tax on goods imported from Europe

Which four slave states did not join the Confederacy?

Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware

The Emancipation Proclamation

freed slaves only in areas in rebellion against the U.S.

Who were the “border ruffians”?

proslavery Missourians who rushed to Kansas

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act declare?

use popular sovereignty to decide free/slave states

What was Sherman’s main goal using “total war” tactics when invading the South in 1864?

Wanted to destroy valuable civilian and economic resources

Why did President Lincoln suspend the right of habeas corpus during the Civil War?

Wanted to imprison generals who failed to meet his demands

What advantages did the Confederates have over the Union at the beginning of the war?

Union had a difficult time mobilizing in Southern wilderness

Union capture of Vicksburg was strategically important because it

gave the North control over the entire Mississippi River

Identify the sequence of battles in the correct chronological order from earliest to latest:

Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Siege of Vicksburg, Gettysburg

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1
Who led a march from Atlanta to Savannah that destroyed buildings, farmland, and homes?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Abraham Lincoln
2
What is a tariff?
tax on goods imported from Europe
tax on goods made in northern factories
border between the North and South
tax on goods exported from the United States
3
What was the biggest killer of the Civil War?
Diseases
hand to hand combat
cannons
guns
4
Which four slave states did not join the Confederacy?
Tennessee, Maryland, Alabama, Kentucky
Virginia, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri
Indiana, Kentucky, Florida, Texas
Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware
5
The Emancipation Proclamation
was hailed in the South for its courage and directness
formulated by the Radical Republicans and issued by Lincoln
freed slaves only in areas in rebellion against the U.S.
freed slaves in the Union states only
6
Which political party did the North follow?
Republican
Independent
Whigs
Lincoln
7
Who were the “border ruffians”?
Proslavery Virginians
proslavery Marylanders who attacked federal troops in D.C.
proslavery Missourians who rushed to Kansas
Americans living in the border states during the Civil War
8
Where did Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant discuss surrender terms?
Gettysburg
Richmond Confederate Capital
Appomattox Court House
Washington, D.C.
9
Who wanted states’ rights?
women
Southerners
Northerners
abolitionists'
10
What battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
Attack of Fort Sumter
Battle at Yorktown
Battle of Antietam
11
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act declare?
that Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state
it outlawed slavery in all of the territories
use popular sovereignty to decide free/slave states
that California would enter the Union as a free
12
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Stonewall Jackson
George McClellan
13
What was the northern economy becoming?
industrialized
textiles
cash crops
specialized merchants
14
What was Sherman’s main goal using “total war” tactics when invading the South in 1864?
Aimed to cripple the South’s cotton industry
He did not like General Robert E. Lee
Wanted to destroy valuable civilian and economic resources
Wanted to help free Southern slaves held captive
15
What battle was the bloodiest day in America’s history?
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Antietam
16
When did the Emancipation Proclamation become effective?
January 1865
January 1863
April 1865
September 1862
17
Why did President Lincoln suspend the right of habeas corpus during the Civil War?
He wanted to free the slaves.
Wanted to imprison generals who failed to meet his demands
He was displeased with the war generals during the war
He aimed to make the Union a dictator state during the war
18
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
Virginia
Illinois
South Carolina
Georgia
19
What advantages did the Confederates have over the Union at the beginning of the war?
Union had a difficult time mobilizing in Southern wilderness
The Confederates were more intelligent
much more developed economic climate
much larger population to draw soldiers and workers
20
All of the following were Confederate strengths going into the Civil War except
the fact that it would be fighting a defensive war
an extensive manufacturing base
superior military commanders
a larger population and army
21
Union capture of Vicksburg was strategically important because it
gave Lincoln victories to issue Emancipation Proclamation
opened the way to Richmond
gave the North control over the entire Mississippi River
ended the war
22
The battle that allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation was
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Antietam
Vicksburg
23
Identify the sequence of battles in the correct chronological order from earliest to latest:
Battle of Gettysburg, Siege of Vicksburg, Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Bull Run, Siege of Vicksburg, Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Siege of Vicksburg, Gettysburg
Wilderness Campaign, Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Shiloh
24
At the outset, President Lincoln held that the Civil War was being fought to
free the slaves.
end all state sovereignty.
preserve the Union.
carry out the goals of the abolitionist movement.
25
Who organized the American Red Cross?
Harriet Tubman
Clara Barton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony

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