VAUS Unit 5 Test Review: Civil War

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Which compromise created the 36°30’ line that said new states above the line could not allow slavery?

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Missouri Compromise

Front

Which battle is considered the turning point in the Civil War?

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Gettysburg

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The Missouri Compromise allowed ______ in as a slave state and _______ in as a free state.

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Missouri / Maine

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What does it mean to believe in states' rights?

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States should not be overpowered by the federal government

Front

Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War was

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preserving the Union

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The Union general at the end of the Civil War was

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Ulysses S. Grant

Front

Which state was the first to secede?

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South Carolina

Front

What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have?

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It freed slaves in rebelling states.

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South Carolina and 6 other states (the Lower South) seceded after Lincoln's election in 1860.

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Lincoln's election in 1860

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States that had slavery but remained loyal to the Union were called

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Border states