Civil War Test Review

Why is the Battle of Bull Run important?

• First major battle

• Robert E. Lee surrendered there

• It was as far north as Lee's men could go

• Stonewall was killed in this battle

Why would Robert E. Lee not accept he Union Command?

• Was supported succession

• He would not take up arms against his own state

• he believed the confederacy would win

• he believed in slavery

Which slave state DID NOT remain in the union

• Missouri

• Kentucky

• Maryland

• Delaware

• Virginia

Why was the blockade of Southern Ports so important

• It meant that southern forces had to protect the ports

• It meant supplies could not get to southern troops, and they could not export southern crops.

• goods that were needed for fighting could get through

• foreign countries could not support the Union

Why were many battles fought in Virginia?

• it had the most harbors

• most of the soldiers were from that area

• the capitols of both the Union or the Confederacy were either in or on the border

• It was the richest State

California and Kansas had what similarity

• they were both slave states

• they were border states

• they seceded from the Union

• They were both free states who stayed loyal to the Union

What happened in 1820?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska act

• Missouri Compromise- Missouri joined as a slave states and Maine joined as a free state

Which State Split over the Issue of Slavery

• California

• New York

• Virginia

• South Carolina

What freed the slaves in the South

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

• Copper Union Address

• Declaration of the Civil War

You could characterize the Northern States as

• An Urban society with small farms and towns

• made up of farms and plantations

• agricultural

• a manufacturing region that favored tariffs