The American Civil War

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

Which movement grew because of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• The Abolitionist Movement

• Woman's Suffrage

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• Harpers Ferry Movement

What was one effect of the publication of Uncle Toms Cabin?

• The Civil War began

• More troops stationed at Fort Sumter

• Increased the demand for the government to end slavery in all states

• States rights is the belief that a state can ignore any federal law it does not like

What was John Brown's goal for raiding Harpers Ferry?

• to grow the abolitionist movement

• to protest states rights

• hoped to obtain guns to arm enslaved people and carry out a rebellion

• Kill as many slave owners as he could

What was one effect of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry?

• proved that abolitionist were willing to use violence to help end slavery

• that John Brown meant business

• that slaves were too scared to join the raid

• that Civil War was almost here

What is states rights?

• the right to free slaves if you wanted to

• the right to vote

• the right to ignore any federal law if you don't like it

• the right to declare war

Why did the southern states want to practice states rights?

• to keep doing what they wanted to do

• slavery was how they ran their economy and they did not want to give up their way of life

• to push for woman's suffrage

• to become violent for their beliefs

What was significant about the battle of Fort Sumter?

• It was the turning point of the war

• where the first battle took place

• where total war was used to win the war

• the end of the war

Why is Gettysburg known as the turning point of the war?

• the confederate army won

• the confederates were now fighting in a defensive way

• the union army stopped the confederates advancing into the North ever again

• Sherman split his army in half and began total war

Why did Sherman split his army in half on his march to the sea?

• He wanted to capture Atlanta

• Wanted to win the war

• He wanted to make as much damage as he could

• to travel secretly