Unit 4 - Civil War

The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by

• intensifying Northern dislike of slavery

• convincing Congress to ban the importation of slaves

• pressuring the president to support emancipation

• pressuring the president to support emancipation

The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) was significant because it

• outlawed slavery in the Southern States

• ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories

• upheld the actions of the Underground Railroad

• allowed slavery in California

Which situation was the most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln’s election to the presidency in 1860?

• Missouri entered the Union as a slave state

• A constitutional amendment was adopted to end slavery

• Several Southern States seceded from the Union

• Kansas and Nebraska joined the Union as free states

Which was the first state to secede from the Union in 1860?

• Virginia

• Maryland

• South Carolina

• Texas

What did the First Battle of Bull Run prove to both sides?

• the Confederacy would soon gain military support from Britain

• Union soldiers were better trained than Confederate soldiers

• the war would not be won easily by either side

• the war would be won by the Confederacy

Which of the following was an advantage the South had in the Civil War?

• more factories to produce supplies for the war

• a greater supply of men to fight in the war

• more miles of railroad track

• more experienced generals commanding the army

What was the 54th Massachusetts?

• the first regiment of black soldiers in the Union

• the regiment that Lee surrendered to at the end of the war

• the third largest regiment of soldiers from Massachusetts

• the first regiment of white soldiers in the Union

The "Great Compromiser"; author of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850

• Abraham Lincoln
• Henry Clay
• Henry McNeal Turner

The fugitve slave act stated which of the following EXCEPT:

• Return runaway slaves
• found runaway slaves can be kept by those who find them
• Punish those who help runaway slaves

Why did the north create the Union Blockade?

• To disable the South's economy
• To block the Mason Dixon line
• To set up for a railroad crossing