Civil War Vocabulary and Key Terms

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Andrew Johnson

What is a war between people of the same country called?

• civil war

• world war

• cold war

• revolutionary war

What were the Northern States during the Civil War called?

• The Union

• The Confederacy

• The Axis Powers

• The Central Powers

What were the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 called?

• Confederacy

• Union

• Territories

• Colonies

Which states bordered the North and did not secede, but were slave states?

• Border states

• Confederate states

• Union states

• Free states

What was the 1st major battle of the Civil War in 1861 that proved the war was going to be long and costly?

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Shiloh

Who was the general in the Confederate army who led the Confederate army in the 1st Battle of Bull Run?

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• George B. McClellan

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.

• A law passed by Congress to grant women the right to vote.

• A treaty signed to end the Revolutionary War.

• A document that established the Bill of Rights.

Which proclamation was issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act