1. The correct answer for the first question is the second option, that is B.
When the seven states announced that they are seceding from the Union, Lincoln was unshaken and declared that the Union is "unbroken" and he did not recognize it. He stated that their secession is "legally void" and thus he could acknowledge its legitimacy.
2.The correct answer for this question is the second option, B. again.
The first battle of the American Civil War lasted from April 12 to April 13, 1861. This battle was the Battle of Fort Sumter. The Battle of Sumter consisted of a bombardment of Fort Sumter carried out by the Confederate forces. The battle ended in Confederate victory.
3.The correct answer to this question is the third option, that is C.
When the Civil War started the North was sure, positively sure that this would not be more than a short skirmish. They believed that the war would end quickly and all will be back to normal. But after the First Battle of Bull Run and the Confederate victory they saw they were clearly wrong and that the war was going to last.
4. The correct answer here is the last option, that is D.
On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued one of the most important proclamations in the history of the United States of America and that was the Emancipation Proclamation or also known as Proclamation 95, by which he freed all the slaves from the designated South, Confederate states.
5. The correct answer here is the first option, A.
After the Civil War, the South was, generally in ruins. South's economy, likewise in ruins, devastated. The economy in the South prior to the civil war was dependent on agriculture and slave labor. After the freeing of slaves that system collapsed and one of the greatest challenges of the Reconstruction was finding a new economic system for the South.