Civil War Review

When the southern states seceded from the union, they named their new country

This amendment gave African Americans citizenship

To get rid of...

After General Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, the main priority of the United States was to...

What important document written by President Lincoln freed the slaves from the Confederate States?

Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

The belief that states had rights and powers within the Union.

Where were the first battle of the Civil War fired?

Who was the the President of the Confederacy?

Which northern state was admitted to the United States as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise?

Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?

Where did the south finally surrender unconditionall

One advantage the Confederacy had over the Union during the Civil War was that Confederate forces had...

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

Who is the president of the Confederate States after the secession?

What amendment abolishes slavery?

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?

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

How many years is "four score and seven"?

At the end of which battle did General Grant and his troops secure control of the Mississippi River?

Where were the turning point where the South tried to attack on northern soil and failed?

What document does Lincoln refer to in the Gettysburg Address to remind people that "all men are created equal"?

What crop was grown in the South that increased the need for slave labor?

To break away from, or withdraw from something

The Civil War was fought between the years of ___________ and _____________.

Who was the top general of the Confederate army?

Where were the turning point where the North captured the Mississippi River and divided the South in 1/2?

The States have their status in the Union, and they have no other legal status...The Union, and not themselves separately, procured their independence and their liberty. ----President Lincoln, message to Congress, 1861 Which constitutional

. What law allowed special government officials to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave?

Who was the general that surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865 ending the Civil War?