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WorksheetsDivision and Outbreak of War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
What state was the first to secede?
Texas
South Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Who was elected president of the Confederate States of America?
Abraham Lincoln
George McClellan
Jefferson Davis
Matthew Davis
What event marked the start of the Civil War?
Attack on Fort Sumter
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
Which side had the following advantage: Caliber of Commanders
Union
Confederacy
Which side had the following advantage: Navy
Union
Confederacy
Which side had the following advantage: Firearms Production
Union
Confederacy
Which side had the following advantage: Population Eligible for Military Service
Union
Confederacy
Which side had the following advantage: Railroad Mileage
Union
Confederacy
Which side had the following advantage: Industrial Capacity
Union
Confederacy
What was the trigger that caused the first state to secede from the Union?
John Brown’s violent raid on Harper’s Ferry
Abraham Lincoln won the Election of 1860
Southern attack on Fort Sumter
Publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Who won the Election of 1860, and how did he win?
Douglas won, because his support for "popular sovereignty" ensured that slavery would be left to the people to decide.
Breckenridge won, because the Republican Party was very new on the scene and did not have much support.
Lincoln won, because the Democrat vote was split three ways and Lincoln received the most electoral votes.
Bell won, because his pro-slavery and pro-Union stance made northerners and southerners happy.
In the election of 1860, who was the Constitutional Union Party candidate from Tennessee who somewhat supported slavery but vigorously defended the Union?
John Bell
John Breckenridge
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Where did the battle of Fort Sumter take place?
Bogue Banks, North Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Bull Run, Virginia
How many people died at the Battle of Fort Sumter?
100
10
0
1000
Lincoln decided to_______ for Fort Sumter.
send more troops and arms to Fort Sumter
hand Fort Sumter over to the CSA
send only food and medicine to the men in Fort Sumter
invaded the South to defend Fort Sumter
What state was General Lee from?
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
