Civil War

“…I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. . . . In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath … to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it." ----Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, 1861 This part of his speech basically means...

• Lincoln planned to completely end slavery.

• Lincoln felt the Declaration of Independence supported secession.

• Lincoln felt secession was illegal.

• Lincoln wanted slavery to spread.

The North had all of these advantages EXCEPT ___.

• Better military leaders.

• More miles of railroad tracks.

• a more diverse economy.

• a larger population.

Where were the very first shots fired in the Civil War? And who shot first?

• Gettysburg / Union

• Antietam / Confederate

• Fort Sumter / Confederate

• 1st Battle of Bull Run / Union

"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free…" As a result of what battle did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Gettysburg

• The 1st Battle of Bull Run

• Fort Sumter

• Antietam

True or False? At the beginning of the war, the South was winning, but at the end, the North won.

• True

• False

Which battle was the turning point of the war in the North's favor?

• The battle of the ironclads

• The Anaconda Battle

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

What was the number one killer of the war?

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• poor nutrition

• illness

• inadequate weapons

Who won the battle of Shiloh?

• Union

• Confederacy

• draw

• There was no battle there.

Who won the First Battle of Bull Run?

• Confederacy

• Union

• North

• draw

Which Union General used "total war" in his March to the Sea?

• Lincoln

• Burnsides

• Sherman

• Grant