Civil War Quiz!

A speech by Lincoln that urged the North to fight to victory.

Agriculture, cotton gin, secede, states rights

Election of 1860, South freaks out, Gettysburg Address

Announcement that slavery is over in the Confederate states.

Another name for the North

Why was Dred Scott not given his freedom in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

Harriet Beecher Stowe, novel, brutality of slavery

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at......?

Runaway slaves could be recaptured and returned to the South.

Commander of the Confederate Army, West Point, against slavery, from Virginia

Pro-Slavery vs. Anti-slavery, violence, bloodshed

Pennsylvania, largest battle, 3 days, turning point.

Strategy of the North

Slavery causing the war, we need to end war and find peace.

Where does Lee surrender to Grant?

One advantage of the North

President of the Confederate States of America.

Some people did not want to annex Texas over the issue of Texas having __________________.

Which battle split the South in two and gave the North control of the Mississippi River.

One advantage of the South

Bloodiest single battle, over 6,000 soldiers died in a single day.

Before the war, friends not enemies, peace

_____________ + _______________ = Southern economy