When he was running for president, Lincoln stated he wanted slavery..

kept legal in already established southern states

Why did the south secede from the Union?

They were afraid Lincoln would abolish slavery

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Allowed people in Kansas-Nebraska to decide on slavery

How does the map show sectionalism in the election of 1860?

clear division between north and south

How were northern textile mills and southern plantations linked?

Plantations provided the mills with cotton to make goods

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

freed the slaves in rebellious states

One what grounds did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?

he was moved into states where slavery was illegal

What happened at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9th, 1865?

Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the war

What was important about Bull Run?

Showed the war would not end quickly

What was the Compromise of 1850?

territories decide for themselves to allow slavery or not

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1
When he was running for president, Lincoln stated he wanted slavery..
illegal in all states
kept legal in already established southern states
legal in all states
abolished in all states
2
Name a Southern advantage
Had a larger population
Had more railroads
Fighting on their own land
3
Why did the south secede from the Union?
They were mad the North had more factories
They were mad that slaves were not in the North
They were afraid Lincoln would abolish slavery
They were mad about the Revolutionary War
4
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Allowed people in Kansas-Nebraska to decide on slavery
Neither of these
Prohibited slavery north of the Mason Dixon line
5
what were the two areas which the north and south differed?
Language and Education
economy and culture
Food production and Culture
Food production and language
6
How does the map show sectionalism in the election of 1860?
Democrats won in the North
Jefferson Davis won the election
clear division between north and south
7
Name on Southern Strategy
Blockade the North
Burn the White House
Defend their land
Destroy the North's Railroads
8
What is one advantage of the North?
North had more railroads
North had better generals
North had more cotton fields
9
How were northern textile mills and southern plantations linked?
Plantations provided the mills with cotton to make goods
Mills were dependent on slaves to make cloth from cotton
Northern mills were owned by slavery plantation workers
South got their labor from slaves sold to them by the north
10
Sherman's "March to the Sea" was a display of.....
Total War
Final War
Total Oblivion
Final Showdown
11
What battle is considered the bloodiest battle of the civil war?
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Antietam
Shiloh
12
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
13
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
a document that extended slavery into the west
freed the slaves in rebellious states
freed every slave in every state
14
What was significant about the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Union gained control of the Mississippi River
General Lee killed General Grant
Turning point of the war
15
One what grounds did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?
he was moved into states where slavery was illegal
He was a soldier in the Union army and should be free
He argued that slavery was immoral
Emancipation Proclamation made him free
16
What Supreme court case caused further division between the North and the South?
Dred Scott
Stephen Douglas
Jefferson Davis
Elmer Fudge
17
Where did the first battle of the Civil War take place?
Bull Run
Fort Sumter
Antietam
Gettysburg
18
Name one Northern Battle strategy
Control the Mississippi River
Capture Jefferson Davis
Burn the south's factories
Capture Washington DC
19
How did African Americans participate in the civil war?
all of the above
cooks
soldiers
hospital aids
20
What role did women play in the civil war?
all of the above
acted as nurses
dressed as men to go to the battle field
acted as spies
21
What happened at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9th, 1865?
The North surrendered to the South
Lincoln was found guilty of treason by Davis
Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the war
General Lee fought General Grant in hand to hand combat
22
The North had an economy based on...
transportation
agriculture
commerce
industry
23
When the territories had the right to choose to be a free or slave state, it is called....
Popular Sovereignty
Popular Election
Popular Mechanics
Popular Slavery
24
What was important about Bull Run?
Lincoln died there
The North Won
Showed the war would not end quickly
25
Who won the battle of Shiloh?
Confederacy
It was a tie
Union
26
What was the Compromise of 1850?
territories decide for themselves to allow slavery or not
Admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state
Admitted California into the Union
27
What is one advantage of the south?
better generals
was able to blockade the north
Larger farms
28
Name one advantage of the North
Both 1 and 2
Had more population
North had a better Navy
North had better generals
29
The SOUTH had an economy based on...
agriculture
transportation
commerce
industry

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