5th Grade Civil War

Causes

100

What amendment Ended Slavery  

13th amendment 

200

Northerners who carried their possessions in cloth suitcases were called what?

Carpetbaggers 

300

15th amendment did what?

Gave all male citizens the right to vote

400

What is the system called in which someone who owns land lets someone else "rent" the land to form it

Sharecropping 

500

Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?

The issue of states' rights

Slavery

100

People who didn’t believe in slavery and fought to end to end it were called what?

abolitionists

200

This General had an aggressive Fighting Style

A. General Ulysses S. Grant 

B. General Robert E. Lee 

A. General Ulysses S. Grant

300

What was the northern economy based on? Why were slaves less necessary?  

The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations

400

What was the southern economy? What made slavery seem necessary?

They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops

500

Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?

She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad

Leaders

100

Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?

Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis

200

Who was the major Union General?

Ulysses S. Grant

300

There was rarely Fresh food on the War front. This caused the soldiers to do what 

A. Soldiers grew gardens 

B. Soldiers began Hunting 

C. Local Farms were raided 

D. Drummer boys were sent to find food. 

C. Local Farms were raided 

400

What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?

The Emancipation Proclamation

500

What was the Norths plan called? 

Anaconda Plan 

Battles

100

What was the first battle that began the Civil War?

Fort Sumter

200

What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?

Gettysburg, PA

300

What Conclusion can be drawn from the first battle of the civil War? 

A. The bloodshed of this first battle prepared soldiers on both sides for the brutal war ahead. 

B. Confederacy president Jefferson Davis thought it would be an easy victory as he expected the union to surrender. 

C. President Lincoln was expecting the battle to last a long time because he sent too many supplies. 

B. Confederacy president Jefferson Davis thought it would be an easy victory as he expected the union to surrender.

400

Who was sent to Texas after the civil war to announce that enslaved people were free? This day of celebration is called Juneteenth 

General Gordon Granger 

500

What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?

Appomattox Courthouse

War Geography

100

In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?

South

200

The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.

Northern; Southern

300

Who won the Civil War?

The Union (North)

400

What were some effects of the war on the South?

Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed. The results of the fighting were devastating.

500

What were the effects of the war on the North?

Because most of the battles were fought in the South, the North did not suffer nearly as much