Civil War Study Guide

The name given to the north was what?

• Confederacy
• Rebels
• Union
• Revolutionaries

Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?

• Smarter Generals
• Defensive Strategy
• More Troops
• Highly Motivated

Which of the following states are part of the Confederacy?

• Florida
• Maine
• Ohio
• California

Where is the capital of the Confederacy?

• Washington D.C.
• Montgomery
• Richmond
• Charleston

The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?

• In the North
• In the South
• In the West
• In the Union

Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?

• Grant
• Lee
• Jackson
• McClellan

Who wrote the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Fredrick Douglass
• Henry Clay
• Abraham Lincoln
• Andrew Johnson

Which side had a larger population and more railroads?

• Union
• Confederacy

What name was given to Southern states that didn't secede?

• Red States
• Border States
• Free States
• Blue States

True or False:  Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War was to end slavery.

• True
• False