Civil War Flocab

Which reason did Nat Turner give for starting his rebellion?

• His owner, Joseph Travis, treated him terribly.

• Signs from God told him to.

• He wanted to help start the Civil War.

• He was following the advice of Harriet Tubman.

John C. Calhoun believed that ________.

• slavery helped Africans become civilized

• slavery should be ended

• the Dred Scott decision was incorrect

• Charles Sumner was a hero

Which of the following is true about Harriet Tubman?

• She never returned to the South after escaping from slavery.

• She was born free but captured and made a slave.

• She served as a spy for the North during the Civil War.

• Four people were lost while she was guiding them to freedom.

All of the following people were part of the Confederacy except ________.

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Jefferson Davis

• William Tecumseh Sherman

How did Lincoln want to treat the Southern states after the war?

• He wanted to be compassionate and let them back into the Union.

• He wanted to be strict and forbid them from re-entering the Union.

• He wanted to hold an election to determine whether they should be let back into the Union.

• He wanted all residents of the Southern states to move to the North.

Lincoln originally said that the objective of the Civil War was to ________. In 1863, he said a new objective was to ________.

• abolish slavery, keep the Union together

• secede from the Union, abolish slavery

• keep the Union together, abolish slavery

• abolish slavery, secede from the Union

What argument did John C. Calhoun make about slavery in the South and working conditions in the North?

• Northerners paid their workers huge salaries, but slaves got free housing.

• Northerners treated their workers worse than slave owners treated their slaves.

• Slaves were treated worse than workers in the North, but slaves were more civilized.

• Northerners were kinder to their workers than slave owners were to their slaves.

How many slaves took part in Nat Turner's rebellion?

• 40

• 55

• 200

• 19

What did Lincoln originally promise the South about slavery?

• that he planned to make slavery illegal in America

• that he would not interfere with slavery in the South

• that he was going to immediately try to end slavery in the South

• that he planned to allow slavery to spread to new territories

What did Harriet Tubman use as her guide while helping slaves escape?

• the wind

• drinking gourds full of water

• the stars

• cornstalks