Civil War

Why did the Confederate States want to secede?

• They wanted stronger State Rights and didn't want the National government to tell them if they couldn't have slavery.
• They wanted to expand slavery.

The North first entered the war to 

• prevent slavery
• to crush the Union
• to steal money from banks
• to keep the Union together

When did the Civil War begin and end?

• 1890-1892
• 1861-1865
• 1800-1806
• 1823-1836

What was the North (Union's) Plan or war strategy?

• To defend their land, then take the fighting to the South.
• The Anaconda Plan: To weaken the South by blockading the harbors, then invade it.
• To attack the South with their Navy.

What was the South Carolina fort where the war began?

• Fort Sumter
• Fort Bull Run
• Fort Gettysburg
• Fort Manassas

What is the Underground Railroad?

• A train that helped fugitive slaves in reaching safety in the free states or in Canada in the years before the abolition of slavery in the United States. 
• A secret network that helped fugitive slaves in reaching safety in the free states or in Canada in the years before the abolition of slavery in the United States.

What did the Supreme Court declare about enslaved people in the Dred Scott case?

• They were in the United States illegally.
• They were African citizens.
• They were American citizens.
• They did not have rights as American citizens.

Who was the President of the US (Union) during the war?

• Robert E. Lee
•  Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis

What advantage did the Union army have in fighting the Civil War?

• a larger number of soldiers
• a shorter distance to go for supplies
• better-trained soldiers
• a greater number of more experienced generals.

Who was the top general in the Confederate Army?

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee