Why did the North oppose the slavery?

  Many people thought it was wrong and sinful
  people thought it was not making money

What were the South's two main crops?

  corn and wheat
  tabacco and cotton

How did many slaves resist slavery?

  breaking tools , pretending they were sick
  they stopped eating

Who was elected president in 1860?

  abraham lincoln
  george washington

What state was the first to secede?

  south carolina
  texas

What does secede mean?

  join a new group
  to leave or to withdraw formally from a group

Who was elected president of the confederacy?

  Thomas Jefferson
  Jefferson Davis

What document issued by Lincoln freed the slaves?

  Bill of Rights
  Emancipation Proclamation

What battle officially started the Civil War?

  fort sumter
  new york

Who was the leader of the Union army?

  Robert E. Lee
  Ulysses S. Grant

Who was the leader of the Confederate army?

  Robert E. Lee
  Ulysses S. Grant

What battle was the turning point of the war?

  the Battle of Vicksburg
  the Battle of Gettysburg

What battle cut the South in two pieces?

  the Battle of Vicksburg
  the Battle of Gettysburg

What did General Sherman do to the houses, barns, and animals during his famous "March to the Sea"?

  he burned the houses down and ate the animals
  he kept them for his state

What was the state capital city of the confederacy?

  Montgomery, Alabama
  Richmound, Virginia

Who shot Lincoln?

  Andrew Johnson
  John Wilkes Booth

What were the states that joined to form the Confederate States of America also known as?

  Union
  Confederacy

What was the Confederacy hoped to get if they won the war?

  that the slavery system would remain intact
  that slavery would be abolished

What were the states that did not join the Confederacy called?

  the Allegience
  the Union

What did the Union hoped to get if they won the war?

  that the slavery system would remain intact
  that the country would remain intact

What was another name given to the Confederates?

  the Raiders
  the Rebels

What was another name given to the Union soldiers?

  the Yankees
  the Rangers

Who became President after Lincoln?

  John Adams
  Andrew Johnson

What did the Union set up to weaken the Confederacy?

  a blockade
  a meeting

What did civilians (those not in the military) do during the war?

  they stayed home to be safe and because they did not agree with either side
  they packed picnic baskets and went out to the battle field because they thought it was fun to watch

What do you call bringing charges of wrong doings to an elected official?

  impeachment
  segregation
  black codes

What were the Northern businessmen who came to the South to take advantage of poor southerners called?

  Scalawag
  Carpetbagger
  Segregation

What do you call the separation of black and whites?

  Scalawag
  Black Codes
  Segregation

What were the Southerners that supported Reconstruction called?

  Carpetbagger
  Scalawag
  Impeachment

What were the laws that denied African Americans the right to vote called?

  Segregation
  Carpetbagger
  Black Codes

Which amendment freed the slaves?

  15th amendment
  13th amendment
  16th amendment

Which amendment gave black males the right to vote?

  14th amendment
  13th amendment
  15th amendment

Which amendment made African Americans citizens?

  14th amendment
  16th amendment
  15th amendment

Where did General Lee surrender at?

  Union Senate House in Alabama in 1865
  Appomatox Court House in Virginia in 1865