Civil War

At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln maintained that the war was being fought to 

• uphold national honor
• prevent foreign involvement
• free all slave 
• preserve the Union

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared --

• United State's freedom from Great Britain
• an end to the Civil War
• freedom for slaves in rebellious southern states
• the beginning of Reconstruction

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What was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War?

• unified popular support for the war effort
• superior military leadership
• economic aid from Great Britain and France
• greater human and economic resources

Which newspaper headline might have appeared during the Civil War (1861-1865)?

• "John Brown captured in raid on Harpers Ferry"
• Supreme Court issues Dred Scott Decision"
• "Lincoln ends slavery in rebellion states."
• "Former slaves given the right to vote."

People who worked to end slavery were called:

• abolitionists

• southerners

• cartridges

• blockades

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Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:

• they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life

• they wanted a president who would support the abolition of slavery

• he wanted northern states to secede from the Union

• he had a plan to raise taxes

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Which of the following describes the daily life of soldiers?

• They carried supplies in packs, ate hardtack, and marched from place to place.

• The owned 20 slaves.

• The wore fancy clothes.

• The set up hospitals and took care of children.

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Which number on the map labels the state that first seceded from the Union?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

• Fort Sumter
• Fort Williams
• Fort Pillow
• Fort Apache

What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?

• to abolish slavery
• to end British control of the Western territories
• to make a profit selling war supplies
• to preserve the Union