Unit 6 Civil War and Reconstruction 2024-2025

What does the term "abolition" mean?

• the ending of a practice, particularly slavery

• to blow up and destroy

• the ignoring of federal laws that are considered unfair

• to withdraw or break away from the government

"Democracy depends on the preservation of the Union."

Who would have said this?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Alexander Stephens

• Dred Scott

• Andrew Jackson

Why was the Dred Scott case important?

• gave all enslaved persons citizenship

• began the principle of popular sovereignty

• encouraged states to secede from the Union

• ruled slaves have no citizenship rights

“The national government has no right to tell states how to operate.”

Who would have said this statement?

• someone who supported the Union

• someone who believed in states' rights

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dred Scott

The election of Abraham Lincoln as president directly led to which event?

• secession of Southern States

• The Compromise of 1850

• the American Revolution

• the ending of slavery

How did South Carolina react to the tariffs passed by Congress in 1828 which helped Northern manufactures but hurt southern consumers?

• South Carolina seceded from the Union.

• South Carolina said states had the right to nullify federal laws.

• South Carolina abolished slavery.

• South Carolina started the Civil War

What was the Union war strategy to weaken the southern economy by placing naval ships surround Southern port cities?

• Union blockade - Anaconda Plan

• King Cotton Diplomacy

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

The military prison located in southwest Georgia that held thousands of Union prisoners in terrible conditions was known as

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Antietam

• Andersonville

When President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation he...

• lost Union support for the war

• made one of the goals of the war to end slavery

• supported the idea of states’ rights

• quickly ended the war

Which Civil War event is when Sherman wanted to capture Atlanta for the railroads and included a series of smaller battles in NW Georgia?

• Atlanta Campaign

• battle of Antietam

• battle of Chickamauga

• Union blockade