USI Chapter 8 Assessment

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What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

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Firing on Fort Sumter

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What did the Emancipation Proclamation state?

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All enslaved African Americans in states not controlled by the Union were free

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What did the Gettysburg Address state was the purpose of the Civil War?

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To preserve a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people"

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In which battle did the North gain control of the Mississippi River?

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Vicksburg

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During the Civil War, what name was given to the states shown in light grey on this map?

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Confederate states

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What important event occurred at Appomattox Court House in 1865?

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Lee surrendered to Grant ending the Civil War

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Which of the following slave states did NOT secede from the Union? Ohio, Alabama, Kentucky, Virginia

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Kentucky

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Ulysses S. Grant was the

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general of the Union army that defeated Lee

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Who created the American Red Cross?

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Clara Barton

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What piece of legislation had Missouri enter the Union as a slave state and Maine enter the Union as a free state?

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Missouri Compromise