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Unit 6: A Nation Divided and Civil War
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What year did the Civil War end?
1866
1860
1870
1865
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The President of the Confederacy was
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
3
Why didn't Lincoln free all slaves in America?
Feared border states would secede
Some slaves did not want to be free
Couldn't control rebelling states
England would object
4
What year did the American Civil War start?
1812
1861
1860
1865
5
Issued by Lincoln after the Battle of Antietam and freed many slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Gettysburg address
The freedom speech
I had a dream
6
What caused many Southern states to finally secede from the Union?
Slaves enlisting in the Army
Jefferson Davis being elected President
Abraham Lincoln being elected President
The Emancipation Proclamation
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Who was the Confederate army's top General?
Abraham Lincoln
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
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How many states were a part of the Confederacy?
11
13
12
10
9
To withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, alliance, or a political organization.
Remain
Leave
Retire
Secede
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Loyalty or support for a region or state is?
Sectionalist
Sectionalism
Sectionology
Segregation
11
What two sides fought in the war?
North and West
North and South
East and West
South and West
12
Overturned the Missouri Compromise, allowing states to choose if they wanted slavery or not
Compromise of 1850
Nullification Crisis
Kansas-Nebraska Act
John Brown's Raid
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Who is an Abolitionist?
a person who favors the ending of slavery
a person who opposes the ending of slavery
14
What did the Supreme Court say about blacks following the Dred Scott decision?
runaways would be returned
blacks in free states were citizens
blacks were not citizens
no blacks would ever be granted freedom
15
Which was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Mississippi
16
Name the first battle of the American Civil War
First Bull Run
Gettysburg
Appomattox Courthouse
Fort Sumter
17
What did the Missouri Compromise establish?
Established an imaginary line where slavery couldn't cross
That Missouri would be the first state to leave the Union
That Missouri would be a free state
That Missouri would be a slave state
18
What was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War?
Gettysburg
First Bull Run
Bentonville
Ft. Sumter
19
True or False- The north was mainly pro abolition.
True
False
20
Most Civil War soldiers fell in which of the following age categories?
18-30
30-50
15-45
20-40
21
What was the biggest advantage the south had during the Civil War?
They had more men
They had more weapons
They fought on land that they knew
They had better medical supplies
22
Which of these states did not form part of the Confederacy?
Texas
Mississippi
Maryland
Alabama
23
Who won the American Civil War?
South
North
24
Union soldiers wore _____ uniforms.
None of the Above
Blue
Pink
Gray/Light Brown
25
In what year did the tide of the war turn?
1864
1861
1863
1862
26
What was Abraham Lincoln's main goal when the Civil War began?
To completely destroy the South
To keep the nation divided
To keep the nation unified
To completely abolish slavery
27
Confederate soldiers wore _____ uniforms.
Pink
None of the Above
Blue
Gray/Light Brown
28
General Robert E. Lee surrendered and officially ended the war on what date?
April 14, 1865
March 29, 1865
April 9, 1864
April 9, 1865
29
Slaves states, which bordered free states, but remained in the Union, were called _____.
None of the Above
Slave States
Traitor States
Border States
30
Which of these advantages did not apply to the north?
more railroads
larger population
more industry
experienced military officers
31
William Tecumseh Sherman marched across what state in a path of destruction?
Florida
Virginia
Georgia
South Carolina
32
Approximately how many died during the Civil War ?
1,000,000
250,000
650,000
500,000
33
What was the name of the plan the North was going to use against the South in the war?
Total War
Boa-constrictor plan
Lincoln's Plan
Anaconda Plan
34
African Americans faced all of the following while serving in the Union Army?
Discrimination, More Deaths, Low Wages
Discrimination, Higher Taxes, High Wages
Less Discrimination, More Deaths, Low Wages
Discrimination, Higher Taxes, Low Wages
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Which Battle has the legacy of being the single bloodiest day in American history?
Bull Run
Shiloh
Antietam
Vicksburg
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The idea of allowing people in the states to choose if they wanted slavery or not was called
Popular Soverignty
Martial Law
Popular Withdrawl
Secession
