Unit 9: Civil War

Why did the people in the North favor tariffs?

• they caused the price of cotton to decrease.
• they increased foreign competition for factory workers and owners.
• they protected factory owners and workers from foreign competition.
• they caused the prices of manufactured goods to increase.

What event finally caused the South to secede from the Union?

• Compromise of 1860
• Compromise of 1850
• Firing on Fort Sumter
• Lincoln's election

Which state was formed by 50 Virginia counties that did not want to secede?

• North Carolina
• Kentucky
• Tennessee
• West Virginia

Which border state remained in the Union?

• Tennessee
• Virginia
• Kentucky
• North Carolina

During the Civil War, all of the states remained in the Union EXCEPT____________.

• Missouri
• Texas
• Georgia
• Illinois

Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War?

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Stonewall Jackson
• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis

Robert E. Lee refused to take command of the Union forces during the Civil War because he ____________.

• believed the South would form a new country.
• Thought Grant would make a better general.
• would not fight against his home state.
• did not think they would pay him enough.

Who was Stonewall Jackson?

• a Confederate general
• a newspaper reporter
• an Aid to Abraham Lincoln
• a Union general

Who believed that force should be used to preserve the Union?

• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Abraham Lincoln
• Frederick Douglass

What famous abolitionist was once a slave?

• William Douglass
• Frederick Douglass
• Jefferson Davis
• A.P. Hill