Civil War Review

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

• Elliott Stevens

• Eli Whitney

• Jeffrey Banks

• Washington Carver

What was the Cotton Gin?

• an engine that cleaned cotton

• A loom that wove cloth

• a fizzy drink

• a boy band

What was a negative consequence of the Cotton Gin?

• It cleaned cotton quickly

• It expanded the exportation of cotton

• It expanded slavery

• It made the price of cotton cheaper

What was the cause of the Civil War?

• states rights

• a way of life

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

• slavery

What was the Missouri Compromise?

• a basketball team

• a route to the Oregon Country

• an agreement that slavery would not be legal in territories North of 36' 30 latitude

• an agreement that Missouri would enter the Union as a free state

Who was Dred Scott?

• a famous abolitionist

• an enslaved person who sued for his freedom because he had been taken to a free territory

• the commander of the Confederate army

• a former slave who led others to freedom on the Underground Railroad

What was the Dred Scott decision? (more than one correct answer)

• A Supreme Court decision that said Scott couldn't sue because he wasn't a citizen

• A Supreme Court decision that said that the gov't couldn't stop slavery from expanding to the territories

• A Supreme Court decision that said slavery was unconstitutional

• A Supreme Court decision that ended the Civil War

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

• a law that helped escaped slaves

• a play about slavery

• a book that helped turn the tide against slavery

• a law that said Northerners must help return escaped slaves to the South

What was the effect of the Fugitive Slave Act on Northerners? (choose more than one)

• It made them happy to help the South

• It made them angry that they were being forced to participate in slavery

• It made them angry that they could no longer ignore slavery

• It increased abolitionist support

Who was elected president in 1860?

• Jefferson Davis

• Stephen Douglas

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln