Civil War Review

What was the primary cause that the Union and Confederacy fought over in the US Civil War?

• Money

• Amendments

• Slavery

• Taxes

After Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, the South seceded from the United States. Why?

• Southerners felt they lost their voice in government

• Southerners wanted to end slavery

• Southerners wanted to force a new election

• Southerners wanted to join Canada

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

• Gettysburg

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Fort Sumter

This side in the Civil War had the advantage of better generals, playing a defensive war, and fighting mostly on their home territory

• Union

• Confederacy

• Neither Side

• Both Sides

This side started with a strategy called the "Anaconda Plan" which would surround the enemy and cut them off

• Union

• Confederacy

• Both Sides

• Neither Side

This side had more money, factories, and a bigger population

• Confederacy

• Both Sides

• Neither Side

• Union

The states of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware were slave states, yet did not join the Southern cause and stayed with the Union. What were these states called?

• Border States

• Slave Owning Union States

• Lincoln's States

• Habeas Corpus

What was the leading cause of death for both the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War?

• Malnutrition

• Disease

• Heart Attacks

• Battle Wounds

T/F: In both the Confederacy and the Union, rich people could pay to have someone fight in their place, so it was mostly poor people fighting throughout the war.

• True

• False

President of the United States during the Civil War

• Ulysses S Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E Lee

• Jefferson Davis