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What were the (5) border states important to keeping in the Union?
WV, KY, IL, DE, VA
MO, IL, VA, WV, OH
MO, KY, MD, DE, VA
2
Who were abolitionists?
a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery
a person who strongly favors the Confederacy
a person who strongly favors secession
3
Who fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln and where?
John Wilkes Booth, Ford's Theater
John Wilkes Booth, White House
John Wilkes Booth, Appomattox Courthouse
4
Missouri Compromise of 1820 established a southern boundary line. What did this line divide?
banned slavery in California
banned slavery in Missouri
banned slavery in remainder of LA territory north of 36o30'N
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All were advantages the South had over the North except...
strong military leadership
a larger population
fighting in familiar territory
defending their way of life
6
What is popular sovereignty?
all men are human and not property
people living in territory had right to decide free or slave
loyalty to the nation
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What is popular sovereignty?
allowing the people to decide who will win an election
allowing the people to decide secession or not
allowing the people to decide slavery or not
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What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
admitting MA as a free state, MO as a slave state
admitting MA as a slave state, MO as a free state
admitting CA as a free state, MO as a slave state
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Truman
10
Which slave, whose case went to the Supreme Court, sued for his freedom?
Dred Scott
Roger B. Taney
Frederick Douglas
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Who led slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Truman
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
12
All were the Confederacy's war strategies except...
defensive, defend homeland
preserve their traditions and way of life
blockade exports of cotton to Britain & France
offensive, moved armies northward to threaten D.C.
13
Names of the ironclads that marked the beginning of modern, armored, self-propelled warships.
Monitor & Merrimack
Potomac & Washington
Virginia & Mississippi
14
All were advantages the North had over the South except...
more efficient railway network
more industry
strong support by its white population
better banking & economic system
15
Which Civil War battle is considered the bloodiest ever fought on U.S. soil?
Antietam
Bull Run
Gettysburg
16
All were the Union's war strategies except...
capture Richmond, VA the capital
bring states back to the Union
gain control of the Mississippi River to cut off supplies
ending slavery except in the border states
17
What occurred during the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
abandon the Union and keep slavery
people of Nebraska fought Kansas known as Bleeding Kansas
abandon MO Compromise, let territories decide slavery or not
18
What was the Compromise of 1850?
N would get Lincoln, S would get Davis
N would get MO, & S would get slavery
N would get CA as free state, S would get Fugitive Slave Law
19
Who was Jefferson Davis?
Winner of the Civil War, President of Confederacy
W. Point graduate, experienced soldier, Pres. of Confederacy
W. Point graduate, military, Union President
20
What was the significance of the Appomattox Court House?
It was where Lee surrendered to Grant to end the war.
It was where Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg address from.
It was where the first battle of the war took place at.
21
What marked the beginning of the Civil War?
The attack on Fort Sumter
The election of 1860
The secession of South Carolina
22
Stated any escaped slave found in free northern states could be claimed & forced back to south?
Slavery in the Union Act of 1860
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Compromise of Slavery 1820
23
South Carolina seceded from the Union only weeks after which event?
Missouri Compromise
Bleeding Kansas
Election of Lincoln.
24
The Emancipation Proclamation applied to which states?
all states that had slaves
all areas that the Confederacy controlled
all states included in the Louisiana Purchase
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What was the Underground Railroad?
network of escape routes out of South to freedom in North
railway system used by North to cut off supplies from South
escape plan used by Harriet Stowe in Uncle Tom's Cabin
