U.S. History Regents Review: Civil War

Which argument did President Lincoln use against the secession of the Southern states?

• Slavery was not profitable
• The government was a union of people and not of states
• The Southern States did not permit their people to vote on secession
• As the Commander in Chief, he had the duty to defend the U.S. against foreign invasion

A major result of the Civil War was that the

• economic system of the South came to dominate the United States economy
• Federal Government's power over the states was strengthened
• members of Congress from Southern States gained control of the legislative branch
• nation's industrial development came to a standstill

Sectional differences developed in the U.S. largely because

• the Federal Government adopted a policy of neutrality
• economic conditions and interests in each region varied
• only northerners were represented at the Constitutional Convention
• early Presidents favored 

Early in his presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to

• enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
• preserve the Union
• end slavery throughout the entire country
• encourage sectionalism

Before the Civil War, slavery expanded in the South rather than in the North because

• the Constitution contained a clause that outlawed the importation of slaves into the Northern states
• Congress passed a law forbidding slavery in the North
• Northern states passed affirmative action legislation
• geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large plantations

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free" - Abraham Lincoln, 1858. According to this quotation, Lincoln believed that

• sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union
• slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately
• the Southern states should be allowed to secede
• to save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery

As the Civil War began, President Lincoln stated that his primary goal was to 

• end slavery
• set new national boundaries
• increase congressional powers
• preserve the Union

The Civil War stimulated the Northern economy by

• causing a severe depression
• increasing unemployment rates
• decreasing demand for agricultural products
• stimulating industrialization

By the 1850's, why did many runaway slaves go to Canada?

• They feared being drafted into the Northern army
• The Fugitive Slave Act kept them at risk in the U.S.
• More factory jobs were available in Canada
• Northern abolitionists refused to help fugitive slaves

Which statement is best supported by the data in the table?

• The Confederate troops lost the Civil War as a result of their higher number of injuries and fatalities
• The Union army had better generals during the Civil War
• The Civil War had more casualties than any other war
• More soldiers died from disease than from wounds