Civil War Era Review

The Free Soil Party was a short lived political party that wanted to stop the spread of slavery.

Which of the following is NOT true of Dred Scott v. Sanford?

Who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Fort Fisher?

Who was the first African American to win a Medal of Honor for his actions at Fort Wagner?

Which of Lincoln's Speeches during Civil War, did he say the war was nearing an end & the South be treated with kindness

"Bleeding Kansas" was the name given to violence that broke out when popular sovereignty was used in Kansas Territory.

Which of the following was not a cause of the war?

What was the first battle of the US Civil War?

____ was used to determine if a territory would become a slave or free state.

Which of the following was NOT related to the Kansas - Nebraska Act

The Battle of ____ was Lee's 2nd and final attempt to invade the north and signaled a turning point in the war.

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Anaconda Plan?

Who was president of the Confederate States of America?

Where did Lee surrender to Grant ending the US Civil War?

Advantages: Familiar Territory, Protecting their familes, homes & way of like

Which of Lincoln's Speeches during the Civil War Era, stressed that the Union was more important than current issues?

Who was commander of the Union Army?

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Missouri Compromise

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

At the battle of ____ the Union gained control of the Mississippi River.

A document freed slaves in rebelling territories, focused war on slavery, allowed African Americans to join the army.

Which of the following is not true of the border states?

The Republican Party and the Free Soil party were both founded to stop the spread of slavery.

Women served as nurses, spies, kept the home front going and disguised themselves as soldiers to fight in the Civil War.

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Which of the following does NOT list slave states

John WIlkes Boothe, a southern sympathizer, assassinated Abraham Lincoln

Who was commander of the Confederate Army?

The Fugitive Slave Act required all people to help in the capture and return of runaway slaves.

What two people were involved in a series of 7 debates over slavery when running for a Senate seat from Illinois?

Which is NOT a cause of the US Civil War?

The battle of _ gave Lincoln the win he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation & is the deadliest day of the war.

Which of the following was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

Texas was the first state to secede as a result of Lincoln winning the Election of 1860.