Civil War Review

The Southern states __________ from the Union and formed the ______________ States of America.

• seceded ------ Confederate

• ceded ------- United

• seceded ------- United

• ceded ------- Confederate

The Southern economy was based on _____________ agriculture using ________ labor.

• plantation --------- slave

• industry --------- wage

• farming ---------- slave

• gold mining --------- union

The single bloodiest day of the Civil War, which resulted in a Northern victory.

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Manassas

Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the rebellious Confederate states by issuing the ______________

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Freedom Declaration

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

The commander of the Confederate Army

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

This Supreme Court case determined that African Americans were not citizens, could not be free, and could appear in court.

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Tinker v. Des Moines

Chief Justice Roger Taney's ruling in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case determined ......

(select ALL that apply)

• African Americans were not citizens

• African Americans could not appear in court

• African Americans could purchase their freedom

• African Americans could escape to freedom in the North

What were the causes of the Civil War?

(Select all that apply)

• Slavery - the North opposed it, the South supported it

• Sectionalism - tensions rose between different sections of the country

• States' Rights - the South believed the states had the right to decide slavery

• Secession: The action of withdrawing membership from a country

Tensions rose between the North, South, and West in the United States in the early 1800s. This led to the Civil War and is known as ...

• sectionalism

• slavery

• states' rights

• secession

This bill admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while prohibiting slavery north of the 36-30 line

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850