Antebellum & Civil War Review

The Compromise of 1850 was an attempt to resolve issues related to

• the protection and spread of slavery

• boundary disputes

• relations with the Native American Indians

• the role of the federal government in industrial development

How was slavery in the Confederate States abolished?

• Jefferson Davis promised freedom for any slave who fought for the South.

• Lincoln freed southern slaves in the Emancipation Proclamation.

• Congress created an amendment freeing the slaves as soon as Lincoln was elected.

• Sherman was allowed to abolish slavery once he reached Savannah.

South

• Independent Farmer

• Manufacturing

• Plantations and Cotton

North

• Independent Farmers

• Manufacturing

• Plantations and Cotton

West

• Independent Farmers

• Manufacturing

• Plantations and Cotton

Which U.S. general marched from Atlanta to Savannah, destroying everything in his path?

• Meade

• Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Sherman

One reason South Carolina chose to leave the Union was because

• the other states refused to trade with South Carolina

• the state was too far away from the nation's capital

• people in South Carolina believed their state's rights were being denied

• plantation owners were being forced to trade with northern businesses

Which statement does BEST describe the Missouri Compromise?

• Slavery was prohibited throughout the Louisiana Territory.

• The issue of slavery was left to the be decided by residents.

• Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

• A harsher fugitive slave law was enacted and the slave trade was prohibited.

What was the result of the Kansas - Nebraska Act?

• Election of new Nebraska Senators

• Bleeding Kansas

• Nat Turner's Slave Revolt

• Emancipation Proclamation

What was the turning point of the Civil War?

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg