Civil War Test

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Eli Whitney

• Nat Turner

• Albert Einstein

The Missouri Compromise

• allowed Missouri to become a state if it outlawed slavery

• created a line with free states north of it and slave states to the south

• divided the Missouri Territory into the states of Missouri and Texas

• allowed Missouri to become a state without Congress's approval

Who was Harriett Beecher Stowe?

• a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad

• a Civil War nurse

• the wife of Robert E. Lee

• the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin

In the Dread Scott Case, the Supreme Court ruled that

• slavery was illegal

• slaves were property, and Congress could not take away a person's right to his property by passing a law

• the Compromise of 1850 was against the Constitution and should not have been passed as a law

• Dred Scott was a free man because he lived in Louisiana

Which man led the attack on the U.S. government arsenal at Harpers Ferry, in the hope of giving guns to slaves?

• John Brown

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Fredrick Douglass

• Eli Whitney

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

• Robert E. Lee

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Jefferson Davis

• Stonewall Jackson

Which Union strategy kept the Confederates from selling cotton and buying supplies?

• naval blockade

• total war

• march to the sea

• anaconda strategy

What was Lincoln's problem with General McClellan?

• McClellan was a poor organizer and trainer of soldiers.

• McClellan was too eager to fight the enemy.

• McClellan wanted to be president.

• McClellan was too reluctant to attack the enemy.

The Emancipation Proclamation

• freed all slaves in the Confederacy

• ended slavery everywhere

• declared war on the Confederacy

• declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

Which Confederate general was famous for his ability to move and attach quickly?

• George McClellan

• Stonewall Jackson

• U. S. Grant

• George Meade