The significance of the Battle of Gettysburg was that

It stopped the Confederate invasion of the North

The purpose of the Anaconda Plan was to

Seal off the Union along the OH River and along the Atlantic

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court held that

Being on free territory did not make a slave free.

The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin contributed to the start of the Civil War by

intensifying Northern dislike of slavery

The Emancipation Proclamation declared

Slaves in states still in rebellion free

All of the following were terms of the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT:

The end of the protective tariff

The Union capture of Vicksburg was strategically important because it

Gave the North control over the whole Mississippi River.

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1
The significance of the Battle of Gettysburg was that
It stopped the Confederate invasion of the North
It cut the Confederacy in half
It was the first battle of the Civil War.
It was a great victory for the Confederacy
2
Who was Clara Barton?
Factory Worker
Prisoner at Andersonville
Nurse during the Civil War
Your Mom
3
Founder of the woman’s suffrage movement
Mary Todd Lincoln
Elizabeth Stanton
Harriet Tubman
Clara Barton
4
An important development that caused the Southern states to withdraw from the Union was
The North building up their army
Railroads not being built in the South
Use of Underground Railroad
The Election of Lincoln
5
What was an initial advantage of the CSA
Cash Flow
Poor political leadership
Government Structure
Strong Military leaders
6
This state was the site of the Battle at Ft. Sumter.
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
George
7
Which of the following was NOT an initial advantage of the Union
Good Military Leaders
Lincoln's Strong Leadership
Good political leaders
Existing Government
8
Fired by Lincoln; later ran against him in the Election of 1864
George McClellan
William T. Sherman
Jefferson Davis
Francis Bacon
9
President of USA during Civil War
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Sherman
Peter Pan
10
Commander of the Confederate Army
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
William t. Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
11
The inventor of the cotton gin
Eric Fulton
Thomas Moore
Jen Cottonmaker
Eli Whitney
12
The purpose of the Anaconda Plan was to
Seal off the Confederacy along the MS through a blockade.
Seal off the Union along the OH River and along the Atlantic
Elect George McClellan, as an antiwar candidate in 1864.
Rescue as many escaped slaves as possible
13
The Kansas-Nebraska Act directly resulted in all of the following EXCEPT
A series of controversial debates between Lincoln & Davis
The repeal of the Missouri Compromise’s 36º 30’ line
Bleeding Kansas
Popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska
14
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court held that
It was illegal for slaves to move
Being on free territory did not make a slave free.
Being on free territory automatically made a slave free.
That slaves had the right to freedom
15
Abolitionist radical who tried to lead a slave revolt at Harper’s Ferry
John Brown
Ian Mesinger
Dred Scott
George McCormick
16
This state was the site of the Appomattox surrender
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
California
17
Editor of “The Liberator”
Elijah Lovejoy
Eli Whitney
Fredrick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
18
The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin contributed to the start of the Civil War by
convincing Congress to ban the importation of slaves
pressuring the president to support emancipation
exposing the dangers of cotton manufacturing
intensifying Northern dislike of slavery
19
According to Ms. Floyd, what is the best Winter Holiday movie?
Home Alone
The Santa Clause 2
Home Alone 2
The Santa Clause
20
Which of the following was intended to spark a general slave uprising?
Whiskey Rebellion
Underground Railroad
Uncle Tom's Cabin
John Brown's Ferry Raid
21
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin; “The Little Lady who made the big war.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Clara Barton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Harriet Tubman
22
President of the CSA
Jefferson Davis
Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Grant
23
Faced Abraham Lincoln in a series of debates
Fredrick Douglas
Vermin Supreme
Stephen Douglas
Robert Lee
24
Lincoln’s goal at the beginning of the war was to
Preserve the Union
Make the South pay for not putting him on ballots
Protect federal institutions in Confederate territories
End Slavery
25
Died as a result of complications from “friendly fire”
Stonewall Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Lee
Grant
26
The Emancipation Proclamation declared
Slaves in the North free.
All slaves free.
Slaves willing to join the Union army free
Slaves in states still in rebellion free
27
All of the following were terms of the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT:
The admission of California as a free state
The end of the protective tariff
The adoption of a stricter fugitive slave law
The adoption of popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico
28
Debated Lincoln for the Illinois Senate seat in 1858
George McClellan
Stephen Douglas
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
29
The Union capture of Vicksburg was strategically important because it
Gave the North control over Northern Virginia.
Gave the North control over the whole Mississippi River.
Opened the way to Richmond.
Completed Union control over the Atlantic coast.
30
This state was the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
New York
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia

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