Period 5 Review

One could argue that Manifest Destiny contributed to the Civil war in that

• territorial expansion led to further sectionalism

• slavery spread throughout the west and angered Abolitionists

• people believed it was God's will to expand

• it was based on American superiority

The admission of what state as a free state led to the Compromise of 1850?

• Texas

• Missouri

• California

• Kansas

This political party formed in opposition to the Kansas Nebraska Act

• Whigs

• Republicans

• Democrats

• Know-Nothings

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." -- Abraham Lincoln 1858

According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that

• slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately

• sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union

• the Southern states should be allowed to secede

• to save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery

Which event was the immediate cause of the secession of several Southern states from the Union in 1860?

• The Dred Scott decision by the U.S. Supreme Court
• The election of President Abraham LIncoln
• The enactment of the Missouri Compromise
• The raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry by John Brown

In Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, he stated that

• he would challenge secession in the courts

• he threatened military action immediately

• he promised to prevent slavery from spreading

• he had no intention of ending slavery in the south

He was the president of the Confederate States.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

• Fort Sumter
• Fort Williams
• Fort Pillow
• Fort Apache

The Union wanted to control the Mississippi River so that

• it could control the movement of trade and goods
  
• it was a natural division to “split the South”
• it was an easier invasion route to the South than by land
• all of the above

This battle was the turning point in the war.

• Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Appomattox Courthouse