Civil War and Reconstruction Review Review

Which of the following is NOT a condition of the Compromise of 1850?

• California joins as a free state.
• Ended selling of slaves in Washington D.C. 
• Maine was admitted as a free state.
• A new Fugitive Slave Act was passed.

Which of the following ruled that it was unconstitutional to place a ban on slavery. 

• Dred Scott Decision
• Compromise of 1850 
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Fugitive Slave Act

The California Gold Rush led to which of the following?

• Dred Scott Decision
• Compromise of 1850 
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Missouri Compromise

More factories, larger population, and a better navy

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

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

The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

• Fort Sumter
• Fort Williams
• Bull Run
• Manassas

What did the North call this strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?

• Anaconda Plan
• Rattlesnake Plan
• Scorpion Plan
• Scott's Blockade Plan

What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?

• It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
• It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton.
• It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
• It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.

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

• heavy industrial development
• a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
• superior military leadership
• an alliance with Britain and France

What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?

• to abolish slavery
• to end British control of the Western territories
• to make the Southern economy not dependent on cotton 
• to preserve the Union