Civil War

A person fighting against slavery was known as _________.

• a plantation owner

• a protester

• an abolitionist

Who was Nat Turner?

• A slave who led a slave revolt against plantation owners.

• An abolitionist who helped with a slave revolt.

• A slave who fought for the North to end slavery.

Why was John Brown so important to the fight against slavery?

• He led a slave revolt on plantation owners in VA.

• He fought for the South to maintain slavery.

• He fought for the North to receive his freedom after the war.

• He led a revolt at Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave rebellion.

Who was elected president in 1860, in turn causing some southern states to seced?

• Robert E. Lee

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

Who won the war?

• Confederacy

• Union

• England

• France

Showing loyalty to a state or section rather than the whole country is known as

• states' rights

• secede

• sharecropper

• sectionalism

Which section of the US felt more strongly in favor of states’ rights?

• North

• South

• Border states

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The Southern economy was based MOSTLY on:

• Paid workers

• Industry

• Agriculture

• Goods & Services

Which statement BEST explains President Abraham Lincoln's original reason for fighting the Civil War?

• President Lincoln wanted to end all slavery everywhere in the US

• President Lincoln wanted to preserve the Union

• President Lincoln wanted to punish the South for their rebellion

What was the MOST SIGNIFICANT outcome of the Dred Scott Court Case?

• Slaves were determined to have "no rights which any white man was bound to respect"

• The North scored a major victory in abolishing slavery

• Congress could not outlaw slavery anywhere in the US