chapters 15 and 16 Civil War

The Civil War started when the Confederacy fired on Fort Sumter.

Life for African Americans in the South changed after the war because

Abolitionist  Charles Sumner was beaten unconscious with a cane in the Senate Chambers

Why didn't anyone vote for Lincoln in Georgia?

The Emancipation Proclamation was based on what principle of the Declaration of Independence?

What did the Freeport Doctrine state?

The person sued for his freedom:

Why did many Native Americans join the Confederacy war effort in the West?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act upheld the Missouri Compromise.

Who wrote the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin?

What inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom's Cabin?

The Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln faced northern opposition after the draft required military service for men and women.

One result of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin was

What is one reason the Democratic Party struggled in the election of 1860?

Northerns began opposing the war because they

The Civil War began with

What feature made the new Southern warships dangerous to the north?

I am going to ROCK this test on the Civil War tomorrow. I am a scholar.

The North had the economic advantage over the South from the very beginning.

What is popular sovereignty

Which of the following unit kicked some Confederate booty at Fort Wagner?

Why was Kansas bleeding?

Why was John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry a failure?

What changes occurred to US political parties after the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed?

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

Which group strongly supported the election of Lincoln when voting at the polls?

The South believed their economy would be destroyed without slave labor, so they seceded.

The goal of the Union army in the west was to gain control of

Why was the draft of 1863 criticized?

How did many Northerns feel about the Emancipation Proclamation?

In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln accused Democrats of wanting to

Where is New York?

The purpose of the Gettyburg Address was to

Why did Free-Soil Party support abolition?

Dred Scott v. Sandford established that

Lincoln won all the Southern states' votes in the election of 1860.

During the Lincoln-Douglas debates Lincoln said African Americans were equals with whites.

Why did many Northerners oppose the Fugitive Slave Act?

The Union and Confederate armies built up their troops by

What was the consequence of the Compromise of 1850?

Ulysses S. Grant was a qualified army leader because he

What did Lincoln do to silence opposition to the war?

What was John Brown trying to do in Virginia in 1859?

The First Battle of Bull Run

During the Civil War women

What was the Wilmot Proviso?

Why did Lincoln support the abolition of slavery?

What was the main problem for both armies when preparing for war?

What was the Southern economy like after the War?