make important decisions for them concerning slavery
• because the government did not want to make important decisions for the Southern states concerning slavery

Which of the following is true?

• Congress declared war BEFORE the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter.
• The first shots fired at Fort Sumter occurred after Congress declared war.
• Congress declared war AFTER the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter.
• Abraham Lincoln was President of the Confederacy.

Which of the following was NOT a state that seceded from the Union?

• Maryland
• Virginia
• North Carolina
• Florida

What was the turning point of the Civil War?

• Shiloh
• Appomattatox Court House
• Antietam
• Gettysburg

What general was responsible for the retreat of General Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia at the Battle of Gettysburg?

• Ulysses S. Grant
• William T. Sherman
• George Meade
• Jefferson Davis

Which oof the following is not true?

• Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War.
• Robert E. Lee's Army of the Potomac was forced out of Pennsylvania by General George Meade and the Army of the Potomac.
• After Ulysses S. Grant was made Commander of the Union army, he staged a series of attacks in GEORGIA that decimated Lee's army.
• William T. Sherman and his army destroyed much of Georgia.

After which event did the Confederate States of America surrender?

• Gettysburg
• The Invasion of Richmond
• Sherman's March to the Sea
• The Wilderness attacks

What happened first?

• The invasion of Richmond
• The surrender of the Confederacy
• The Battle of Gettysburg
• Sherman's March to the Sea

Why did Congress declare war on the Confederate States of America?

• to make the Southern states submit to the will of the North
• to destroy Georgia
• to invade Richmond
• to preserve the Union