Civil War Test Review

Question 1

Which of the following was not a reason that Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address?

Accepted Answer

To free the slaves

Question 2

What is Popular Sovereignty?

Accepted Answer

States decide if slavery should be legal in their state

Question 3

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

Accepted Answer

An executive order

Question 4

What needed to happen for the Emancipation Proclamation to truly take effect?

Accepted Answer

The Union had to win the war

Question 5

Which side won the battle of Bull Run?

Accepted Answer

The Confederacy/South

Question 6

How did Alexander Stephens justify slavery?

Accepted Answer

White supremacy

Question 7

The Fugitive Slave Act was a federal law that required all citizens to help recapture escaped slaves

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Which of these states was not part of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

West Virginia

Question 9

What was the Gettysburg Address?

Accepted Answer

A speech

Question 10

What major river split the Confederacy into two parts?

Accepted Answer

The Mississippi

Question 11

Which of these was not a big advantage for the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Better industry

Question 12

Who did the Emancipation Proclamation apply to?

Accepted Answer

Slaves in rebel states

Question 13

Who did Lincoln debate with about slavery?

Accepted Answer

Douglas

Question 14

Which country easily won the US-Mexican war?

Accepted Answer

The United States

Question 15

Why was the Battle of Vicksburg important?

Accepted Answer

The Union captured the Mississippi River

Question 16

What was the North’s goal when the Civil War began?

Accepted Answer

Preserve the Union

Question 17

In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves counted as citizens under the Constitution

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

Why did the outcome of the US-Mexican war increase tensions between the North and South?

Accepted Answer

Adding California as a free state tipped the balance of power in Congress

Question 19

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important?

Accepted Answer

It was the deadliest battle of the war

Question 20

What did the 14th Amendment do?

Accepted Answer

Overturned the Dred Scott decision

Question 21

Which battle started the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 22

Which party did John Bell belong to?

Accepted Answer

Constitutional Union

Question 23

What did Lincoln want to do about slavery before the war?

Accepted Answer

Contain it to the South and not let it into the territories

Question 24

Which of these is not one of the footholds of slavery?

Accepted Answer

All of these are footholds of slavery

Question 25

Uncle Tom’s Cabin was well-received by both the North and the South

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

Who were the two Democrat candidates in the election of 1860?

Accepted Answer

Douglas and Breckinridge

Question 27

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Accepted Answer

Banned slavery in the US and its territories

Question 28

What invention increased the need for slaves?

Accepted Answer

The Cotton Gin

Question 29

What was the South’s goal when the Civil War began?

Accepted Answer

Gain independence to protect slavery

Question 30

In Dred Scott, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not ban slavery because that would violate the 5th Amendment

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

Who shot and killed Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 32

What did the 15th Amendment do?

Accepted Answer

Gave black men the right to vote

Question 33

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Accepted Answer

Shifted the goal of the Union to abolishing slavery

Question 34

Why was the outcome of the Battle of Antietam inconclusive?

Accepted Answer

It was a tactical draw but Lincoln called it a strategic victory

Civil War Test Review

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Civil War Test Review

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