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- 1. Multiple Choice
People who worked to end slavery were called _____.
abolitionists
southerners
cartridges
blockades
- 2. Multiple Choice
Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:
they believed he might one day end slavery.
they wanted a president who would end slavery.
he wanted northern states to secede from the Union.
he had a plan to raise taxes.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The speech above shows that Lincoln believed that the South should _____.
be allowed to continue the practice of slavery
pay for the damages suffered by the Union
receive fair treatment after the war
be punished for seceding from the Union
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich number on the map labels the state that first seceded from the Union?1234
- 5. Multiple Choice
Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation said _____.
the U.S. was free from Great Britain
the Civil War would end
the slaves in the Confederacy would be freed if the North won the war
Reconstruction would start
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important to the Civil War?
It led to the Emancipation Proclamation
It brought an end to the Civil War
It resulted in the passing of the 15th Amendment
It was a turning point because the North started winning more and more battles
- 7. Multiple Choice
More factories, more railroads, more soldiers, and a better navy were all ______________.
Confederate advantages
Union advantages
reasons for a Confederate victory
causes of the Battle of Gettysburg
- 8. Multiple ChoiceBetter officers, defending their own homes, and not having to go on the attack wereUnion advantagesreasons the Union won the battle of AntietamConfederate advantagesreasons that the Confederacy won at Ft. Pillow
- 9. Multiple Choice
This event caused a lot of fear in the South about the future of slavery.
the election of Jefferson Davis
High tariffs
the election of Abraham Lincoln
the death of Stonewall Jackson
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?Fort SumterFort WilliamsFort PillowFort Apache
- 11. Multiple Choice
What were Lincoln's two main goals throughout the Civil War?
to abolish slavery
to end British control of the Western territories
to make a profit selling war supplies
to keep the country together
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was the major goal of the Confederacy at the onset of the Civil War?
To overthrow the government and choose a king
To become independent
To spread slavery to the North
To end slavery in the border states
- 13. Multiple Choice
This would have freed the slaves in Confederate states if the Union won the war.
The Compromise of 1850
The Gettysburg Address
The Battle of Antietam
The Emancipation Proclamation
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.Fort SumterAbraham LincolnRobert E. LeeUlysses S. Grant
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWar between people of the same countrysecedestate's rightscivil warslavery
- 16. Multiple ChoiceTo break away from a groupstate's rightsslaveryGettysburgsecede
- 17. Multiple ChoiceSouthern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.Jefferson DavisRobert E. LeeAbraham LincolnUlysses S. Grant
- 18. Multiple ChoicePresident of the U.S. during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in the states that seceded.George WashingtonThomas JeffersonUlysses S. GrantAbraham Lincoln
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe 1st and only President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.Abraham LincolnRobert E. LeeUlysses S. GrantJefferson Davis
- 20. Multiple ChoiceGeneral Sherman led his troops through Georgia toward Savannah and destroyed things that Southerners needed for war.Sherman's March to the SeaFort SumterGettysburgJohn Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
- 21. Multiple Choice
What were the two reasons the civil war started?
slavery
state's rights
cash crops
Robert E. Lee was elected
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhy did West Virginia become a state?To help Virginia lower its population
Some parts of the state wanted slavery and the other parts wanted to end slavery
Development in the industrial economy and the western territories wanting to expandArguments between northern and southern VA counties over slavery - 23. Multiple ChoiceThe name given to the northern army.ConfederatesAmericansMilitaryUnion
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe name given to the southern army.
Confederacy
UnionAmericansMilitary - 25. Multiple ChoiceThis battle was the turning point in the war.Battle of Bull RunBattle of AntietamBattle of GettysburgBattle of Appomattox Courthouse
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThis is where the Civil War EndedYorktownRichmondGettysburgAppomattox Courthouse
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