American Civil War

American Civil War

By Amanda Macke

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Who is this?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

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Where were most large cities located in the 1860's?

• Union/North
• Confederacy/ South

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The North was home for many...

• Plantations

• Railroads

• Orange fields

• Factories

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The South was home for many...

• Underground railroads

• Factories

• Plantations

• Gold mines

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Who was appointed as the first Southern states president by 1861?

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

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Which was the first state to secede?

• South Carolina

• North Carolina

• Alabama

• Georgia

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What was the name of the book that inspired abolitionists?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Huckleberry Finn

• The Scarlet Letter

• The Peculiar Institution

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Where were the first shots of the Civil War?

• Fort Sumter
• Bull Run
• Manassa
• Antietam

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Abolitionist who used violence in attempt to end slavery

• John Brown
• John Smith
• John C. Calhoun
• Elihu Embree

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Which side had a larger population and more railroads?

• Union
• Confederacy

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What document gave freedom to the slaves in Confederate territory?

• The 10% Plan
• The Wade-Davis Bill
• The 3/5th Law
• The Emancipation Proclamation

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Who won the Civil War?

• Union
• Confederates

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What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?

• Heavy industrial development
• Strong railroad network
• Superior military leadership
• Alliance with Britain and France

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What year did the Civil War end?

• 1861
• 1977
• 1865
• 1812

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Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?

• Smarter Generals
• Defensive Strategy
• More Troops
• Highly Motivated

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Which side had the advantage of fighting on its home terrain (land)?

• Union 
• Confederacy

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Which side had the advantage of greater industrial production and population?

• Union
• Confederacy

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What was the Republican Party's stated position regarding slavery?

• It should not be allowed to expand west
• Congress should decide slave and free states
• Popular sovereignty should decide
• It should be abolished

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A consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was:

• violence between pro-slavery and abolitionist groups
• gold was discovered in Nebraska
• John Brown led a slave revolt
• Dred Scott sued for his freedom

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Lincoln's main goal at the end of the Civil War was to:

• prosecute Confederate leaders for treason
• establish civil rights for former slaves
• bring the South back into the Union
• expand railroads and commerce west

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More factories, larger population, and a better navy

• Southern advantages
• Northern advantages
• Reasons for  Southern victory
• Cause of the battle of Gettysburg

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Better officers, defending homes, don't have to go on the attack

• Northern advantages
• reasons North won the battle of Antietam
• Southern advantages
• reasons Minecraft is fun

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The beginning and the end of the American Civil War:

• 1860-1865

• 1861-1865

• 1862-1865

• 1863-1865

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The US Supreme Court decided that this man was still just a slave, even though he had lived in a free territory, setting the stage for slavery to be legal everywhere

• Uncle Tom

• Tony Stark

• Dred Scott

• Brown v Board

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Slavery is outlawed in the US by this amendment:

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 12th Amendment