Civil War Semester Exam Study Quiz

One of the causes of the civil war was slavery and the war lasted from 1861-1865

Many southerners owned slaves before the civil war.

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book, “uncle Tom’s cabin”, was written to educate northerners

Abe Lincoln won a two state in the south, in the election of 1860

Abe Lincoln was the first Republican President ever elected.

In his inaugural address, Abe Lincoln promised not to end slavery where it existed

Abe Lincoln tried desperately to save the Union

The major crops of the South at the time were cotton, rice, tobacco and indigo

The North had more factories, railroads, roads and canals than the south

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union

The election of Abe Lincoln angered Northerners

Ulysses S. Grant was President during the Civil War

The first of the Civil War were fired at Fort. Sumter South Carolina

Thirteen southern states seceded from the union

The South had a much larger population than the North

The South had many brilliant military officers in their army.

The North was called the Union or Yankees and wore blue uniforms

The South was called CSA (confederate States of America), Confederates or Rebels and wore blue uniforms

Stonewall Jackson, a savvy and beloved General of the South, was accidentally shot by his own men a few days later.

General Robert E. Lee was the overall commander of the Union Army.

The Civil War lasted 6 years and over 600,000 American troops died.

The North lost over 100,000 more troops than the South even though the North won.

More Americans Died in the American Civil war than any war American has ever been involved in.

The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle of the civil war.

The Emancipation proclamation was an order written by Abe Lincoln in 1862 to free slaves living in Confederate states.

The victory by the South at the battle of Gettysburg was considered the turning point of the Civil War. Great Britain and France refused to provide aid to the Union and the North never attacked in the South again.

The Gettysburg Address by Abe Lincoln is one of the most famous speeches in American history.

The Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi was won by Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the same time the North won the battle of gettysburg, pennsylvania

Far before the Civil war, many of our founding fathers believed slavery would eventually lead to the civil war

The tariffs that were constantly put on foreign goods from Europe angered northerners and also was an issue leading to the civil war

The fact that more railroads were being built in the South before Civil war angered northerners and was also an issue leading to the Civil war.

Abolitionists were people who wanted to abolish or end slavery.

The North’s economy was based on agriculture, (farming) and plantations

The average southerner was very poor and owned no slaves

Abe Lincoln was born in Kentucky and grew up a member of a poor family living mostly in Indiana on a small farm, later moving to illinois. He had very little formal education and was mostly self-taught. He eventually passed the bar exam and became a lawyer in Illinois. He became President as a Republican in 1860. Lincoln was against slavery but never said he would end it in the south. He did however say it should not be permitted in any new states admitted to the Union. Abe Lincoln was on the $5 bill. He was assassinated after the Civil war by actor JohnWilkes Booth while attending a play

Ulysses S. Grant was the Northern General who Robert E. Lee surrendered to at Appomattox Court House in 1865. Grant went on to be the US President. Grant was known to be a heavy drinker and many asked Lincoln to fire him because of the issue. Grant was just an average student while attending West Point Military Academy.

General Tecumseh Sherman won the Battle of Atlanta for the North, burning much of it to the ground then marched 300 miles to Savannah Ga, destroying a path 60 miles wide along the way in what became known as total war (destroying civilian and economic resources)