What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

Gave Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty over slavery

Which of the following is true regarding the Compromise of 1820??

Maine is added as a free state and Missouri is added as a slave state

What is popular sovereignty?

The right to decide whether it be a free or slave state

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that…

Dred Scott, and all former enslaved people, could never be citizens

How does the Emancipation Proclamation change the outcome of the war?

It turns the focus of the war to slavery

What was the Anaconda Plan?

North's plan that would shut off the Confederacy’s access to supplie

What was the plan of the Confederate States of America to win the Civil War?

To “wait it out” until the North gave up and allowed Southern independence

According to the Emancipation Proclamation, who was set free?

All enslaved people living in the Confederacy

What is Appomattox Courthouse best known for in the Civil War?

The location where the war comes to an end

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1
Which Union general is famous for his “March to the Sea?”
Winfield Scott
William Sherman
George Meade
Ulysses S Grant
2
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?
Made both Kansas and Nebraska slave states
Gave Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty over slavery
Gave Kansas popular sovereignty but gave Nebraska right to be a slave state
Gave Nebraska popular sovereignty but gave Kansas right to be a free state
3
Which of the following is true regarding the Compromise of 1820??
Montana is added as a slave state and Maine is added as a free state
Mississippi is added as a slave state and Missouri is added as a free state
Maine is added as a slave state and Missouri is added as a free state
Maine is added as a free state and Missouri is added as a slave state
4
What is popular sovereignty?
The right to decide who is able to vote in a territory
The right to decide the price of each slave
The right to decide whether it be a free or slave state
The right to decide when the territory will apply to become a state
5
Which state is the first to secede the Union?
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maryland
6
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that…
Dred Scott, and all former enslaved people, could never be citizens
Dred Scott was forever free
Dred Scott was ordered to be executed the next day
Dred Scott was allowed his freedom, but only have another year of slavery
7
Which battle is the turning point in the Civil War?
Antietam
Vicksburg
Bull Run / Manassas
Gettysburg
8
How does the Emancipation Proclamation change the outcome of the war?
It frees all enslaved people, which leaves the Confederate army very weak
It orders all Southern states to rejoin the Union
any Southerner who joins the war for the South will be charged with treason
It turns the focus of the war to slavery
9
Which battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Bull Run / Manassas
Antietam
10
What was the Anaconda Plan?
South's plan that would release thousands of Anaconda Snakes into the North
The plan created by Great Britain and France to help the South
The plan used by the South to starve the North of supplies
North's plan that would shut off the Confederacy’s access to supplie
11
Which of the following was a cause of the Civil War?
North didn't believe the South had the right to secede, while the South did
The Southern states followed the states’ rights theory
The North wanted to abolish slavery while the South wanted to keep slavery
All of the above are true
12
When the Civil War begins, which of the following were Union strengths? Circle all that apply:
Army Size
Navy Size
All of the above.
Railroads
13
What was the plan of the Confederate States of America to win the Civil War?
To “wait it out” until the North gave up and allowed Southern independence
The war started too quickly for the South to develop a battle plan
To accept help from foreign countries like Mexico
To surround Northern ports and control access to the Mississippi River
14
According to the Emancipation Proclamation, who was set free?
Only those enslaved in the Border States
All enslaved people in the entire country, north and south
All enslaved people living in the Confederacy
Only enslaved people who had not tried to rebel
15
The best-selling novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin became an instant best seller in 1852 and was written by _______.
John Brown
Hinton Helper
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
16
What is Appomattox Courthouse best known for in the Civil War?
The location where Lee leaves his battle plans laying in a meadow
The location of the “bloodiest day in American history.”
The location where the war comes to an end
The location of a prison where Union soldiers were kept during the war
17
Who is named the Confederate President at the Confederacy’s convention?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Alexander Stephens

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