Civil War Review

The first shots of the Civil War were fired here in South Carolina.

Which of the following events is John Brown directly associated with?

Which of the following was a Union advantage?

The cotton gin was invented by:

Which of the following refers to the period before the Civil War?

The election of this Republican President was the direct cause of the South seceding.

The radical abolitionist who authored the newspaper The Liberator.

The best general in the Confederacy:

The belief that God wanted the US to control all of North America.

Union general who used a "scorched earth" tactic against the South.

The president of the Confederacy:

Which was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

The Dred Scott case decreed that:

The first political party centered around the issue of slavery - concerned about jobs for white people.

Which of the following was a Confederate advantage?

The place where Lee surrendered to Grant.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act said that slavery would be decided by:

This battle in 1863 was the turning point of the war.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

The "conductor" of the Underground Railroad who freed hundreds of enslaved people.

What are the dates of the Civil War?

The forced journey taken by enslaved people across the Atlantic from Africa to the Americas:

The new territory acquired in this conflict led to a renewed debate over the issue of slavery.

Union general who used the North's superiority in men and resources to win.

The first major battle of the Civil War - a shocking Union defeat.

This agreement decreed that all states above the 36-30 line would be free and all states below would be slave.

The enslaved preacher who led a slave rebellion in Virginia resulting in the death of dozens in 1831:

The 3/5 Compromise addressed which of the following issues?

This decree stated that all enslaved people in rebelling states were free.

The policy that voters in a territory should decide the issue of slavery for themselves.