The Emancipation Proclamation stated that:

All slaves in the South were free

What was the significance of the 36˚30´ parallel?

It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned.

Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slavestates?

losing voting power in Congress

What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harpers Ferry?

create a slave rebellion that would bring an end to slavery

What happened to the MA 54th at Ft. Wagner?

It was considered a suicide mission, killing most of them

What did the Union gain from the Battle of Vicksburg?

Control of the Mississippi River

All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except

plantation owners did not want returned slaves.

Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?

South Carolina's shelling of Fort Sumter

The purpose of the raid on Harper's Ferry was

to arm slaves and aid the abolitionist cause

studbud

Civil War Review

100 termsStudBud Administration3,591 plays

Imported from external platform

Flashcards100 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 100

Answers

1
The Emancipation Proclamation stated that:
Copperheads must return to the North
Everyone can vote
All slaves in the South were free
Made slavery illegal in 20 years
2
Sherman's march started in which state?
Georgia
South Carolina
Texas
North Carolina
3
This was the capital of the Confederate States of America.
Fredericksburg, VA
Savannah, VA
Richmond, VA
Washington, DC
4
This law made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves.
Fugitive Slave Act
Slave Trade Compromise
Slavery Law
Runaway Slave Act
5
Abraham Lincoln was a member of this political party
Free-Soilers
Republican
Whig
Democrat
6
This side’s strategy included fighting a defensive war.
South
North
7
This was the first state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
8
Their strengths included having a greater population, more factories, and more railroad mileage
North
South
9
What was the significance of the 36˚30´ parallel?
It separated the North from the South.
It indicated the northern border of Missouri.
It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned.
It showed the borders of the United States.
10
Lee's army met its match outside this town in what was to become the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Bull Run
Antietam
11
What was Sherman's trek across the South commonly known as?
March through South Carolina
March to the North
March through North Carolina
March to the Sea
12
Which of the following was part of Congressional Reconstruction?
Election of new state governements
Military Reconstruction Act
13th Amendment
Rebuilding Roads & Factories
13
This bill demanded that no land acquired as a result of the Mexican War would be allowed slaves
Wilmot Proviso
10% plan
Wade-Davis bill
the Territorial Provision Act
14
Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slavestates?
losing future Presidential elections
losing respect
losing voting power in Congress
losing tax revenue
15
What was considered the first battle of the Civil War?
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Antietam
Fort Sumnter
16
Roughly how many lives were lost during the Civil War
over 1,000,000
about 400,000
about 200,000
over 600,000
17
What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harpers Ferry?
bring attention to the conflict between the North and South
to bring the two sides together to form a new compromise
create a revolution to lead to a war between the states
create a slave rebellion that would bring an end to slavery
18
The Red Cross was founded by this nurse who was known as the “Angel Of the Battlefield.”
Dorothy Dix
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dorothy Lowell
Clara Barton
19
This plan allowed the balance of free and slave states to remain equal
Anaconda Plan
Compromise of 1860
KS-NE Act
MO Compromise
20
All black military units who fought on the front lines of the Indian wars were known as
Scalawags
Buffalo Soldiers
Massachusetts 54th Regiment
U.S. infantry
21
What happened to the MA 54th at Ft. Wagner?
They did not enter Ft. Wagner
It was considered a suicide mission, killing most of them
They captured the fort and had a victory
They made a compromise with the Confederates
22
Who was the Commander of the Confederate forces?
General Faith Lee
General Grant
General Lee
"Stonewall" Jackson
23
Who was president when the 15th Amendment was passed?
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
Davis
24
Where did the 54th Regiment have their first battle?
Fort Fisher
Fort Harrison
Fort Blakely
Fort Wagner
25
This bill ended the slave trade in WA, DC and called a strong fugitive slave law.
"Gag Rule"
Compromise of 1860
Compromise of 1850
MO Compromise
26
Which was not a Northern advantage in the Civil War?
Military Leadership
Huge Population
Indsutry
Large Army
27
What did southern whites do to prevent A.A.'s from taking office or vote?
Took away their familes
killed them
Voted them to be banned from south
Used legal means and violence
28
Tax placed on voters in the South.
Reconstruction Tax
Equality Tax
Election Tax
Poll tax
29
This name was given to Congress's decision to set aside antislavery petitions presented to them
"Gag Rule"
"Contempt"
"Slave Rule"
"Anti-Slavery Law"
30
What did the Union gain from the Battle of Vicksburg?
New Weapons
Control of the Mississippi River
Control of the Appalachian Mts.
A surrendered confederacy
31
California was admitted to the Union as a part of this agreement
the 3/5ths Compromise
the Crittenden Compromise
the Compromise of 1850
the Missouri Compromise
32
This act forced northerners to catch runaway slaves with a punishment of being fined/jailed.
Slave Trade Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Runaway Slave Act
Freedom Act
33
Which came first?
Lincoln's Assasination
Gettysburg Address
13th Amendment
Emancipation Proclomation
34
What is loyalty to interests of one's own region rather than to the country as a whole?
The Gag Rule
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Sectionalism
The Tallmadge Amendment
35
Who was the commanding General of the southern troops?
Lee
Jackson
McClellan
Grant
36
This famous actor assassinated Abraham Lincoln, and was later shot a Virginia barn.
Wiley
Booth
Lennon
Sherman
37
Weaknesses of this side included being anew, not having a strong government, and a weak economy
North
South
38
All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except
many slaves moved to Canada.
hounded slave catchers returned to the South.
Northerners refused to obey the law.
plantation owners did not want returned slaves.
39
This compromise stated that CA was admitted to the Union as a free state.
Compromise of 1850
Anaconda Compromise
Compromise of 1860
KS-NE Compromise
40
The MS River was taken by General Grant in this battle.
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
Lewisburg
Vicksburg
41
Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?
Preston Brooks's attack on Charles Sumner
the election of Abraham Lincoln
South Carolina's shelling of Fort Sumter
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
42
This Constitutional Amendment freed all slaves.
12th
13th
14th
15th
43
The purpose of the raid on Harper's Ferry was
to kidnap slaves and take them to the south
to seek revenge for Nat Turner's rebellion
to arm slaves and aid the abolitionist cause
to seek revenge for the tragedy in Lawrence, KS
44
According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area was slavery banned?
Southern states
land acquired from Mexico
Northern states
Louisiana Territory
45
This side declared victory after the battle of Antietam, but no land was gained for either side
South
North
46
What year did the Civil War start?
1861
1865
1870
1860
47
What is the name of laws passed to restrict rights of newly freed African Americans?
Black Laws
Jim Crow Codes
Black Codes
Civil Rights Laws
48
What is the name of the slave who sued for his freedom?
Nat Turner
Frederick Douglass
William Beecher
Dred Scott
49
Who was elected president of the US in 1860 which caused many in the south to be angry?
Jackson
Lincoln
Breckenridge
Daivs
50
This warship saved the Union fleet and ensured the continuation of the Union’s blockade.
Washington
Monitor
Merrimac
Virginia
51
Which side did Robert E. Lee fight for?
South
North
52
What side did the Merrimac defend?
North
South
53
What city in Kansas was burned and looted by pro-slavery border states?
Lawrence
Kansas City
Wichita
Louisville
54
After Lincoln’s election in 1860 how many states in total had left the union?
13
12
11
7
55
Fort Sumter, in Charleston, SC, was bombed for 34 hours in this month and year.
June 1860
April 1865
April 1861
June 1863
56
What was the turning point of the war?
Appomattax
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Antietam
57
What was NOT an effect of the Cotton Gin?
More cotton was grown in the South
Cotton could be produced faster
The use and need for slaves decreased
Cotton was easier to clean
58
He was the President of the USA during the Civil War.
Grant
Jefferson
Davis
Lincoln
59
Guerrilla Warfare was used in this conflict that broke out in the Kansas-Nebraska area.
Bleeding Kansas
John Brown's Raid
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Bleeding Nebraska
60
What was apparent following the presidential election of 1860?
Southern states were eager to abolish slavery.
Lincoln was popular throughout the nation.
There was little support for abolitionists in the North.
The nation was divided over slavery.
61
What side of the war was George McClellan on?
South
North
62
This bill proposed allowing MO to join the Union as a free state.
Compromise of 1850
MO Compromise
Fugitive Slave Act
Tallmadge Amendment
63
What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?
It required Southern states to pay higher taxes.
It temporarily ended the slavery debate.
It led to the South seceding from the Union.
It upset the balance of slave and free states in the Union.
64
What political party was formed in 1854
Free Soilers
Whigs
Democrats
Republicans
65
He believed he could save slaves by giving them weapons and starting a revolution.
Nat Turner
John Brown
Dred Scott
Frederick Douglass
66
Who was the overseer-er of the Underground Railroad that also served as a spy?
Harriet Tubman
Dred Scott
John Brown
Betsy Ross
67
This place in Virginia was the location of the surrender of Lee’s army to Grant.
Vicksburg
Appomattox Court House
Lincoln Courts
Harrisburg
68
This person was the first general to lead the Union against the confederacy in Bull Run
Sheman
Jackson
Lee
McClellan
69
What was the "Gag Rule"
Stopped consideration of the anti-slavery
Slaves were gagged as torture
Stopped spreading rumors
Choking everyone
70
This Union general led his men from Atlanta to Savannah, burning everything in its way.
Lee
Sherman
Grant
McClellan
71
In 1854, Congress passed a law that allowed settlers in these territories decide about slavery.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Popular Soverignty
Fugitive Slave Act
MO Compromise
72
What was the title of Harriet Beecher Stowe's controversial book?
The Liberator
The Freedom Trail
Underground Railroad
Uncle Tom's Cabin
73
The major political party in the South during the Civil War was Democrat.
True
False
74
General Grant burned Atlanta to the ground
True
False
75
Who was Lincoln's successor?
Johnson
Jackson
Grant
Hikida
76
This General got his nick name during Bull Run but was later killed by friendly fire
Jackson
Grant
McClellan
Sherman
77
Laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the South after Reconstruction
Voting Rights Act of 1865
Fugitive Slave Laws
Jim Crow laws
Black Codes
78
What was the main purpose of the Civil War?
All of the Above
States Rights
Ending Slavery
Getting the Union back together
79
Which Supreme Court case declared the MO Compromise unconstitutional?
Plessy v. Ferguson
None of the Above
Brown v. Board of Educaiton
Dred Scott Decision
80
What was an effect of Southern poll tax laws?
Public funding of small businesses increased.
African Americans were denied voting rights.
Southern Democrats were voted out of office.
African Americans were elected to Congress
81
What abolitionist led a failed raid at Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
John Black
John Green
Joe Brown
82
This divided the LA Purchase into 2 territories that would be decided by popular sovereignty.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
KS-NE Act
Purchase Act
83
Who was the author of the MO Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?
Abe Lincoln
Henry Clay
John C. Breckenridge
Jefferson Davis
84
The regiment made up of African-Americans who fought at Ft. Wagner were fighting for this side.
South
North
85
What were the official types of Reconstruction?
All of the Above
Presidential
Southern
Congressional
86
During the war, the term Copperheads was used to refer to
Northern Democrats who moved south
Northern Republicans who supported the war
Northern Democrats who opposed the war
Southern Democrats who opposed the war
87
Who was opposed to slavery and tried to start a rebellion at Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
Fredrick Douglas
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
88
How many total states seceded?
11
5
7
9
89
This side was more skilled with guns and horses when the war first broke out.
Union
Confederacy
90
What was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case?
that slavery diminished the national character
African Amers did not have the right to sue in federal court
African American rights were protected by the Constitution
that slavery should be abolished by executive order
91
The North's loss in this battle showed them the war would last longer than 3 months.
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
Harper's Ferry
92
The 14th Amendment states, "all people born or naturalized in the US" except who:
Immigrants
African Americans
Native Americans
White People
93
The 15th Amendment stated that all citizens could vote, no matter the race or sex.
False
True
94
Which is NOT a cause of the war?
State Rights
Election of 1860
Economy
Infrastructure
95
What was considered the bloodiest one day battle of the war?
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Bull Run
Antietem
96
This term describes the farming system in the South and helped former slaves
Scaliwagging
Sharecropping
Plantation System
Carpetbaggers
97
This word used as a synonym for the North that means joined under a single government.
Union
Confederate
Bicameral
Freedom
98
This term is used to describe Lincoln’s plan to rebuild the South and was continued by Johnson.
Reconstruction
Rebuilding
Anaconda
Segregation
99
What title was given to describe the conflicts in Kansas leading up to the Civil War?
Kansas Riots
Rebellions In the West
Rebellions in Kansas
Bleeding Kansas
100
The principle that would allow voters to decide whether they wanted to ban slavery or not
secession
sectionalism
popular sovereignty
constitutionalism

Civil War Review Flashcards | StudBud