Unit 6 Social Studies

Question 1

After the Kansas-Nebraska Act, states above the Missouri Compromise line were able to do what?

Accepted Answer

Decide whether to be free or a slave state

Question 2

What jobs did Northerners have?

Accepted Answer

Working in factories

Question 3

The plan that the Union used to cut off the South from everyone else was called the

Accepted Answer

Anaconda Plan

Question 4

Northerners who moved South to start their own businesses after the Civil War were called....

Accepted Answer

Carpetbaggers

Question 5

People who traveled on the Underground Railroad were called...

Accepted Answer

Passengers

Question 6

What was the outcome of Sherman's March?

Accepted Answer

The South lost hope

Question 7

What was a new invention used in the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Ironclad ships

Question 8

A tax on imported goods was called

Accepted Answer

Tariff

Question 9

Why were the Northerners ready to allow the South to secede?

Accepted Answer

More soldiers died than expected, They wanted the war to be over, The war lasted longer than expected

Question 10

What was the result of the Dred Scott decision?

Accepted Answer

Enslaved people were NOT free if they were in free states

Question 11

The Missouri Compromise caused what to happen?

Accepted Answer

Maine was entered as a free state

Question 12

A climograph measures

Accepted Answer

precipation, temperature

Question 13

How were African Americans involved in politics during Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

Ran for public office, Elected to Congress, Elected to local government

Question 14

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Bull Run

Question 15

What was an advantage of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

They had more training in battle skills

Question 16

In the 1800s what crop did the South grow the most?

Accepted Answer

Cotton

Question 17

Where did Lee surrender to Grant?

Accepted Answer

Appomattox, Virginia

Question 18

What were General Grant's main goals for the Union?

Accepted Answer

Destroy Lee's army, Capture Richmond

Question 19

What group formed for the purpose of preventing African Americans equal rights?

Accepted Answer

The Ku Klux Klan

Question 20

When an enemy strikes against the economic systems and civilians it is called....

Accepted Answer

Total war

Question 21

How did the South feel about Lincoln's election?

Accepted Answer

They were unhappy

Question 22

Why was the Republican party formed?

Accepted Answer

To prevent the spread of slavery

Question 23

A weakness of the Union army was....

Accepted Answer

Little military training

Unit 6 Social Studies

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Unit 6 Social Studies

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