Quiz on Lesson 9
The Confederacy is Formed and Fort Sumter
1. The first state to leave the Union
was ----.
South Carolina
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Mississippi
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Florida
2. The first state to leave the Union left on
---- .
December 25, 1859
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December 20, 1959
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December 25, 1860
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December 20, 1860
3. Name another state that left the Union
shortly after South Carolina.
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4. Which was NOT a reason the South gave
for leaving the Union?
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The United States had broken the
Constitution.
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The United States failed to enforce the
Fugitive Slave Laws.
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Robert E. Lee was not President.
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The government would not allow slavery
in the new territories
5. The Civil War began with the southern
troops firing on ----.
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Fort Sumter
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Gettysburg
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Richmond
6. The Civil War begin in the state of
----.
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Virginia
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Pennsylvania
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South Carolina
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Mississippi