USI.9 Civil War Review

Question 1

What compromise kept peace between the North and the South for thirty years?

Accepted Answer

The Missouri Compromise

Question 2

T or F: The Emancipation Proclamation set a new focus of the war.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

What is the term describing the right to decide an issue by voting?

Accepted Answer

popular sovereignty

Question 4

What was the turning point of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 5

The Mississippi River was of key importance for what battle?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Vicksburg

Question 6

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Manassas

Question 7

T or F: The North disliked tariffs.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

In what battle was Stonewall Jackson a Confederate general?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Manassas

Question 9

Who was originally selected to lead the Union Army, but declined?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 10

Some states threatened to leave the Union if what president was elected?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 11

What were the states that broke away from the Union called?

Accepted Answer

The Confederacy

Question 12

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Questions 12