5.3 The Civil War

• Why did the North oppose the expansion of slavery?

  Economic and moral reasons
• What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

  Attack on Fort Sumter
• The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in 1863.

  True
• Robert E. Lee led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

  True
• The Confederacy relied on defensive tactics and mobility to offset the Union's numerical advantage.


  True
• Match the economic and social characteristics with the North or South:

  North ↔️ Industrialized, urban economy

  South ↔️ Agrarian, slave-based economy
• The Battle of Antietam was the single bloodiest day in American history
• Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

  True
• The Emancipation Proclamation declared all enslaved people in Confederate-held territories to be free
• Reconstruction efforts aimed to rebuild the South and reintegrate it into the Union
• Arrange the major events of the Civil War in chronological order:

  1️⃣ Fort Sumter

  2️⃣ Battle of Antietam

  3️⃣ Battle of Gettysburg

  4️⃣ Surrender at Appomattox
• The Civil War ended when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
• Who was the 16th President of the United States during the Civil War?

  Abraham Lincoln
• The Union implemented a naval blockade to cut off Southern ports and trade
• The Confederacy relied on defensive tactics and mobility to offset the Union's numerical advantage.

  True
• The Civil War began when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter
• Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.


  True
• Match the strategy or tactic with the Union or Confederacy:

  Union Blockade ↔️ Naval blockade to cut off Southern ports

  Confederate Mobility ↔️ Defensive tactics and mobility to offset numerical disadvantage
• The Civil War led to the strengthening of the federal government and the rise of the Republican Party.

  True
• The South believed in state sovereignty, while the North favored a stronger federal government.


  True
• The Battle of Antietam led to Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.


  True
• Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

  Battle of Gettysburg
• What were the two main issues that caused the Civil War?

  Slavery and states' rights
• Which Union general led the Union armies to victory in the Civil War?

  Ulysses S. Grant
• Arrange the following strategies and tactics in order of their primary use by the Union or the Confederacy:

  1️⃣ Blockade (Union)

  2️⃣ Technological Innovations (Union and Confederacy)

  3️⃣ Attrition Warfare (Union)

  4️⃣ Defensive Tactics (Confederacy)
• The South believed in state sovereignty, while the North favored a stronger federal government.

  True
• Major events of the Civil War in chronological order

  1️⃣ Attack on Fort Sumter

  2️⃣ Battle of Antietam

  3️⃣ Emancipation Proclamation

  4️⃣ Battle of Gettysburg

  5️⃣ Surrender at Appomattox
• Ulysses S. Grant led the Union to victory and accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox
• Constitutional amendments passed during Reconstruction

  1️⃣ 13th Amendment: Abolished slavery

  2️⃣ 14th Amendment: Granted citizenship

  3️⃣ 15th Amendment: Protected voting rights