Chapter 8; Civil War

Question 1

What were some roles for African American soldiers for the UNION?

Accepted Answer

sailors and soldiers

Question 2

What caused CA to enter as a free state and a ban on the slave trade in DC?

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Compromise of 1850

Question 3

There were many causes, but was was the MAJOR cause of the Civil War?

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slavery

Question 4

How did location and topography influence battle of Gettysburg?

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the army that controlled and held the high ground would win

Question 5

Which of the following states did not secede from the Union?

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Ohio

Question 6

Which was NOT an effect of the Civil War on the south?

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the south changed from an agricultural to urban society

Question 7

Most Southerners believed that states had freely created and joined the Union so-

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the could freely leave the Union

Question 8

What three southern parts did the Union army blockade during the Civil War?

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New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah

Question 9

What did Robert E. Lee urge Southerners to do at the end of the Civil War?

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accept defeat and reunite as Americans

Question 10

What is the definition of "popular sovereignty"?

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each new state would decide issue of slavery for themselves

Question 11

Jefferson Davis was-

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president of the Confederate States

Question 12

What important event occurred at Appomattox Court House in 1865?

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Lee surrendered to Grant to end the war

Question 13

Who was a former enslaved man who promoted African American involvement in the Civil War?

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Frederick Douglass

Question 14

Who created the American Red Cross?

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Clara Barton

Question 15

The Battle of Gettysburg was the-

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turning point of the war when the North repelled Lee's army

Question 16

Who was President during the Civil War?

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Abraham Lincoln

Question 17

During the Civil War, women were left to-

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run businesses in the North and farms in the South

Question 18

Immediately following LIncoln's election, many southern states-

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seceded from the Union

Question 19

Who believed that slavery should be abolished for moral reasons?

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Northerners

Question 20

What did the Gettysburg Address state was the purpose of the Civil War?

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to preserve a gov. "of, by, and for the people"

Question 21

What piece of legislation had Missouri enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state?

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Missouri Compromise

Question 22

Ulysses S. Grant was the-

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general of the Union army that defeated Lee

Question 23

What did the Emancipation Proclamation state?

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all enslaved African Americans in the south were freed

Question 24

Who felt the abolition of slavery would destroy their region's economy?

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Southerners

Question 25

Battle locations were influenced by the location of capital cities of-

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Richmond and Washington, D.C.

Question 26

Northerners believed that the national government's power was-

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supreme over that if the states

Question 27

African American Soldiers were-

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discriminated against and served in segregated units

Question 28

Who was the leader of the Army of Northern Virginia?

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Robert E. Lee

Question 29

What were some roles for African American soldiers for the Confederacy?

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ship workers, laborers, cooks, and camp workers

Question 30

Why did Southerners oppose tariffs?

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G.B. might stop buying cotton from the South

Question 31

The Southern culture and economy was primarily-

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agricultural

Question 32

What were two effects of the war on soldiers for both sides?

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disease was a major killer, combat was brutal and often man-to-man

Question 33

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act state?

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new states would decide the issue of slavery themselves

Question 34

Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

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Firing on Fort Sumter

Question 35

Which two states were part of the Union forces at the end of the Civil War?

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West Virginia, Ohio

Question 36

If a soldier was at the first major battle of the Civil War, where was he?

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Northern Virginia

Question 37

Who was a captain in the Union Navy and became and was elected to the House of Rep?

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Robert Smalls

Question 38

In which battle did the North gain control of the Mississippi River?

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Vicksburg

Question 39

Which group of soldiers was paid less than other soldiers?

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African Americans

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Chapter 8; Civil War

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