Civil War Review

Civil War & Reconstruction Review

By Stephanie Spencer

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Which was passed first?

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850

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What was the only book more widely read than Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1861?

• The Almanac
• The Bible
• Huck Finn
• Tom Sawyer

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Slave owners condemned Uncle Tom's Cabin as "unfair and inaccurate."

• True
• False

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The book is one of the least influential events leading up to the Civil War

• True
• False

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California entered the US as a free state

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850

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Dred Scott Was...

• A Slave

• A Slave Owner

• A Minister

• An Army Soldier

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The Dred Scott decision is referred to as "the Supreme Court case that...

• abolished slavery."

• declared the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional."

• caused the Civil War."

• resulted in the Compromise of 1850."

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The Dred Scott decision...

• angered southerners, satisfied northerners.

• satisfied southerners, angered northerners.

• promoted the abolitionist movement.

• resulted in a compromise between the North & South.

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Who proposed the compromise of 1850?

• Henry Clay
• Abraham Lincoln
• Frederick Douglass
• Harriet Beecher Stowe

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What did the Fugitive Slave Law do?

• The underground railroad was ended
• Slaves that ran-away would be jailed
• Made it illegal for slaveholders to recapture their slaves
• Made it easier for slaveholders to find and reclaim runaway slaves

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The term means that people in the state would VOTE to make decisions about being a free state or a slave state.

• independent choice
• popular sovereignty
• popular election

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This law (act) opened the Kansas and Nebraska territory to being possible slave states 

• Fugitive Slave Act 
• Bleeding Kansas
• Missouri Compromise 
• Kansas-Nebraska Act 

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What does secession mean?

• to join

• to acquire

• to leave

• to change

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What state was the first to secede from the Union?

• Texas

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Virginia

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What was the name of the new country formed from the states that seceded?

• Fredonia

• Confederate States of America

• Southern States of America

• Articles of Secession

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In the 1830s, South Carolina threatened to secede over the issue of

• slavery

• the Missouri Compromise

• the national bank

• tariffs

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What was the stance of the Republican party regarding slavery?

• It should be abolished.

• The federal government had no power over slavery.

• Slavery should not be allowed to expand to western territories.

• The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

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The Civil War began when the Confederates fired upon

• Washington DC

• the Alamo

• Fort Sumter

• New York Harbor

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When did the Civil War begin?

• 1850

• 1860

• 1812

• 1861

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Who is this?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

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Who is this?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

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Who is this?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

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Who is this?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

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Names used to refer to the states which seceded (check all that apply).

• Union

• Confederacy

• Confederate States of America

• South

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Larger population of 22 million people which allowed for this side to have larger armies throughout the war.

• Union advantage

• Confederate advantage

• Union disadvantage

• Confederate disadvantage

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No organized Army or Navy when the war began.

• Union advantage

• Confederate advantage

• Union disadvantage

• Confederate disadvantage

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More expansive railroad network for transportation of goods and soldiers.

• Union advantage

• Confederate advantage

• Union disadvantage

• Confederate disadvantage

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More banks and money in order to pay for the expensive cost of war.

• Union advantage

• Confederate advantage

• Union disadvantage

• Confederate disadvantage

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Defending your land and homes on familiar territory.

• Union advantage

• Confederate advantage

• Union disadvantage

• Confederate disadvantage

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This Union general took 62,000 men and marched from Atlanta to Savannah.

• General Jackson
• General Smith
• General Scott
• General Sherman

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The idea of attacking the Confederacy by squeezing them like a snake from the East and West is known as the...

• Snake Plan

• Anaconda Plan

• Gator Paln

• Enduring Freedom

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What battle was the single, bloodiest day in the Civil War?

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Manassas

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Where was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War?

• Appomattox

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Bull Run

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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• Changed the course of the war, it made it about the issue of slavery as well as preserving the Union

• Preserved the Union

• Abolished slavery

• Changed the mind of the Southerners about having slavery, and brought the war to an end

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The Battle that was considered the "turning point" of the civil War was at----

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

• Manassas

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What did Abraham Lincoln mean when he said, "With malice towards none; with charity for all ."?

• He wanted to free all the slaves immediately

• He wanted the North and South to move on peacefully from the war.

• He wanted raise taxes in order to give money to churches.

• He wanted arrest Robert E Lee and all Confederate soldiers.

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Where did Robert E Lee surrender to Ulysses S Grant thus ending the Civil War?

• Washington DC

• Birmingham Alabama

• Richmond West Virginia

• Appomattox Courthouse Virginia

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Why did the Union Army's capture of Vicksburg so important?

• It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River (Anaconda)

• It gave access to the upper Mississippi Delta Region

• It cut off all supplies to Robert E. Lee in Virginia

• It allowed the Union to attack Richmond