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VA/US SOL 7
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1
Which of the following amendments permanently abolished slavery in the United States?
14th
19th
13th
15th
2
Which of the following gave local governments permission to capture and return escaped slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
3
In December of 1860, which of the following states became the first to secede from the Union?
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Alabama
4
On November 19, 1863 Lincoln delivered which famous 2 minute speech?
"I Have A Dream"
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
"We Shall Overcome"
5
What does the word secede mean?
To be successful
To leave
To pass a law
To reject a law
6
This man assassinated President Lincoln in April 1865 at Ford's Theater-
James Earl Ray
Jack Ruby
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
7
Which former Mississippi senator was selected to serve as President of the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
8
About how many died during the Civil War?
about 1 million
500,000
over 100,000
over 600,000
9
Which General used the tactic of total war, burning farms, homes and property against the South?
General Ulysses Grant
General Robert E Lee
General William Sherman
General Nathan B Forrest
10
Which of the following allowed California to join as a free state & banned slave trade in D. C.
Three-Fifths Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Great Compromise
11
What Supreme Court Case declared that slaves were not U. S. citizens and had no legal rights?
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Gibbons v. Ogden
Plessy v. Ferguson
12
Which of the following ran in the Election of 1864 as the Democratic candidate?
Robert E Lee
General McClelland
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
13
Which of the following men attacked the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859?
John Brown
Gabriel Prosser
Dred Scott
Nat Turner
14
Policy which allowed people in a territory to decide if slavery would be allowed was known as?
Popular Sovereignty
Democracy
Federalism
Socialism
15
Who won the Civil War?
England
The Union
The Good Guys
The North
16
On April 9, 1865 Lee surrendered to Grant in which Virginia town?
Richmond
Danville
Fredericksburg
Appomattox
17
On April 12, 1861 Confederate forces opened fire on which of the following?
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Lee
Fort Sumter
Fort Duquesne
18
What was the name of the largest battle during the war fought in Florida??
Olustee
Vicksburg
Yorktown
Gettysburg
19
Which of the following signed in 1863 said it freed slaves located in Southern states that had seceded?
14th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
13th Amendment
Gettysburg Address
20
Which of the following urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight in the Union army?
John Brown
Gabriel Prosser
Ulysses S. Grant
Frederick Douglass
21
An advantage of the South was
More people
More factories
Stronger Navy
Motivation to fight
22
What was the name of the Union plan to win the war?
Operation Enduring Freedom
The Big Squeeze
The Anaconda plan
Plan 9
23
Which 1852 novel was about the cruelties of slavery in the South and changed the minds of many people?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Red Badge of Courage
Gone with the Wind
North and South
24
Which of the following is known as the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Sharpsburg
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
25
Which Confederate General that started the KKK had a school named after him in Jacksonville?
Robert E. Lee
J. E. B. Stuart
Nathan B Forrest
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson