Civil War Review

Before the Civil War, why was adding a state to the Union so problematic?

• Most thought the U.S. was too big

• The Constitution said this was unconstitutional

• The U.S. did not have enough people to do this

• A new slave or free state changed the balance in Congress

Which Supreme Court ruling declared slaves were not citizens?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Grant v. Lee Decision

• Dred Scott Decision

Which one of the following would best describe John Brown?

• Plantation owner

• Extreme Abolitionist

• Northern General

• sharecropper

Shortly after Lincoln was elected, what did 11 southern states, starting with South Carolina, do?

• Seceded from the Union

• Rewrote the Constitution

• Abolished slavery

• Called for a new election

Why did Kansas get the nickname "Bloody Kansas," after the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• It was tough living on the Great Plains

• The cattle industry opened slaughterhouses

• Pro and anti-slavery groups killed each other before voting

• The Civil Wars bloodiest battles were fought here

This is considered to be the first fighting that took place during the Civil War

• Battle of Gettysburg

• John Brown seizing Harper's Ferry

• Attack on Fort Sumter

• the Monitor vs the Merrimack

What was the name taken by the 11 southern states that seceded?

• Union

• Confederacy

• Cotton Kingdom

• Border States

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

• Jeffereson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Andrew Johnson

• Stonewall Jackson

Who were the two main generals of each side, who signed the letter of surrender at Appomattox?

• Lincoln & Davis

• Sherman & Jackson

• Grant & Lee

• Washington & Cornwallis

The South was known for

• urbanization

• slavery

• fishing

• poor land for farming