Civil War & Annexation Quiz

What is the name for people who wanted to put an end to slavery? 

• Underground Railroaders

• Suffragates

• Abolitionists

• Tariffs

The name given to the northern army. 

• Union

• Confederacy

• Americans

• Blue Collars

The name given to the southern army.

• Union

• Military

• Confederates

• Americans

This was the president of the Confederate States.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

One fear among Southerners after the election of 1860 was that —

• Most southerners would move to the North

• Congress would try to abolish slavery

• Slavery would spread West

• Farmers would lose their land

What is significant about the Compromise of 1850?

• The U.S. gained land and struck a balance of power in Congress.

• The U.S. achieved Manifest Destiny and acquired port cities

• The US gained the Mexican Cession and paid Mexico $15 million

• Texas lost land, decreased its debt, and determined its final borders

This was the President of the Union.

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Francis Scott Key

• Ulysses S. Grant

What event led to Southern states seceding from the Union?

• Confederates fired on Fort Sumter

• The Missouri Compromise

• The annexation of Texas

• The election of Lincoln as President

Farms and businesses in both the Union and Confederacy were able to continue operating because —

• Military officers assigned troops to work on farms and in businesses

• Winter created a halt to all production during the war

• They had effecient equipment

• Women often ran the farms and the businesses

During the Union blockade, the price of goods in Texas —

• Increased due to shortages

• Remained relatively low due to farms

• Stopped completely

• Were reduced for luxury items