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1
A senator was beaten in the Senate in 1856 because he...
called for secession of South Carolina
spoke in favor of slavery in territories
praised Lincoln for freeing slaves
publicly insulted proslavery individuals
2
The Civil War started when:
Lincoln sent supplies to a federal outpost in S. Carolina
N. and S. troops met a few miles from Washington, D.C.
S. troops attacked in N. state
Confederates took over a major port on the Mississippi River
3
The Anaconda Plan included:
cotton diplomacy
blockade of southern coastline
capture of Gettysburg
control of Missouri
4
Vicksburg is located in:
Mississippi
Arkansas
West Virginia
Alabama
5
By the 1850's, the Southern economy was based primarily on:
large agriculture
small businesses
industry and factories
manufacturing interchangeable parts
6
Gettysburg is located in:
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
New York
Maryland
7
Which was a "border" state?
Virginia
Delaware
Ohio
North Carolina
8
Antietam is located in:
Missouri
Georgia
Mississippi
Maryland
9
Washington, D.C. is mostly surrounded by which slave state?
Virginia
Kentucky
Delaware
Maryland
10
Which group's platform supported slavery without restrictions?
Federalists
Free Soil Party
Republican Party
Southern Democrats
11
Which two Union victories mark the turning point of the war?
Antietam and Richmond
Gettysburg and Vicksburg
Atlanta and Savannah
Forts Henry and Donelson
12
Which was a Confederate state?
Missouri
New Jersey
North Carolina
Illinois
13
Which former slave spoke to President Lincoln about freeing the slaves?
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
14
Richmond is located in:
Virginia
Louisiana
Tennessee
Vermont
15
The Union lost twice at:
Fort Sumter
Shiloh
Bull Run
Richmond
16
Economic effects of the Civil War included all except:
Thousands of miles of southern railroad were destroyed
40% of northern factories went out of business
plantations and livestock were destroyed
slavery, the southern labor system became illegal
17
Lincoln was elected President in:
1868
1854
1858
1860
18
Atlanta and Savannah are located in:
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
19
The fight at which location gave Union free access to the entire Mississippi River?
Petersburg
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Antietam
20
This law punished people in free states for protecting runaway slaves:
Wilmot Proviso
Fugitive Slave Act
Crittenden Plan
Missouri Compromise
21
What policy about slavery did Senator Stephen Douglas advocate (support)?
ban slavery in territories
popular sovereignty
states' rights and nullification
Anaconda Plan
22
Which person committed murder in Kansas against proslavery people?
Dred Scott
John Brown
Henry Clay
Charles Sumner
23
Which is NOT a Union state?
Massachusetts
Maryland
Georgia
Pennsylvania
24
This law divided slave and free territory in the Louisiana Purchase.
Missouri Compromise
Wilmot Proviso
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Three-fifths Compromise
25
Destroy or take all that your enemy can use is the strategy of:
inflation
popular sovereignty
abolition
total war
26
Advantages of the Confederacy in fighting the Civil War included:
more factories
twice as much railroad lines as their opponent
better generals
outstanding Presidential leadership
27
The Emancipation Proclamation:
made slavery illegal in the U.S.
forbade slavery in the territories
declared that slaves are citizens
freed slaves in only Confederate states
28
The battle that gave Lincoln the win he wanted to issue the Emancipation Proclamation was:
Antietam
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
29
The Civil War started with the first shot fired at:
Bull Run
Antietam
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
30
SECESSION
means:
you get to be next
doing really well, better than others
break away from a country or other political group
economic downturn
31
Southern strategy in fighting the war did NOT include:
defend homeland
invite British support
attack northern manufacturing centers
withhold cotton from Euro buyers
32
In
Dred Scott v. Sandford
, the Supreme Court decided:
All men are created equal
Congress had the power to ban slavery
black Americans have no civil rights
Scott was no longer a slave
33
Appomattox Courthouse is significant because:
Grant controlled the Mississippi River there
the first shots of the war were fired there
Confederates invaded the North there
Lee surrendered there
34
Which law allowed California to become a free state?
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Crittenden Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
35
Who tried to arm slaves by giving out guns at Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
Charles Sumner
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
36
What machine made slavery more popular in the early 1800's?
mechanical reaper
cotton gin
John Deere tractor
power loom
