Which of these describes Grant’s terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House?

They were generous so as to avoid further suffering

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that

slaves in Confederate states were free.

What factors led to the high death rate in the Civil War?

Advancing technology and old tactics

How did the invention of the cotton gin contribute to the Civil War?

By making cotton more profitable so more people planted it

The Union’s Anaconda Plan included all of the following strategies except:

assassinating the Confederate president.

What did the Fugitive Slave law require Northern citizens to do?

Assist slave-hunters in returning escaped to slaves

What was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case?

that African Americans were not citizens

. What was the approximate population difference between the North and the South?

The North had about 13 million more people

All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except

plantation owners did not want returned slaves.

What did General Lee hope would be the result of sending his troops to fight on Union soil?

Convince Maryland to join the Confederacy.

What was apparent following the presidential election of 1860?

The nation was divided over slavery.

What was the significance of the Battle of Bull Run?

It proved that a quick victory was impossible.

Why did General Lee join the Confederate military?

He felt loyalty to his native Virginia.

Women supported the Civil War cause in all of the following ways except

fighting on the battlefield (usually)

What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

It turned many more people against slavery.

Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?

losing voting power to block antislavery bills

How was the North profiting from the system of slavery?

The slave-produced raw cotton went to Northern factories

Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?

South Carolina's attack of Fort Sumter

Which of these was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

It led to a violent, bloody struggle over slavery in Kansas.

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1
Which of these describes Grant’s terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House?
They were stern in their demand for payment of losses
They were meant to punish the Confederacy.
They were generous so as to avoid further suffering
They were meant to show that the North sought forgiveness.
2
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that
slaves in Union slave states were free.
slaves throughout the world were free.
slaves in Confederate states were free.
slaves in U.S. territories were free.
3
What factors led to the high death rate in the Civil War?
Highly skilled soldiers and new bombs
Hatred of the other side and new weapons
Advancing technology and old tactics
Old style tactics and bayonets
4
How did the invention of the cotton gin contribute to the Civil War?
By making the North a cotton producer
By making slaves more expensive
By replacing slaves with the cotton gin
By making cotton more profitable so more people planted it
5
In what form was most of the South’s wealth?
Land and slaves
Shipping
Gold and banks
Cotton
6
Which of these was the greatest cause of death in the Civil War?
broken bones
frostbite
starvation
disease
7
The Union’s Anaconda Plan included all of the following strategies except:
dividing the South.
capturing Richmond, Virginia.
assassinating the Confederate president.
blocking Southern ports.
8
What did the Fugitive Slave law require Northern citizens to do?
Make sure the accused runaways were not actually freemen
Assist slave-hunters in returning escaped to slaves
Follow runaway slaves until they were captured
Capture runaway slaves
9
What was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case?
that African Americans were not citizens
African American rights were protected by Constitution
that slavery should be abolished by executive order
that slavery was bad for the country
10
. What was the approximate population difference between the North and the South?
The North had about 13 million more people
The North had 10 million more
The North had 6 million more
The South had 3 million more
11
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
William Sherman
12
All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except
plantation owners did not want returned slaves.
many slaves moved to Canada.
hounded slave catchers returned to the South.
Northerners refused to obey the law.
13
What was the new, more deadly ammunition called?
The Minie Ball
The Miniature ball
The Little bullet
The Lincoln bullet
14
Going into the war, what was the population of the North compared to that of the South?
24 million to 22 million
9 million to 22 million
20 million to 11 million
22 million to 9 million
15
Which of these is a weakness of the North?
Not enough soldiers
Lack of technology
Unskilled military leadership
Not enough wagons to transport supplies
16
What did General Lee hope would be the result of sending his troops to fight on Union soil?
Union troops would be defeated and the war would end.
Convince Maryland to join the Confederacy.
Union land being destroyed by war would discourage the Union
Confederate troops would cut off Union access to the Potomac
17
Which of these was a Southern advantage at the start of the Civil War?
control of the railway system
strong military leadership
large population
many factories and businesses
18
Which of these was a Northern advantage at the start of the Civil War?
abundant factories
fighting in familiar territory
control of the Mississippi River
people fighting for their way of life
19
What was apparent following the presidential election of 1860?
The nation was divided over slavery.
Lincoln was popular throughout the nation.
There was little support for abolitionists in the North.
Southern states were eager to abolish slavery.
20
In the Missouri Compromise, what free state was admitted at the same time as Missouri?
Maine
Massachusetts
Kansas
Wisconsin
21
What was the significance of the Battle of Bull Run?
the armies were unwilling to fight long battles
It showed that the North would win.
It proved that a quick victory was impossible.
It proved that the South was weak.
22
Why did General Lee join the Confederate military?
He believed in the rights of states to secede.
He had been defeated in the presidential election.
He felt loyalty to his native Virginia.
He was in favor of slavery.
23
The Northwest Ordinance forbid slavery ______________________.
North of the Illinois River
West of the Mississippi River
South of the Ohio River
North of the Ohio River
24
Women supported the Civil War cause in all of the following ways except
fighting on the battlefield (usually)
working in factories.
treating wounded soldiers.
spying on the enemy
25
What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
It turned many more people against slavery.
The South became more resolved to secede from the Union.
Congress agreed that slavery should be abolished.
It created a slave revolt in Kentucky.
26
Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?
losing future elections
losing respect
losing voting power to block antislavery bills
losing tax revenue
27
How was the North profiting from the system of slavery?
Northerners owned slaves on Southern plantations
The slave-produced raw cotton went to Northern factories
Slaves worked in Northern factories
Slaves in the North produced cotton and other goods
28
Which of these describes General Sherman’s march through Georgia?
a peaceful end to the conflict
a defeat for both armies
an example of total war
the bloodiest battle of the war
29
Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?
South Carolina's attack of Fort Sumter
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Preston Brooks's attack on Charles Sumner
30
Which of these was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It calmed the country's dispute over slavery.
It settled the slavery issue in Nebraska.
It required that the new territories would be free states.
It led to a violent, bloody struggle over slavery in Kansas.

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