THE CIVIL WAR

Choose the correct answer to the questions below:

  1. Who was president during the Civil War?
    General Grant
    Abraham Lincoln
    Thomas Jefferson















  2. Why do we remember Abraham Lincoln?
    He was the first president of the United States.
    He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
    He freed the slaves and saved the Union.















  3. What is the name of the American war fought in the 1860s?
    World War II
    the Civil War
    the Revolutionary War















  4. What was the main cause of the Civil War?
    slavery.
    religious freedom.
    high taxes















  5. What document did Abraham Lincoln sign during the Civil War?
    the Constitution
    the Emancipation Proclamation
    the Bill of Rights















  6. When did the United States abolish slavery?
    in the 1960s
    in the 1860s
    in the 1770s















  7. Who fought in the Civil War?
    The North and the South
    The East and the West
    The Union and the North
















    WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

    (Read the first word and choose the correct meaning)

  8. Abolish
    not together
    not slaves
    stop















  9. separate
    stop
    not slaves
    not together














  10. Union Army
    the army of the South
    not together
    the army of the North














  11. Confederate Army
    the army of the North
    the army of the South
    not together














  12. free
    not slaves
    not together
    stop














  13. save the Union
    stop
    not slaves
    keep all the states together














  14. Emancipation Proclamation
    a paper to free the slaves
    not together
    keep all the states together














    True or False?

    1. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves.

            













    2. The United States got new lands from other countries after the Revolutionary War.

            





















    3. Thomas Jefferson signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

            





















    4. The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in the South.

            





















    5. We celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday in July.

            





















    6. During the Revolutionary War George Washington was president.

            





















    7. During the Civil War Abraham Lincoln was president.

            





















    8. A slave is a person who is not free.

            





















    9. The North won the Civil War.

            





















    10. There is a stamp to honor Abraham Lincoln.

            





















    11. The ten dollar bill honors Abraham Lincoln.

            





















    12. The American penny honors Abraham Lincoln.

            




















    13. A civil war is a war between two countries.

            





















    14. We celebrate Abraham Lincoln's Birthday on February 12.