Unit 5: Civil War Test Review

Question 1

The states that seceded elected ________ __________ (Mississippi senator) as their president.

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 2

On February 4, 1861, representatives from these states met to establish their own government called the ________

Accepted Answer

The Confederate States of America

Question 3

Which law was passed in Congress that revoked the Missouri Compromise line?

Accepted Answer

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 4

Who was the name of the general of the Confederate army during the civil war?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 5

Northern states complied with the fugitive slave act out of fear that disobedience might lead to more conflict

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

______ where slavery was legal (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri), stayed in the Union and chose not to secede

Accepted Answer

Border States

Question 7

The Battle of Antietam was fought on Union land

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

As states continued to apply for statehood, the debate over the ___________ of slavery intensified

Accepted Answer

expansion

Question 9

The Battle of Antietam was fought on Union land

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

The need for soldiers led to the use of the _________ (forced service) on both sides of the war.

Accepted Answer

draft

Question 11

Which of the following was NOT one part of the compromise of 1850?

Accepted Answer

The North would tax the south more

Question 12

How many more states seceded following Lincoln's election in 1860?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 13

The Caning of Sumner increased the divide between north and south.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

A militant abolitionist who led a massacre of pro-slavery groups in Kansas was __________

Accepted Answer

John Brown

Question 15

Fights between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas led to it being called "______________"

Accepted Answer

Bleeding Kansas

Question 16

The pro-slavery group in Kansas __________ (to pillage and plunder; steal or destroy everything) the city

Accepted Answer

ransacked

Question 17

John Brown was considered a positive martyr by all around the country for his raid on Harper’s Ferry

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

The Emancipation was a ____________,temporary rules that a president can make.

Accepted Answer

Executive Action

Question 19

____ meant that the people of a territory would vote to decide if it'll be free or slave state.

Accepted Answer

Popular sovereignty

Question 20

The states highlighted in yellow represent

Accepted Answer

The border states in the union where slavery was still legal

Question 21

The states highlighted in dark red represent

Accepted Answer

The states which seceded following Lincoln's election in 1860

Question 22

The Emancipation Proclamation would free all enslaved people in any area that was ___________ (ie: Confederate states)

Accepted Answer

in rebellion

Question 23

In the election of 1860 Lincoln swept the North and became the__________president of the U.S.

Accepted Answer

16th

Question 24

The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Which state was the very first to secede following Lincoln's election in 1860?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 26

John Brown was considered a ___________ by some (someone who dies for their beliefs), but as a terrorist to others.

Accepted Answer

martyr

Question 27

One of those territories was ___________ which had seen rapid population growth following the discovery of gold.

Accepted Answer

California

Question 28

John Brown believed that violence was necessary to achieve his aims.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

In 1857, a Supreme Court case about an enslaved man named ______fueled the abolitionist cause.

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott

Question 30

At this time the Democratic party wanted to stop the expansion of slavery.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

Following the _______________ war, huge areas of new territories opened up to eventually become new states.

Accepted Answer

Mexican-American war

Question 32

Lincoln didn't have the constitutional authority to abolish slavery, but he had power to _________ that aided the enemy.

Accepted Answer

confiscate property

Question 33

Not all of the Southern states seceded following Lincoln’s election

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

Lincoln firstly stated that the war wasn’t being fought to end slavery but to ________(keep together,protect) the Union.

Accepted Answer

preserve

Question 35

How many more states seceded following the first battle of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 36

Which group of immigrants started riots in NYC over the draft?

Accepted Answer

Irish

Question 37

Kansas held fair elections to determine whether it should be a slave or free state.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

The Kansas-Nebraska act would have made the south happy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

After his role in the massacre in Kansas, John Brown led a raid of federal armory in Harpers Ferry, ________

Accepted Answer

Virginia

Question 40

An example of violence that broke out in Congress before the civil war was _______________

Accepted Answer

The caning of Sumner

Question 41

The states highlighted in blue represent

Accepted Answer

The states in the union where slavery was illegal

Question 42

From the start, Lincoln’s intention during the war was to abolish slavery

Accepted Answer

False

Question 43

What did Lincoln announce after the deadliest battle of the civil war?

Accepted Answer

The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 44

After the raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown was executed for _______(betrayal of one's country)

Accepted Answer

treason

Question 45

Abraham Lincoln had always supported the abolition of slavery in the entire US

Accepted Answer

False

Question 46

Which of the following was NOT included in the Dred Scott decision?

Accepted Answer

Slavery can only be banned in the north, but not the south

Question 47

The holiday which commemorates the last slaves to receive the emancipation proclamation is called _________

Accepted Answer

Juneteenth

Question 48

After pro-slavery groups ransacked cities in Kansas, anti-slavery groups backed off and fled the state

Accepted Answer

False

Question 49

Which state split off from its original state to become an additional border state?

Accepted Answer

West Virginia

Question 50

During elections in Kansas, thousands of _____( a tough, lawless person; a bully) crossed into Kansas to vote illegally.

Accepted Answer

Border ruffians

Question 51

In the Dred Scott decision, it ruled that if a slave is in a free state they are protected by the laws of that state.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 52

The states highlighted in bright red represent

Accepted Answer

The states which seceded following the attack on Fort Sumter

Question 53

The first battle of the civil war occured in ___________________

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter, South Carolina

Question 54

A part of the Compromise of 1850 was the passage of the _____which required Northern citizens to assist slave catchers

Accepted Answer

The Fugitive Slave Act

Question 55

The compromise of 1850 allowed senators to decide on whether a new territory became a free or slave state.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 56

The political party that favored more compromise with the South and slavery was the _______party

Accepted Answer

Democrat

Question 57

During the war, nobody could refuse to serve if they were drafted.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 58

The Battle of __________, became the deadliest one-day battle in all of U.S. history

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 59

The new political party that was formed against the expansion of slavery was the _________party

Accepted Answer

Republican

Question 60

The Dred Scott Supreme court decision would have made the south happy

Accepted Answer

True

Question 61

Which of the following does NOT represent Abraham Lincoln's early beliefs?

Accepted Answer

He wanted to abolish slavery all across the United States by whatever means

Question 62

Some northern whites practiced ____ ________, meaning refusing to follow a law as an act of protest

Accepted Answer

Civil disobedience

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