The Civil War - SSUSH 8, 9, 10

Question 1

Document written by Abraham Lincoln that frees slaves in Confederate states

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 2

First and only president of the Confederate States of America

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 3

Led a march from Atlanta, GA to the Atlantic Ocean destroying and burning Confederate factories

Accepted Answer

William Sherman

Question 4

States that California would be a free state and that the Fugitive Slave Act would be enacted

Accepted Answer

Compromise of 1850

Question 5

Conflict that occurs when abolitionist and pro-slavery groups meet up in the west

Accepted Answer

Bleeding Kansas

Question 6

First battle of the American Civil War

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 7

Unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and further fueled the abolitionist movement

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott

Question 8

Escaped slave that wrote an autobiography detailing his life in captivity

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass

Question 9

The Civil War was primarily fought because of which two reasons?

Accepted Answer

States Rights and Slavery

Question 10

Enacted in the South to discourage African Americans from voting

Accepted Answer

Black Codes

Question 11

Led a slave revolt in Virginia that resulted in slave codes

Accepted Answer

Nat Turner

Question 12

General of the Confederate Army

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 13

The Civil War was a conflict between

Accepted Answer

The Union and the Confederacy

Question 14

Proposal that all new lands acquired after the Mexican War should be free states

Accepted Answer

Wilmot Proviso

Question 15

Ends with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Accepted Answer

Mexican War

Question 16

Grant captures control of the Mississippi River resulting in a major victory for Union forces

Accepted Answer

Vicksburg

Question 17

Rebuilding of the South after the Civil War

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction

Question 18

First president to be impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act

Accepted Answer

Andrew Johnson

Question 19

Acquires more territory in the US than any other president

Accepted Answer

James K. Polk

Question 20

Which is NOT an advantage for the North during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

More motivated and skilled soldiers

Question 21

14th Amendment to the US Constitution

Accepted Answer

Former Slaves granted equal protection and citizenship

Question 22

Established to help former slaves receive aid, food, clothing, and education

Accepted Answer

Freedman's Bureau

Question 23

Rutherford B. Hayes becomes president and Reconstruction era ends

Accepted Answer

Compromise of 1877

Question 24

Lincoln's plan for reconstructing the South after the Civil War

Accepted Answer

10% Plan

Question 25

Who was primarily responsible for the Nullification Crisis?

Accepted Answer

John C. Calhoun

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