Standard 3 Quiz

What did Abraham Lincoln declare, early in his presidency, as his primary goal as president

• To enforce emancipation proclamation

• To preserve the union

• To end slavery throughout the entire country

• To encourage sectionalism

Which group of slaves were promised freedom from the Emancipation Proclamation

• Those in border states

• Those in Confederate-held states and territories

• Those in Union Territories

• Those if they agreed to stay in the south

Why was the Emancipation Proclamation also viewed as diplomatic document

• It called on England and France to sell weapons to the Union army.

• It made it hard for foreign nations to recognize and support the Confederacy

• It warned European nations to stay out of affairs oin the Western Hemisphere

• It encouraged France to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States.

Which of the following was a major cause of early Confederate battle victories during the Civil War?

• Factories

• Foreign assistance

• Military leadership

• railroads.

Which one of these factors contributed to the outcome of the Civil War?

• The North had more resources and people and was able to defeat the South in a war of attrition.

• War materials provided by Great Britain gave the North the resources they needed to keep fighting.

• The destruction of southern factories stopped the South's primary sources of revenue for the war.

• Newly freed slaves provided the North's armies with unique insights to the weaknesses of the South.

Why was Abraham Lincoln reluctant to emancipate the slaves at the beginning of the Civil War?

• He feared that freeing the slaves would bring England and France into the war on the side of the Confederacy.

• He did not want to go against Congress who believed the war was about preserving the Union.

• He had always been against abolishing slavery.

• He feared that emancipation would drive the border states out of the Union.

Why was the battle of Vicksburg a turning point in the Civil War?

• It blocked trade between the Confederacy and its British allies.

• It prevented the Confederate army from invading the North.

• It destroyed southern farms and cities at the hands of Union soldiers.

• It gave Union troops control of the Mississippi River.

Which idea best summarizes the significance of the events at Fort Sumter in 1861?

• Fort Sumter was the site where the Confederacy formally surrendered to the Union.

• Fort Sumter was the site of the first major victory for the Union Army.

• The worst defeat of the Confederate Army was suffered at Fort Sumter.

• The first shots officially starting the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter.

What goal does the snake represent in the North's plan in the Civil War?

• to blockade southern ports and divide the South at the Mississippi River

• to march soldiers from the Virginia Peninsula to Richmond

• to destroy all the civil and economic resources of the South

• to incorporate former slaves as contraband of war

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• That slavery diminished the national character.
• That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.
• That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens
• That slavery should be abolished by executive order