Civil War Review

Question 1

The Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott established...

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The Missouri Compromise's was unconstitutional

Question 2

This battle shattered the Union's hopes of winning the war quickly.

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First Battle of Bull Run

Question 3

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point?

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It was the last time Lee's troops attacked in the North

Question 4

Which conclusion is supported by the data in the table?

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More soldiers died from disease than from battle wounds

Question 5

Supreme Court case: it was ruled that a slave "had no rights which a white man had to respect"

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

Question 6

What ideas did the Gettysburg Address reflect from the Declaration of Independence?

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Valuing liberty, equality, and democracy

Question 7

Why did the Democratic party lose the election of 1860?

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The Democrats votes were divided between two candidates

Question 8

What was the Significance of the Siege of Vicksburg?

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Union got control of the Mississippi River

Question 9

A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves

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Fugitive Slave Act

Question 10

The Battle of Antietam

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Shifted control of the Civil War from the South to the North

Question 11

This is the idea that political authority belongs to the people

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Popular Sovereignty

Question 12

Why did southern states decide to secede after the election of 1860?

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The southern economy would be destroyed

Question 13

What was a consequence of the Compromise of 1850?

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The balance between free and slave states ended in the Union

Question 14

John Brown was attempting to ...

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Steal weapons and give them to local slaves

Question 15

This document called for all Confederate slaves to be freed

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Emancipation Proclamation

Question 16

A political party united against the spread of slavery

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Republican Party

Question 17

What did southerners fear after John Brown's raid?

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The safety of the South was in jeopardy

Question 18

Why were Republicans upset about the Dred Scott decision?

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The Supreme court ruled that Congress couldn't ban slavery

Question 19

Who benefited from the Fugitive Slave Act?

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Commissioners

Question 20

Midwesterners that sympathized with the South and opposed abolition

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Copperheads

Question 21

Describe the Economic conditions of the South at the end of the Civil War

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Critical, Homes and Jobs were not available

Question 22

The Confederate strategy differed from the Union in that

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They conducted a defensive war and cotton diplomacy

Question 23

Which of the following were strengths of the Union going into the Civil War?

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North had more industrialization and a larger population

Question 24

How were prisoners of war treated?

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They were held without food and shelter

Question 25

States that permitted slavery but stayed loyal to the Union

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Border states

Question 26

This woman is known as the founder of the Red Cross

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Clara Barton

Question 27

How did popular Sovereignty affect slavery?

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States/Territories would decide whether to permit slavery

Question 28

The idea that Britain would support the South because it needed the raw cotton

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Cotton Diplomacy

Question 29

This women exposed the harsh reality of slave life

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 30

This man took over the arsenal in Harpers Ferry, VA in hopes of starting a slave rebellion

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John Brown

Question 31

This was the practice of destroying civilian and military resources

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Total War

Question 32

What was the purpose of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

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Remind Americans of the importance of the Civil War

Question 33

The goal of the Union army was to gain control of the...

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Mississippi River

Question 34

This word means "escaped slaves"

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Contrabands

Question 35

These ships were heavily armored with iron

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Ironclads

Question 36

The Civil war officially began with...

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Firing of Confederate guns at Fort Sumter

Question 37

What was Union General Winifield Scott's strategy for winning the war?

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Naval blockade of southern ports & control the Mississippi

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