Sectionalism and Civil War

Question 1

This was the first battle to take place on Northern soil during the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 2

The _____________ was a part of the Compromise of 1850.

Accepted Answer

Fugitive Slave Law

Question 3

Lincoln's main goal of the Civil War was to:

Accepted Answer

preserve the Union

Question 4

This Supreme Court case determined that slaves were not citizens but private property:

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Question 5

This was the first battle to take place on Northern soil during the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 6

He was the first African-American to receive a Congressional Metal of Honor.

Accepted Answer

William Carney

Question 7

The 3 regions of the United States during the Civil War were:

Accepted Answer

North, South, and West

Question 8

The _________ was enacted and allowed Southerners to chase & catch escaped slaves in the North.

Accepted Answer

Fugitive Slave Act

Question 9

A Confederate General in the Civil War that led the Battle of Bull Run:

Accepted Answer

Stonewall Jackson

Question 10

He did not pay taxes because he didn't want to support a government that supported slavery.

Accepted Answer

Henry David Thoreau

Question 11

I am the President of the Confederate States of America. I am:

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 12

Secession means to:

Accepted Answer

to withdraw from a Union

Question 13

After the Civil War was over, President Lincoln was assassinated by:

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 14

The Emancipation Proclamation was intended to free slaves in:

Accepted Answer

the Confederate States

Question 15

In the South, slaves were:

Accepted Answer

viewed as property

Question 16

Robert E. Lee was:

Accepted Answer

Commander of the Confederate Army

Question 17

After the Battle at Vicksburg, the Confederacy was:

Accepted Answer

divided and could not transport goods

Question 18

To secede means to:

Accepted Answer

break away from

Question 19

This Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans, whether enslaved or free are not citizens

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Question 20

The North:

Accepted Answer

had factories and liked tariffs

Question 21

Commander of Union Army; 18th President; $50

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 22

One of the most decisive and bloodiest battles was in this town in Pennsylvania.

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 23

This admitted California as a free state.

Accepted Answer

Compromise of 1850

Question 24

President of the United States during the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 25

In 1828, the __________ was passed and caused high tariffs and led to the Nullification Crisis.

Accepted Answer

Tariff of Abominations

Question 26

Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at:

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Courthouse

Question 27

This novel portrayed slavery in a way that opened many Northerners eyes to realities of slavery

Accepted Answer

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 28

The place were the Civil War began was:

Accepted Answer

Ft. Sumter

Question 29

The favoring of policies relative to your region or area is called:

Accepted Answer

sectionalism

Question 30

The firing on ______________ in Charleston marked the beginning of the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 31

He is a Senator from South Carolina. He believed in states' rights. He has crazy hair.

Accepted Answer

John C. Calhoun

Question 32

This was the first state to secede, or breakaway, from the Union.

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 33

This, in 1820, brought 2 new states into the Union, one free and one slave.

Accepted Answer

the Missouri Compromise

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