Civil War

Question 1

Popular Sovereignty refers to the idea that:

Accepted Answer

Votes would determine a course of action

Question 2

The ___ party rose out of the ashes of the Whig party and became the party of the abolitionists

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Republican

Question 3

The ____________ meant that any runaway slave was legally required to be returned to its owner

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Fugitive Slave Act

Question 4

This Act created two territories in the Great Plains in 1854, allowing for popular sovereignty

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Kansas-Nebraska

Question 5

The ______ Amendment gave former slaves citizenship

Accepted Answer

14th

Question 6

The battle of _____ was the last time the South would fight in the North

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Gettysburg

Question 7

The first state to secede from the Union was ________

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South Carolina

Question 8

Became the 13th President after the 12th President died

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Millard Fillmore

Question 9

___________ was the 12th President

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Zachary Taylor

Question 10

Was responsible for a raid on Harper's Ferry in order to incite a slave revolt

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John Brown

Question 11

Was the president of the South during the Civil War

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Davis

Question 12

The __________________ Plan was the North's initial plan to win the war

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Anaconda

Question 13

The CSS _______ was the first submarine to be used in battle in the United States

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Henley

Question 14

Was perhaps the most famous leader of the underground railroad, and served as a Union spy

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Harriet Tubman

Question 15

Was president of the north during the Civil War

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Lincoln

Question 16

The main General of the South during the war was_____________

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Robert E Lee

Question 17

The __________ Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

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Missouri

Question 18

The Battle of ______________ won the Union full control over the Mississippi

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Vicksburg

Question 19

Bleeding Kansas resulted from conflicts between:

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Free settlers and Slave settlers

Question 20

The Dred Scott decision ruled that slaves were:

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were always considered property

Question 21

The ________ Amendment gave slaves their freedom

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13th

Question 22

The Battle of ________________ ended in the South surrendering to the North

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Appomattox

Question 23

______________ wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and helped turn public opinion against slavery

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 24

The Conscription Act created the ______________

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draft

Question 25

Became the 15th President

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James Buchanan

Question 26

Became the 14th President

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Franklin Pierce

Question 27

The ______ Amendment gave African American males voting rights

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15th

Question 28

_______________ proved to be the bloodiest single day of fighting in United States history.

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 29

Which one was not a border state?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

Question 30

__________ is were the first shots of the Civil War occurred

Accepted Answer

Ft. Sumter

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