Sams History Test

Sam’s History Test – see how you do!
Chapter 16

1.  Why was Abraham Lincoln opposed to succession?


2.  Why did the Confederates decide to open fire on Fort Sumter?



3.  Why did Southern states like Virginia and Tennessee decide to secede from the Union after Fort Sumter?



4.  How did Robert E. lee save the Confederate cause?



5.  What was the Emancipation Proclamation?


6.  How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the purpose of the war?



7.  What did the Southerners think about the Emancipation Proclamation?  What did the Northerners think about it?




8.  Name one thing you know about the following men?

• Jefferson Davis
• Ulysses S. Grant
• George McClellan
• Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson