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Division and Outbreak of War

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What state was the first to secede?

a)

Texas

b)

South Carolina

c)

Alabama

d)

Florida

2.

Who was elected president of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George McClellan

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Matthew Davis

3.

What event marked the start of the Civil War?

a)

Attack on Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Battle of Antietam

4.

Which side had the following advantage: Caliber of Commanders

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

5.

Which side had the following advantage: Navy

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

6.

Which side had the following advantage: Firearms Production

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

7.

Which side had the following advantage: Population Eligible for Military Service

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

8.

Which side had the following advantage: Railroad Mileage

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

9.

Which side had the following advantage: Industrial Capacity

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

10.

What was the trigger that caused the first state to secede from the Union?

a)

John Brown’s violent raid on Harper’s Ferry

b)

Abraham Lincoln won the Election of 1860

c)

Southern attack on Fort Sumter

d)

Publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

11.

Who won the Election of 1860, and how did he win?

a)

Douglas won, because his support for "popular sovereignty" ensured that slavery would be left to the people to decide.

b)

Breckenridge won, because the Republican Party was very new on the scene and did not have much support.

c)

Lincoln won, because the Democrat vote was split three ways and Lincoln received the most electoral votes.

d)

Bell won, because his pro-slavery and pro-Union stance made northerners and southerners happy.

12.

In the election of 1860, who was the Constitutional Union Party candidate from Tennessee who somewhat supported slavery but vigorously defended the Union?

a)

John Bell

b)

John Breckenridge

c)

Stephen Douglas

d)

Abraham Lincoln

13.
What did the constitution of the Confederacy protect?
a)
States' rights & tariffis
b)
States' rights only
c)
Slavery and States' Rights
d)
Slavery only
14.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
15.
Each state should be able to decide their issues for themselves and the Federal Government should not interfere.
a)
slavery
b)
state's rights
c)
secede
d)
Gettysburg
16.

Where did the battle of Fort Sumter take place?

a)

Bogue Banks, North Carolina

b)

Charleston, South Carolina

c)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

d)

Bull Run, Virginia

17.

How many people died at the Battle of Fort Sumter?

a)

100

b)

10

c)

0

d)

1000

18.

Lincoln decided to_______ for Fort Sumter.

a)

send more troops and arms to Fort Sumter

b)

hand Fort Sumter over to the CSA

c)

send only food and medicine to the men in Fort Sumter

d)

invaded the South to defend Fort Sumter

19.
Who was the Confederate general?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
George Washington
20.

What state was General Lee from?

a)

Tennessee

b)

Kentucky

c)

Virginia