Social Studies CBA #4 Review

Slaves that escaped their master and ran North were called 

• Fugitive slaves
• Runaway slaves
• Underground slaves

What happened with Northern forces blockaded ports in the South?

• Southerners sold their cotton elsewhere
• Southerners stopped growing cotton to sell and built factories
• Southerners could not export their goods such as cotton to sell

What was a result of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Freed slaves were not ready to deal with life away from slavery
• It ended the war
• The North could reinstate slavery
• Slaves had to return back to the plantation they escaped from

Which of the following is NOT true about the 13th Amendment?

• It abolished (did away with) slavery
• Gave all men the right to vote
• Southern states were required to ratify (approve it)
• It was passed by Congress

What was a result of South Carolina seceding (leaving) the Union?

• Other southern states followed its lead and seceded and left the Union
• President Lincoln's inauguration was cancelled
• Mississippi made Jefferson Davis the new president of the U.S.

Which of the following does NOT describe the Southern Military?

• Wore grey uniforms
• Fought for freedom to leave the Union
• Fought for the right to farm land
• Well-trained army

Both Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant attended West Point and served together in the Mexican-American War.

• True
• False

Why would a soldier NOT return home after the war was over?

• He made good money in the army and wanted to stay in
• He died of an illness
• He didn't have enough money to make it back home

Which of these was a problem facing the South after the civil war?

• No Northerners wanted the South to be readmitted into the Union
• Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, the South refused to release their slaves
• The South was devastated since most of the fighting had taken place there
• Many of them wanted to move North but did not have the money to do so

What was the purpose of the 15th amendment?

• It gave freed slaves the right to vote
• It freed slaves
• It made freed slaves citizens of the United States