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