Civil War Quiz 5/13/2020

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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One reason South Carolina chose to leave the Union was because:

• the other states refused to trade with South Carolina

• people in SC believed their state's rights were being denied

• our state was too far away from the state capital

• plantation owners were being forced to trade with northern businesses

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What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

• to help slaves escape to freedom

• to provide an underground train that slaves could ride on

• a way to sneak soldiers across enemy lines

• a plan to end the Civil War

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How did John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry affect the nation?

• John Brown became a hero.
• It made the nation come together.
• It further divided the North and the South
• It had no affect on the country. 

Who Was John Brown?

• An avid abolitionist
• President of the United States of America
• A rich slave owner
• A southern democrat

The south was for slavery because

• they wanted to be difficult
• they liked slaves
• slavery was profitable 
• this is wrong. 

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This 1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens therefore they had to rights.

• Dred Scott v Sandford
• McCulloch v Maryland
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Worcester v Georgia

Secede?

• something use to plant in the dirt
• rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
• to withdraw or break away from a nation
• the separation or isolation of a race

The primary issue of the war changed. What was the underlying issue that became profound?  

• Money
• Popular Sovereignty
• Slavery
• Self-defense