AP Civil War Quiz

Hinton Helper's book, The Impending Crisis of the South, argued those who suffered most from slave labor were 

• the slaves themselves 
• poor Southern whites 
• planters with fewer than 100 slaves 
• Northern citizens

In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that 

• slavery was constitutional, but the slave trade was not
• slavery was unconstitutional and should be abolished 
• protection of slavery was guaranteed in all U.S. territories
• the international slave trade could be re-started 

North Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union after Lincoln got elected.

• True
• False

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
• Fort Western
• Fort Apache

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

• Anaconda Plan
• Rattlesnake Plan
• Scorpion Plan
• Blockade Plan

What was a major strength of the Union?

• education
• slavery
• more churches
• factories

What was a major weakness of the Confederacy?

• factories
• smaller populations
• larger populations
• poor populations

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

• to abolish slavery
• to end British control of the Western territories
• to make a profit selling war supplies
• to preserve the Union

Which of the following conclusions were drawn by both the North and South after the Battle of Bull Run?

• The war would last only a few short months
• The soldiers needed training and victory would be difficult
• Naval warfare would not help this "land" war