The Civil War

An abolitionist is  

• a person who fights for slavery
• a soldier that fights for the Confederate
• A person who fights against slavery
• a soldier that fights for the Union

The Confederacy fired the first shots of the Civil War at the Union soldiers at _______.

• Fort Molturie
• Fort Sumter
• Fort Jackson
• Fort Johnson

The economy in the southern part of the United States was agricultural and relied on ______.

• immigrants
• slaves
• British trade
• factories and railroads

The _____ was a secret route that runaway slaves took to free states or to Canada.

• Underground Railroad
• Freedom Trail
• Turner Route
• Oregon Trail

After ______ became President of the United States in 1860, a group of southern states withdrew from the Union to form their own country.

• Abraham Lincoln
• James Monroe
• John Adams
• Robert E. Lee

The economy in the northern part of the United States was ________ and depended on manufacturing.

• agricultural
• industrial
• based on farming
• in great debt

What was the importance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It made all of the states re-join the United States.
• It gave freedom to all slaves in states who had left the Union.
• It helped the soldiers by giving them supplies.
• It allowed the South to own slaves if they paid the Emancipation tax.

What did abolitionist do to stop slavery?

• They bought new slaves.
• They explained why slaves were needed in the Southern economy.
• They followed the Fugitive Slave Act.
• They wrote and spoke against slavery.

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book that exposed the cruelties of slavery?

• Harriet Tubman
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Sarah Grimke
• Frederick Douglass

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

• It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
• It increased the need for slaves in the South.
• It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
• It decreased the need for cotton.