US History: Causes of the Civil War

Which of the following WAS NOT an advantage of the south:

• Commitment to the Cause

• Population

• Defensive War

• Better Trained Army

General Sherman defeated the south using this tactic:

• Total War

• Guerilla Warfare

• The Anaconda Plan

• Emancipation of Slaves

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation actually freed?

• Only the slaves in the Confederacy, so none of them

• Only slaves in Western Territories

• Only slaves in the border states

• All of the slaves in the North and South

As a result of ______, Lincoln rebrands the cause away from preserving the union to ending slavery; a turning point in the Civil War.

• The Battle of Fort Sumter

• Sherman's March to the Sea

• The Battle of Antietam

• Gettysburg Address

This law required that northern states forcibly returned escaped slaves to their owners.

• Returned Property Ordinance
• Fugitive Slave Law
• Underground Railroad
• Bounty Hunters Alliance

This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War

• Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Appomattox

Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the people of these territories the right to vote on slavery. What piece of legislation did it overturn?

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Compromise of 1850

• Henry Clay Treaty

• Lincoln Agreement

Which of the following best describes John Brown?

• radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery

• a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence

• a pro-slavery Senator

• a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery

To break away from, or withdraw from something

• Abolish
• Secede
• Repeal
• Compromise

What did the North call this strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?

• Anaconda Plan
• Rattlesnake Plan
• Scorpion Plan
• Scott's Blockade Plan