Civil War Unit Review

Why was slavery so important to many people in the south?

• Businesses wanted enslaved people to build factories.

• Factory owners wanted enslaved people to build machines.

• The government wanted enslaved people to pay tariffs.

• Southern farmers and plantation owners wanted more enslaved people to produce cotton.

Why were tariffs good for the North?

• Tariffs were lower in the North than in the South.

• Tariffs made imported goods easier to buy in the North.

• Tariffs made local goods more expensive than imported goods.

• Tariffs made imported goods more expensive than local goods.

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the war?

• It started the draft for the war.

• It made the war a war to end the Union.

• It forced the Confederate armies to retreat.

• It made the war a war to end slavery in the South.

Clara Barton was

• a nurse during the Civil War who later started the American Red Cross

• an undercover soldier who helped to free slaves and fight for the Union

• a teacher activist who wrote articles in many abolitionist papers.

• a public speaker who spoke about the inequalities of women.

A person who believed in getting rid of slavery was called ______________.

• an abolitionist
• a soldier
• a civilian

The people who helped slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad were called_____________.

• conductors
• engineers

This slave was born in Maryland who escaped and made 19 journeys to the South to help others escape

• Frederick Douglas
• Henry Brown
• Harriet Tubman

Was the Underground Railroad really underground?

• yes
• no

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.

• true

• false

The Battle of Fort Sumter was a _____ victory.

• Union
• Confederate
• American
• Canadian