The Civil War

Question 1

What were some advantages that the North had during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Bigger population, Strong Navy, Good railroad network, It was industrious

Question 2

What state wanted to join the Union in 1850?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 3

Why is the Raid on Harper's Ferry significant?

Accepted Answer

The south thought John Brown was a traitor, The South viewed it as an act of aggression by the North., Some in the North thought John Brown was a hero

Question 4

*Which region relied on slavery?

Accepted Answer

The South

Question 5

Which man was fired, by Lincoln, for being an ineffective Union general?

Accepted Answer

George McClellan

Question 6

What was the Union war plan called?

Accepted Answer

The Anaconda Plan

Question 7

Where were freed slaves allowed to fight?

Accepted Answer

In the North, In segregated Union battalions

Question 8

Who was the President of the United States of America during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 9

The Civil War began with which battle?

Accepted Answer

Ft. Sumter

Question 10

Why was "Bleeding Kansas" significant

Accepted Answer

2 governments (pro/anti slavery) developed, & fought it out

Question 11

Why did some southern states seceded when Lincoln took office?

Accepted Answer

They thought he would free the slaves, He was anti-slavery

Question 12

What was significant about the Fugitive Slave Act?

Accepted Answer

It forced all Americans to help catch escaping slaves.

Question 13

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Accepted Answer

Free slaves in rebel states

Question 14

Which region had less population?

Accepted Answer

The South

Question 15

Why was the Dred Scott case significant?

Accepted Answer

It ruled the slaves were property not citizens/had no rights

Question 16

*The Cotton King was...

Accepted Answer

The South

Question 17

Where did the South surrender?

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Courthouse

Question 18

*Which region had more factories and factory workers?

Accepted Answer

The North

Question 19

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 20

What is sectionalism?

Accepted Answer

An extreme loyalty to you region or place

Question 21

This man was a abolitionist who led the raid on Harper's Ferry. Viewed as hero and villain.

Accepted Answer

John Brown

Question 22

Pres. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after which battle?

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 23

Who was a former slave who helped with the Underground Railroad? She was an escaped slave.

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 24

Which man took command of the Union Army and was general when the South surrendered?

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 25

Why was the Underground Railroad significant?

Accepted Answer

It was a network that helped escaping slaves reach the North

Question 26

Who was President Lincoln 1st choice to lead the Union, but chose to lead the South?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 27

How did women help in the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

They were spies, They were nurses, They ran farms, businesses, and taught school, They dressed as men and fought in the war

Question 28

According to the map Missouri and West Virginia were both what?

Accepted Answer

Union slave states

Question 29

Emancipation Proclamation freed what slaves?

Accepted Answer

In the states who were in rebellion

Question 30

Which speech did Lincoln give to honor the dead soldiers. "Four score and seven years ago..."

Accepted Answer

The Gettysburg Address

Question 31

Which of these was the bloodiest battle of the war? It happened in Pennsylvania.

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 32

According to the map which states seceded after Ft. Sumter, April 1861

Accepted Answer

Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia

Question 33

Why was the Missouri Compromise significant?

Accepted Answer

Missouri came in as a slave state, and Maine as a free state, The US government used it to not deal w/the issue of slaver

Question 34

*Which region had more railroads/transportation systems

Accepted Answer

The North

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