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Abolition and Civil War through Emancipation
Abolition and Civil War through Emancipation
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This covers the causes of the Civil War through the Gettysburg Address.
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1
How many total states seceded from the union during the Civil War?
4
28
11
7
2
What compromise said states that joined the union north of the 36th parallel would be free?
The 3/5ths Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise
The Great Compromise
3
The 1859 execution of this extreme abolitionist divided the North & South. Who was he?
John Brown
Nat Turner
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
4
All of the following states seceded from the Union, EXCEPT:
Virginia
Florida
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
5
If Lincoln only won 40% of the popular vote, how did he win the 1860 Presidential election?
He convinced everyone that he should.
He fired upon Fort Sumter.
He won a majority of electoral votes.
He did not win fairly.
6
In response to Lincoln's election, what did South Carolina decide to do?
Impeach him immediately!
Secede from the union.
Storm the White House and force him to resign.
Give him a chance and see how things go.
7
What first major battle convinced both sides that the Civil War would be long and bloody?
1st Battle of Manassas
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
8
During his First Inaugural Address, what was the main idea of Lincoln's message to the South?
Nothing - he was too scared to give a public speech.
He reminded South of importance of union & shared history.
Watch out - our canons are loaded and aimed at Charleston.
He decided to use his speech to talk about his family.
9
To what group of advisers is Lincoln announcing his Emancipation Proclamation here?
The Desk Drawer
The Cabinet
The Supreme Court
The U. S. Senate
10
Before the Civil War, who saw the Constitution as an agreement they could freely dissolve?
The North
The West Coast
The Midwest
The South
11
Slavery violates the idea that "all men are created equal." What document states this phrase?
The Declaration of Independence
The Charters of the Virginia Company of London
The Bill of Rights
The Constitution
12
The Union divided the Confederacy in "half" by capturing this town along the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg
Antietam
Pittsburgh
Gettysburg
13
Who was President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Alexander Stephens
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
14
This was the narrow victory that led Lincoln to the issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Vicksburg
Antietam
Appomattox
Gettysburg
15
Of the following abolitionists, who spoke from personal experience about the horror of slavery?
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
16
This was the General who earned Lincoln's trust at Vicksburg & Lee surrendered to Appomattox.
Grant
Meade
McClellan
"Stonewall" Jackson
17
"Bleeding Kansas" occurred because Kansas could vote on slavery; this is called _____ _____.
Popular sovereignty
Civil War
Westward expansion
Democratic politics
18
After Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, who led the effort to recruit black troops?
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
19
Under the Compromise of 1850, what STATE came into the nation as a FREE state?
California
Missouri
Maine
Texas
20
Of the following, what did the South get out of the Compromise of 1850?
Texas came in as a slave state.
Missouri entered as a slave state.
A strict Fugitive Slave Act was passed.
The DC slave trade was banned.
21
Lincoln's decision in 1862 to announce emancipation for slaves affected WHICH states?
Border states
All states
Free states
Confederate states
22
Before the Civil War, the North began to develop factories. Another word for this is:
Innovative
Polluted
Industrial
Hardworking
23
Which of the following groups of states were BORDER states?
Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, and Louisiana
California, New York, Massachusetts, and Maine
24
What is true about the number of candidates that ran in the 1860 election?
5 (and three were members of the Tea Party)
3 ran (and all were Republicans)
4 ran (and 2 were Democrats)
2 ran (Lincoln and Stephen Douglass)
25
Who was Commander in Chief of the U. S. (AKA Union) forces during the Civil War?
George McClellan
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Frederick Douglass
26
This Pennsylvania battle--Lee's last invasion of the North--marked the war's turning point.
Fort Sumter
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
27
As Commander in Chief of the Union Army, his generals caused him great frustration.
Ambrose Burnside
A. Lincoln
George B. McClellan
U. S. Grant
28
Lincoln offered this man field command of the Union Army after Ft. Sumter, but he stuck w. VA.
R. E. Lee
U. S. Grant
George McClellan
Stonewall Jackson
29
Lincoln's speech stated the importance of the "proposition" that "all men are created equal."
Lincoln's Second Inaugural
Lincoln's First Inaugural
Lincoln's Cooper Union
Gettysburg Address
30
In what state's harbor is Fort Sumter located?
Virginia
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Delaware
31
After years of tension, at what location did the Civil War OFFICIALLY begin?
Harper's Ferry
Appomattox
Fort Sumter
1st Battle of Manassas
32
Maine joined the U. S. as a FREE state as part of what legislative compromise?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise
The 3/5ths Compromise
33
Whose economic system was dependent upon a labor force that was enslaved?
The South
The North
The Midwest
The Midwest
34
The picture below is ____________, the South's major cash crop before the Civil War.
Cotton
Carrots
Indigo
Tobacco
35
In the Civil War, what defined a BORDER state?
Border states impeached Lincoln.
Border states seceded, but changed their minds.
Border states were free states that joined Confederacy.
Border states were slave states that stayed in the Union.
