U.S. Civil War

Question 1

What years did the Civil War take place?

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1861-1865

Question 2

Lincoln & Douglas debated the social differences between the North & South. Lincoln believed:

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A house divided against itself cannot stand

Question 3

Why was the Mexican War a cause of the Civil War?

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Gave U.S. territory

Question 4

Why did the Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?

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Doesn't have any rights

Question 5

What was Lincoln's goal at Fort Sumter?

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Get the Southern militia to fire first

Question 6

Why was the Election of 1860 the final cause of the Civil War?

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South believed Lincoln would try to free the slaves

Question 7

Which of these was the turning point in the war?

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Gettysburg

Question 8

Which of these was NOT a cause of the Civil War?

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Assassination of Lincoln

Question 9

What is Mr. Fritze's middle name?

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David

Question 10

Which of these is NOT true about the book Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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Best-seller in the South

Question 11

Why didn't Lincoln negotiate with the South?

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He didn't view them as a country

Question 12

How did most Native Americans treat settlers on the Oregon Trail?

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Well

Question 13

Why did the South view John Brown as a terrorist?

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All of the above

Question 14

Which of these was NOT part of the Fugitive Slave Act?

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Southerners were apathetic towards Northern help

Question 15

Which of these is an example of total war?

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Sherman's march to the sea

Question 16

Which of these is NOT a reason why the Battle of Antietam was significant?

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Final battle of the war

Question 17

Which of these was NOT a reason why Mexico wanted Americans to populate Texas?

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They didn't want Mexican citizens living there

Question 18

Which of these was an effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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Bleeding Kansas

Question 19

Which of these states did not secede from the Union?

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Kentucky

Question 20

Which of these is NOT part of the Reconstruction amendments?

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12th

Question 21

Which of these was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

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Annexation of Texas

Question 22

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 23

Which of these was NOT an advantage for the North?

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Better generals

Question 24

What did the Donner Party show about the Oregon trail?

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The trail was extremely dangerous

Question 25

What did the Supreme Court say about African Americans during the Dred Scott case?

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Should be slaves for their benefit

Question 26

Why didn't the Emancipation Proclamation free all of the slaves?

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Only freed the slaves in the rebellious states

Question 27

Which of these goes with the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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