Mid-Term/EOC Prep(Civil War - New Deal)

The Civil War began when Confederates in South Carolina began firing on this location.

• Gettysburg
• Manassas/Bull Run
• Vicksburg
• Fort Sumter

This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War.

• Gettysburg
• Manassas/Bull Run
• Vicksburg
• Appomattox Court House

Which of the following was not an effect of the Civil War?

• Confederate money became worthless.
• Clara Barton and others improved the medical care of sick and wounded soldiers.
• Widespread destruction led to the need to rebuild many Union cities.
• Women proved themselves capable as they had taken on many new responsibilities.

Which item would best complete the list?

• Inexperienced military leaders
• Lack of Industries
• Larger Population
• Lack of agricultural land

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The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it --

• allowed the Confederate army to seize Washington D.C.
• broke the Union blockade along the Gulf of Mexico
• enabled the Confederate army to seek French assistance
• gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River

The speech above shows that Lincoln believed that the South should--

• be allowed to continue the practice of slavery
• pay for the damages suffered by the Union
• receive fair treatment after the war
• be punished for seceding from the Union

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In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln presented the Civil War as a struggle for the --

• North's domination over the South
• preservation of the Union and democracy
• South's fight to become an independent nation
• preservation of the rights of American as individuals

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Which event was the immediate cause of the secession of several Southern states from the Union in 1860?

• The Dred Scott decision by the U.S. Supreme Court
• The election of President Abraham LIncoln
• The enactment of the Missouri Compromise
• The raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry by John Brown

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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This freed the slaves in Confederate states.

• The Compromise of 1850
• The Gettysburg Address 
• The Battle of Antietam 
• The Emancipation Proclamation

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