American 1 5.4

Why did Abraham Lincoln suspend Habeas Corpus during the Civil War?

• to conscript citizens into the Union Army
• to free slaves throughout the Confederacy
• to prevent British interference in the conflict
• to keep Confederate sympathizers imprisoned

What document freed slaves in Confederacy, but not in the Boarder States that were loyal to the Union?

• 13th Amendment
• Gettysburg Address
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Inagural Address

What did Lincoln use to establish the abolition of slavery as Union objective (goal) in the Civil War?

• the Gettysburg Address
• his first inaugural address
• the Emancipation Proclamation
• his second inaugural address

What was Lincoln’s primary goal at the outset (beginning) of the Civil War?

• to abolish slavery in both Union and Confederate states
• to restore the Confederate states to the Union
• to punish the Confederate states for secession
• to prevent slavery from spreading to western territories

What were TWO advantages the Confederacy had over the Union?

• More factories and fighting on their own land
• Better military leadership AND a better navy 
• Better military leadership AND fighting on their own ground
• More factories AND Railroad lines

What event is considered to be the official start of the Civil War?

• the burning of Lawrence, Kansas
• the raid on Harpers Ferry
• the attack on Fort Sumter
• the attack on Southampton, Virginia

What was the immediate cause of the secession of Southern States from the Union?

• election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency
• passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
• raid on Harpers Ferry by John Brown
• decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case

Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?

• Antietam
• Gettysburg
• Richmond
• Appomatox

Who won the Civil War?

• Union
• Confederates

What Union general is known for his march to the sea?

• Grant
• Sherman
• Lee
• Jackson