Course and Consequences of the Civil War - SS.912.A.2.1

Course and Consequences of the Civil War

SS.912.A.2.1 - Examine the causes and consequences of the Civil War.

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The states that seceded from the Union formed a new country called the

States of America.

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Lincoln's main objective at the start of the war was to:

• free all enslaved people

• preserve the Union

• get revenge

• punish Jefferson Davis

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Select ALL of the UNION (Northern) advantages during the Civil War

• better military leadership

• more miles of railroads

• higher population

• more manufacturing (factories)

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Why was the Battle of Antietam so significant?

• It showed that the Confederacy's superior strength and likeliness to win the war.

• It was a crushing defeat of the Union that convinced Britain to help the Confederates.

• It was the Confederate's first loss and a major turning point for the Union.

• It convinced Britain and France not to help the Confederacy and persuaded Lincoln to give the war a new focus.

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Select all the true statements about the Emancipation Proclamation

• It ended slavery in every state.

• It motivated slaves to join the Union army.

• It freed slaves in rebelling territories.

• It gave the Union a new purpose to fight.

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The Battles of

and Vicksburg were major turning points, showing that the tide of the war was turning and that the Union would likely win.

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The Union

the Civil War when Confederates surrendered on April 9, 1865.

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Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Civil War?

• Over 600,000 troops were killed.

• The federal government's power was strengthened.

• Slavery was abolished in the United States.

• The states' rights argument was confirmed.

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Which of the following was a primary goal of President Abraham Lincoln at the outset of the Civil War?

• to abolish slavery in both Union and Confederate states

• to restore the Confederate states to the Union

• to punish the Confederates states for secession

• to prevent slavery from spreading to western territories

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Which of the following was a strength of the North during the Civil War?

• Homefield advantage

• Railroads that could easily move troops and supplies

• Superior military leadership

• Crops that could be traded with Europe for supplies

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The Anaconda Plan was designed "to envelope the insurgent States and bring them to terms, with less bloodshed than by any other plan."

What was the main objective of the plan described above?

• To attack and bring under control a few key Southern cities

• To disrupt Southern supply lines by controlling the railroad junctions in the South

• To sign treaties with Britain and France to prevent them from assisting the South

• To suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern Ports

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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared:

• Women to be treated equally as men.

• Slaves in the Union to be free.

• Slaves in the Confederate states to be free.

• African Americans in the North to be treated equally as white men.

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What are the major consequences of the Civil War?

• The end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government

• Recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union and the nullify federal laws

• An end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality throughout the nation

• The abolition of slavery in all Northern states in all federal territories north of 36*30' N