Civil War Review

Question 1

Lincoln was against the expansion of slavery, but he wasn't an abolitionist.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

The South supported states rights because they feared the government would get rid of slavery

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

This admitted California as a free state and included a strong Fugitive Slave Act

Accepted Answer

Compromise of 1850

Question 4

Where did Lee surrender to Grant?

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Court House

Question 5

Sectionalism happened because...

Accepted Answer

growing difference between the N and S

Question 6

Since the South was against states rights; President Jefferson Davis had total power

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

This allowed territories north of the 36'30 latitude line to vote to be a free or slave state

Accepted Answer

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 9

Which battle was a turning point, that wounded the South and couldn't invade the North again?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 10

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 stated that new states could have slaves.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

What order declared that all slaves in Confederate states were free?

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 12

This prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36'30 latitude line.

Accepted Answer

Missouri Compromise

Question 13

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

What law was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850?

Accepted Answer

Fugitive Slave Law

Question 15

What battle split the Confederacy in half at the Mississippi River?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Vicksburg

Question 16

Northerners wanted land gained in the Mexican Cession to be free of slaves.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 18

Who was the general of the Union Army that started the use of total war?

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 19

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787...

Accepted Answer

split the NW territories into smaller territories

Question 20

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at the Battle of Vicksburg

Accepted Answer

False

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