Unit 2:Civil War Questions

Question 1

Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Control of land and natural resources

Question 2

Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Question 3

What happened at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865?

Accepted Answer

Lee surrendered to Grant

Question 4

Militant southerners who called for states to secede from the Union were known as?

Accepted Answer

Fire-eaters

Question 5

The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves

Accepted Answer

In the southern states that seceded

Question 6

The slave states that did not join the Confederacy were called?

Accepted Answer

Border states

Question 7

Southern states felt powerless because they could not declare a federal law invalid. This is called?

Accepted Answer

Nullification

Question 8

How many states comprised the Confederate States of America?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 9

Which of the following people supported the view that slavery should be abolished in all states immediately?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass

Question 10

A well-developed transportation system, large industrial base, large urban population describes which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Advantages of the Union states.

Question 11

Which best describes the primary goal of the Anaconda Plan?

Accepted Answer

Prevent supplies from reaching the south and control the Mississippi River

Question 12

What did border states all have in common?

Accepted Answer

All were slave states

Question 13

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 14

Which of the following was a major issue in writing compromises to maintain political power in Congress?

Accepted Answer

Slavery

Question 15

Who was the President of the United States of America during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 16

Which of the following comparisons of the North and South just before the Civil War is inaccurate?

Accepted Answer

North was primarily agricultural; South was primarily industrial.

Question 17

The imaginary line that formed the boundary between the Union and Confederate States is known as:

Accepted Answer

Mason-Dixon Line

Question 18

What was the lesson learned from the first Battle of Bull Run?

Accepted Answer

That the war would be longer than expected.

Questions 18