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What does secede mean?
a) To break away from
b) To join
c) To accomplish
d) To lose
Which of the following best describes why 11 southern states seceded from the Union?
a) Because the southern states wanted the government to make important decisions concerning slavery
b) Because the government wanted the states to make important decisions concerning slavery
c) Because the southern states did not want the government to make important decisions for them concerning slavery
d) Because the government did not want to make important decisions for the southern states concerning slavery
Which of the following is true?
a) Congress declared war before the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter
b) The first shots fired at Fort Sumter occurred after Congress declared war
c) Congress declared war after the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter
d) Abraham Lincoln was president of the Confederacy
Which of the following was NOT a state that seceded from the Union?
a) Virginia
b) Maryland
c) Alabama
d) Florida
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
a) Antietam
b) Shiloh
c) Gettysburg
d) Appomattox Courthouse
What general was responsible for the retreat of General Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia at the Battle of Gettysburg?
a) Ulysses S Grant
b) George Meade
c) William T Sherman
d) Jefferson Davis
Which of the following is not true?
a) The Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War
b) Robert E Lee's Army of the Potomac was forced out of Pennsylvania by General George Meade and the Army of Northern Virginia
c) After Ulysses S Grant was made commander of the Union army, he staged a series of attacks in Georgia that decimated Lee's arm
d) William T Sherman and his army destroyed much of Georgia
After which event(s) did the Confederate States of America surrender?
a) Gettysburg
b) The invasion of Richmond
c) Sherman's March to the Sea
d) The Wilderness attacks
What happened first?
a) The invasion of Richmond
b) The surrender of the Confederacy
c) The Battle of Gettysburg
d) Sherman's March to the Sea
What was President Lincoln's main goal during the war?
a) To make the southern states submit to the will of the north
b) To destroy Georgia
c) To invade Richmond
d) To preserve the Union
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