Civil War

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

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

• uphold national honor
• prevent foreign involvement
• save the country

• 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 event was the immediate cause of the secession of several Southern states from the Union in 1860?

• The Dred Scott decision by the U.S. Supreme Court
• The election of President Abraham LIncoln
• The enactment of the Missouri Compromise
• The raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry by John Brown

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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The firing on Fort Sumter took place because:

• The Union wanted to get control of the fort.

• The Confederacy wanted to destroy the fort.

• The Confederacy was upset that the U.S. still had control of a fort in the South.

• The Confederacy wanted to punish the soldiers there.

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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 social change was brought about by the 13th Amendment?

• formerly enslaved African Americans were granted land

• enslaved African Americans were made United States citizens

• African Americans living in the South were given the right to vote

• the practice of enslaving people was outlawed in the United States