Civil War Review

The Dred Scott decision had a major impact on life in the United States because it

• limited the power of the Supreme Court to rule on cases of race

• reopened the issue on whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories

• Ended slavery once and for all

• gave the president the right to serve more than two terms in office

Abolitionists in the pre-Civil War period would most likely support the

• removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia

• passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

• activities of the Underground Railroad

• use of popular sovereignty in the territories

During the 1840s, many abolitionists were against the annexation of new Western territory because they

• feared the admission of new slave states

• wanted to limit the power of the national government

• were concerned with the legal rights of Native American Indians

• supported an isolationist foreign policy

The Kansas-Nebraska Act...

• Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

• Required all runaway slaves in Kansas and Nebraska to be returned to their slaveholder

• allowed the people of Kansas and Nebraska to demonstrate "popular sovereignty" with the issue of slavery

• Confirmed the Missouri Compromise

Why did John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry help cause the Civil War?

• The slave revolt that he caused spread fear of African-Americans among abolitionists

• The shots that he fired at Harpers Ferry are considered part of the first battle of the Civil War

• Abolitionists became angry at Southerners for putting him to death

• Southerners were upset with their local government for hanging him.

Which statement best describes the economic differences between the North and the South prior to the Civil War?

• The Northern economy had significant manufacturing, while the Southern economy was almost exclusively agricultural

• The Southern economy had significant manufacturing, while the Northern economy was almost exclusively agricultural

• The Southern economy was more diversified than the Northern economy

• Neither the South nor the North had a diversified economy

What does the word secede mean?

• When one group asks to join another group

• When one group voluntarily leaves another group

• When one political territory is added to another

• When you accomplish something

What is a draft?

• the border between two fighting armies

• when the government requires civilians to fight

• a violent protest or event by a crowd

• when people are loyal to one part of the country rather than to the country as a whole

What is a direct effect of the Battle of Vicksburg?

• The Confederacy's victory split the South in half

• Several states seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy

• Lee immediately surrendered to Grant and ended the war.

• The Union's victory prevented Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas from sending supplies to the eastern part of the Confederacy

Where did General Lee surrender to the Union ending the U.S. Civil War?

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

• Vicksburg