Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to the Civil War?

Division within the Republican Party in the 1860 election

Looking at the Map - what is true about battle sites?

There were MANY battles near what became WashingtonDC

What were the important advantages of the North over the South during the Civil War?

Human Resources and Financial Strength

What is Lincoln referencing when he made the opening statement of the Gettysburg Address?

Declaration of Independence implies condemnation of slavery

Emancipation Proclamation:

the presidential order declaring all slaves free

Fort Sumter was important because it is where ...

Civil War began as the Union-held fort was attacked.

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1
Location of the surrender between Lee and Grant
Appomattox Court House
Battle of Antietam
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
2
Known as the "single deadliest day" of the Civil War, this FIRST battle occurred where?
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
Fort Sumter
3
Whish Civil War event listed was the first major defeat of Robert E. Lee?
Battle of Bull Run (VA, 1861)
Battle of Antietam (VA, 1862)
Sherman's "March to the Sea" (1864)
Battle of Gettysburg (PA, 1863)
4
What is John Wilkes Booth known for?
Organized anti-war groups
Lead slaves to freedom
Inventor of the cotton gin
Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
5
Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to the Civil War?
Desire to continue to have slavery in the South
State's right to secede
Division within the Republican Party in the 1860 election
Economic differences between the two regions
6
Looking at the Map - what is true about battle sites?
Controlling the Mississippi was not important to the Union
Texas was strategically important for the Confederacy
An equal number of battles waged E & W of the Mississippi
There were MANY battles near what became WashingtonDC
7
What were the important advantages of the North over the South during the Civil War?
Human Resources and Financial Strength
Alliances with France and England
Support of Southern Democrats
Superior Military Leadership
8
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
John Wilkes Booth
9
What is Lincoln referencing when he made the opening statement of the Gettysburg Address?
Declaration of Independence implies condemnation of slavery
Bill of Rights support of the cause of the Confederacy
Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott
The US Constitution's clause regarding state's rights
10
Emancipation Proclamation:
speech that laid out post-war plans
organizational rules of order
the presidential order declaring all slaves free
speech in which Lincoln said States could not secede
11
What is the name of the political organization that nominated Lincoln?
Dixiecrats
Democratic Party
Whig Party
Republican Party
12
The Dred Scott Decision (1857) set the stage for what TWO MAJOR causes of the Civil War?
Sectionalism and Tariffs
Temperance and Slavery
Taxation and Free Trade
Slavery and States' Rights
13
Fort Sumter was important because it is where ...
the tide turned in the Union's favor.
Civil War began as the Union-held fort was attacked.
a Confederate-held fort was attacked & sieged by the Union.
the last battle of the Civil War took place.

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