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A Dividing Nation & The Civil War
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1
Voters in a territory decided whether or not to allow slavery.
emancipate
popular sovereignty
sectionalism
secede
2
All of these states were slave states EXCEPT
South Carolina
Texas
Georgia
California
3
The 13
th
, 14
th
and 15
th
amendments are noted for being amendments that
protected all Americans from the national government.
protected the rights of former slaves.
explained the original procedure on the Electoral College.
gave women the right to vote.
4
John Brown attacked the arsenal at Harpers Ferry because he wanted to
start a slave revolt.
keep slavery out of Kansas.
force the south to secede.
prevent Lincoln’s election.
5
Lincoln won the election of 1860 largely because
free blacks in the North supported him.
abolitionists had become the majority.
Douglas threw his support behind Lincoln.
northerners outnumbered southerners and outvoted them.
6
The feelings expressed in this quote are
immediate emancipation, union preservation and annexation.
immediate annexation.
union preservation.
immediate emancipation.
7
Lincoln’s election led many southerners to believe that
slavery was evil.
the South controlled the nation’s government.
the South must secede from the Union.
a compromise between the North and South was possible.
8
Which of the following was a direct result of the Kansas–Nebraska Act?
Border ruffians elected an antislavery government.
Most people accepted Kansas as a slave state.
Proslavery and antislavery forces battled to control Kansas.
John Brown left Kansas for Nebraska.
9
The first president of the Confederate States of America was
Abraham Lincoln.
Jefferson Davis.
Robert E. Lee.
Stephen Douglas.
10
Supporting your area of a nation over the nation as a whole.
draft
emancipate
sectionalism
secede
11
Why was it important for the Union to control the Mississippi River?
To stop the Confederacy from spreading west.
To prevent the North from moving soldiers and supplies.
To prevent the South from moving soldiers and supplies.
To control southern fishing routes.
12
Where did the South surrender to the North?
Shiloh
New Orleans
Appomattox Court House
Gettysburg
13
The South planned to win the war by
ending slavery on their own.
capturing Washington, D.C., the Union capital.
using its industrial advantage quickly.
blockading northern ports.
14
Frederick Douglass did all of the following EXCEPT
was the leader of the Underground Railroad.
created an antislavery newspaper called the North Star.
escaped from slavery.
spoke out against slavery in antislavery speeches.
15
To leave a group or a country.
sectionalize
secede
emancipate
draft
16
Which military leader did President Lincoln ask first to lead the Union forces?
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
George Meade
Robert E. Lee
17
The Fugitive Slave Law and Uncle Tom’s Cabin caused many northerners to
back Stephen Douglas for President.
distrust abolitionists.
favor succession from the Union.
support abolition.
18
In 1863, Lincoln said that he would do this the slaves in states still in rebellion.
popular sovereignty
draft
emancipate
secede
19
According to the Fugitive Slave Law, what would happen to a runaway slave if caught?
they would be returned to their master.
they were sold away from their families.
they would be killed.
they had their hand cut off and they were whipped.
20
Congress passed this type of law requiring that males aged 20 to 45 serve in the army.
draft
secede
sectionalism
popular sovereignty
21
President Lincoln and Congress agreed that the purpose of the war was to
destroy the South.
preserve the Union.
end slavery.
end slavery, preserve the Union and destroy the South.
22
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
Arthur Cornelius Schnee
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
Jefferson Davis
23
All of the following were Confederate Generals EXCEPT
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Pierre G.T. Beauregard
24
The Kansas–Nebraska Act applied the principle of
popular sovereignty.
nullification.
states’ rights.
universal suffrage.
25
The turning point of the Civil War came at the Battle of
Antietam.
Fredericksburg.
Appomattox Courthouse.
Gettysburg.
26
Which battle of the Civil War was considered the bloodiest day of the war?
Chancellorsville
Antietam
Shiloh
Gettysburg
27
Harriet Tubman was
a conductor on the underground railroad.
the author of a famous book.
the founder of an antislavery newspaper.
a woman who spoke out against emancipation.
28
Who is this quote written by?
Andrew Johnson
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
29
Why did the tide of the war slowly turn in favor of the Union?
The North had more factories.
The North had more soldiers, factories and railroads.
The North had more soldiers.
The North had more railroads.
30
Which of the following states was first to secede from the Union?
North Carolina
New Jersey
South Dakota
South Carolina
31
Which battle proved to be the “spark” of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Shiloh
32
Lincoln had trouble finding good generals for the Union army mainly because
few officers were young enough to lead in wartime.
West Point was still a small school.
most army officers were part-time employees.
many of the army’s best officers joined the Confederacy.
33
Which of the following states remained in the Union?
II, III, and IV
I, II, and III
I, II, III, and IV
I, III, and IV
34
After this battle, President Lincoln dedicated the Battlefield to all the soldiers that died.
Shiloh
Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
35
Which of the following was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?
California would be admitted to the Union as a free state.
A new Fugitive Slave Law was passed.
Popular Sovereignty to be used for decision on slavery.
Ban of the slave trade in Washington DC and between states.
36
In the Dred Scott court case, the Supreme Court said slaves were
free in all federal territories.
allowed to move from one state to another as a free people.
citizens of the United States.
none of the above.
37
All of the following were Union Generals EXCEPT
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Philip Sheridan
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
38
At the start of the war, the Union had all the following goals EXCEPT
blockading southern ports.
controlling the Mississippi River.
capturing Richmond.
waging a total war that destroyed crops and livestock.
39
The Emancipation Proclamation said that
slaves in states loyal to the Union were freed.
slaves in states still in rebellion were freed.
slaves in the Union and Confederacy were freed immediately.
northern blacks could enlist in the Union army.
40
Scalawags, sharecropping, and Radical Republicans are terms most identified with
The War of 1812
The Civil War
The American Revolution
Reconstruction
41
The Missouri Compromise [the Compromise of 1820] resulted in
a ban on slavery in the new territories.
the number of slave and free states staying equal.
popular sovereignty in Missouri.
a ban on slavery in Missouri.
42
What was the outcome of the Civil War?
A stalemate.
Union victory.
Same as the War of 1812.
Confederate victory.
