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The American Civil War (1861-1865)
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1
The Kansas-Nebraska Act nullified (canceled out) which of the following?
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Missouri Compromise
2
The Civil War was so deadly because of
all of these
the lack of knowledge about sanitation in hospitals.
the rifling in the new muskets.
the new bullets that were used.
3
The abolitionist cause was supported by many northerners because of
None of these
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Both of these
the Fugitive Slave Act
4
The tide of the war turned in the North's favor after the Battle of _____________.
Fredericksburg
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Antietam
5
When Dred Scott returned to Missouri from Wisconsin, his main goal was to...
enlist in the Confederate army
file a law suit for his freedom
tour the nation to give speeches on slavery
campaign and run for Senator
6
___________ added more than 200,000 soldiers to the Union troops.
Asian Americans
Women
Plantation owners
African Americans
7
The transition from wooden ships to
ironclad
warships can be attributed to the battle of the
Alabama and New York
Monitor and Merrimac
Lee and Grant
Freedom and Independence
8
Southern slaves who escaped to the North should be returned under which law?
Plantation Owners Act
Slaveholder Act
African American No-Freedom Act
Fugitive Slave Act
9
This event marks the official start of the Civil War.
Attack on Fort Sumter
Dred Scott decision
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
Bleeding Kansas
10
The President of the Confederate States of America was
George McClellan
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
11
Abraham Lincoln was able to win the election of 1860 mainly because
Free blacks in the North supported him
African Americans were able to vote for him in the South
The Democratic party was split in two
Stephen Douglas began supporting Lincoln
12
The author of
Uncle Tom's Cabin
was
Herman Melville
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Henry David Thoreau
Mark Twain
13
This side had more weapons shortages.
North
South
14
The Dred Scott decision allowed for the possibility of...
Abraham Lincoln to run for President of the United States.
African Americans earning the right to vote.
slave catchers being able to capture runaway slaves.
slavery entering the territories.
15
Which is
true
of the Compromise of 1850?
Fugitive Slave Act is outlawed
Slave trade is banned in the South
California becomes a slave state
Utah and New Mexico territory are open to slavery
16
Which of the following is a "Border State"?
California
Louisiana
Missouri
Indiana
17
All of the following were elements of the Missouri Compromise
EXCEPT
...
Popular sovereignty is law for all territories in the west
Maine becomes a free state
Missouri becomes a slave state
The MO Compromise line separates free and slave territory
18
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation "freed" the slaves in what region?
Only the rebelling Confederate States
The Border States
The North
Both the North and South
19
How does Lincoln provoke the South into starting a war?
He sends Union troops into Georgia
He asks Congress for a declaration of war
He sends unarmed troops into Ft. Sumter
He insults Jefferson Davis via telegraph
20
This side had more factories, railroads, and soldiers.
South
North
21
The
FINAL
event that caused the South to secede from the Union was
the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
The slave trade was banned in Washington D.C.
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
22
The greatest resource for the North was __________.
military officers
industry
fighting a defensive war
cotton
23
The principle of ____________ was used to decide slavery issues in the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Abolitionism
Habeas Corpus
Popular Sovereignty
Due Process
24
He was the main general of the Confederate army.
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
William Sherman
Abraham Lincoln
25
John Brown hoped to incite a slave revolt by taking over an armory in...
Baltimore, Maryland
Lawrence, Kansas
Harper's Ferry, VA
Topeka, Kansas
