Civil War - Nation at War Ch. 15

What was the first state to secede from the Union

• Alabama
• Louisiana 
• Minnesota
• South Carolina

The Confederate States of America based their constitution on the United States. 

• True 
• False

Many abolitionists opposed the Fugitive Slave Act

• True
• False

Most Californians did not want slavery in their state when they were being admitted as a free state

• True
• False

The Fugitive Slave Act was a part of the Compromise of 1850 

• True 
• False

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney felt sorry for Dred Scott and he gave Scott his freedom from his master in this famous court case.

• True 
• False

Who was elected president of the Confederate States of America for the Southern states before the Civil War broke out:

• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Robert E. Lee
• Roger T. Taney

Republican in 1860 who wanted to prevent the spread of slavery in the country:

• John Brown 
• Abraham Lincoln
• John C. Breckenridge
• Stephen Douglas

U.S. Supreme Court ruling that denied that African Americans had rights as citizens:

• Taney Decesion 
• Dred Scott Decesion
• Homer Plessy Decision
• Abraham Lincoln Decision

The Confederates were fighting a(n)

• offensive war
• defensive war