Civil War Summative

Which statement best describes the beliefs about slavery from northerners and southerners prior to the Civil War?

• northerners wanted to keep slaves and southerners wanted to free them

• southerners want to keep slaves and northerners wanted to free them

Which of these was NOT a difference in the North and South in the 1800s?

• culture (how the people lived)

• economic (how the people earned money)

• constitutional (how people viewed the U.S. Constitution)

• religion (religion practiced by the people)

Southerners believed that ______ should have the final authority over the ______.

• federal, state

• Constitution, state

• state, federal

• state, Constitution

This book, written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe, turned many people against slavery.

• The Life of Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth's Journey to freedom

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

This abolitionist took over a gun storage facility in Harpers Ferry, Virginia because he wanted to help slaves by giving them guns to rebel against their owners.

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• William T. Sherman

The two main issues that caused division between the north and south were:

• states' rights & slavery

• industry & farming

• education & religion

Where were the FIRST shots of the Civil War fired?

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

• Appomattox

President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

President of the Union during the Civil War.

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

Who won the battle at Fort Sumter?

• Confederacy

• Union