1st Semester American History Final

What was Bleeding Kansas?

• A policy started by Abraham Lincoln to try to avoid the Civil War

• The fight for Kansas to remain a US territory and not a state

• A violent clash between pro-slave and anti-slavery advocates that wanted to turn Kansas their way

• The first battle of the Civil War

What led to Bleeding Kansas?

• The Dred Scott Decision of 1857

• The passing of the Kansas/ Nebraska Act of 1854

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president

• The Civil War ended

Which Supreme Court case led to the US government saying slaves were considered property and had no right to sue for their own freedom?

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Dred Scott v John Sanford

• Marbury v Madison

• Brown v Board of Education

Choose the three on this list that were abolitionist leaders leading up to the Civil War? (Abolitionist = Someone who wanted to end slavery)

• Ulysses S Grant

• Sojourner Truth

• John C. Calhoun

• Frederick Douglas

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

Which of these led to temporarily keeping the balance between free states and slave states in the US?

• The Compromise of 1790

• The Massachusetts Compromise of 1788

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

• The Compromise of 1877

How did Abraham Lincoln feel about slavery?

• Morally opposed it but did not want to outright abolish it

• Morally opposed it and actively tried to abolish it

• He was a slave owner

• He didn't own slaves but supported the institution

Who was the commander of the Union troops and the Confederate troops during the Civil War?

• Union: Robert E. Lee; Confederate: William Sherman

• Union: Ulysses S. Grant; Confederate: Andrew Johnson

• Union: Abraham Lincoln; Confederate: Robert E. Lee

• Union: Ulysses S. Grant; Confederate: Robert E. Lee

What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 have?

• Ended the Civil War

• Made slavery last longer

• Encouraged African Americans to join the Union Army during the Civil War

• Started the Civil War

What years did the Civil War last?

• 1850 - 1855

• 1855-1860

• 1860-1865

• 1865-1870

What was the bloodiest battle during the Civil War?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Antietam