Civil War Flashcard

Civil War Flashcard

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which condition did both slaves and free blacks have in the United States during the antebellum period?

Back

Both groups were denied citizenship rights.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which statement correctly matches a historical event with one of its immediate results? The nullification crisis led to South Carolina seceding from the United States over slavery, The Missouri Compromise led to Missouri being admitted to the union as a free state, The Kansas Nebraska act led to Kansas being allowed to decide where it wanted slavery or not, The Compromise of 1850 led to California being admitted to the union as a slave state

Back

The Kansas Nebraska act led to Kansas being allowed to decide where it wanted slavery or not

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which statement describes the role of George McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War?

Back

They were Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Based on this excerpt, which group wrote the Lecompton Constitution? (emancipation means freedom) Options: Opponents of westward expansion, Supporters of abolitionism, Anti-slavery Northerners, Pro-slavery Southerners

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Back

Pro-slavery Southerners

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which statement describes how the passage of Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectionalism? Options: It allowed slavery to expand into the territories, It gave tax cuts to manufactures who relocated to the territories, It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedoms, It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories.

Back

It allowed slavery to expand into the territories

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why was the Battle of Vicksburg a strategic victory in the Civil War?

Back

The battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi river

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What made the battles at Antietam and Gettysburg different from the other battles illustrated on this map?

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Back

They were battles fought in the Union Territory.

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