SSUSH9 Mini Assessment

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A major advantage of the north in the Civil War was

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The ability to supply the army with its manufacturing and shipping power

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Sherman wanted to capture Atlanta because:

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It was a major railroad hub and its capture would disrupt southern industry

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The Union army’s March to the Sea was an example of this military strategy to defeat the south:

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“total warfare”

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The confederate defeat at Vicksburg was important because:

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It split the Confederacy in half at the Mississippi River

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This law allowed previously free and unorganized territories to choose if they would allow slavery by popular sovereignty.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What did the armed clashes in "Bleeding Kansas" indicate a failure in? Options: Popular Sovereignty, Voting Rights, Civil Rights, Human Rights

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Popular Sovereignty

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In the Supreme Court Case of Dred Scott v. Sanford, the court said that Dred Scott had no right to sue because as a slave:

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He was not a citizen

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An abolitionist who attempted to arm and free slaves in Virginia at Harper’s Ferry:

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John Brown

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In his first inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln said “a house divided cannot stand”. What did he mean?

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He wanted to keep the Union together

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A former senator from Mississippi, he was the President of the Confederacy.

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Jefferson Davis