Period 8 The Civil War

After Antietam, President Lincoln issued:

Before the battle of Gettysburg the Union Army: 

This event established Lincoln as a prominent figure and solidified his Republican Party’s anti-slavery platform

How did the victory at Vicksburg help the Union?

As the Civil War began, President Lincoln's goal was to:

This event led to the deaths of more than 50 Virginians and struck fear into the hearts of slave owners

What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address?

Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia: 

Why did Lincoln promote Ulysses S. Grant to General in Chief of the Union Army? 

Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant? 

What effect did the invention of the conidial bullet have on the war? 

The issue of slavery caused the creation of which political party? 

Which was the first state to secede from the Union? 

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the popular perception of the war? 

Admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state, admitted Maine as a free state to maintain the balance in the Senate

Why was more importance placed on battles fought in the east? 

What was the strategic importance to the Union Army taking Petersburg?

Why was the Confederate defeat at Antietam important to the Union? 

Battles most often occurred at locations with: 

Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the Civil War? 

Which of the following was NOT widely used during the Civil War? 

Court case that decided that the Missouri Compromise and other legislation limiting slavery was unconstitutional

Man who raided the town of Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859 in an attempt to arm slaves

How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect the Union Army?

In his inaugural address President Lincoln stated:   

The battles of Spotsylvania, Wilderness, and Cold Harbor were characterized by: 

What caused General Grant to lay siege to Petersburg instead of assaulting the city directly?

This document repealed the Missouri Compromise and helped create the Republican Party

What effect did Sherman's March to the Sea have on the Confederacy? 

Why were deaths from disease so high during the Civil War? 

The amendment to the Constitution that ended slavery:  

Published in response to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and within two years two million copies had been sold worldwide

What occurred at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865?

This event began as a disagreement over whether or not slavery should be allowed in Kansas:

How did the victory at Gettysburg help the Union?

This compromise admitted California to the Union as a free state and included the Fugitive Slave Act

After the Battle of Antietam, General Lee:  

On what occasion did President Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address? 

In the 1864 election candidate George McClellan promised to: 

Stated that residence of US Territories should be able to decide for themselves if they want to be a free or slave state