Civil War

This 1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens therefore they had no rights.

• Dred Scott v Sandford
• McCulloch v Maryland
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Worcester v Georgia

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

• Underground Railroaders 
• Suffragists
• Bushwackers
• Abolitionists

What battle was the single, bloodiest day in the Civil War?

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Manassas

What battle was the deadliest battle of the Civil War, as well as in American History?

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox

This was the first battle of the Civil War. Confederate troops fired upon Union troops at...

• Bull Run/ Manassas 1

• Antietam

• Appomattox Courhouse

• Fort Sumter

What was the official name of the south during the Civil War?

• Confederate States of America

• Rebel States of America

• Southern States of America

• Confederate States of the South

Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

• Battle of Antietam

• Siege of Vickburg

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Battle of Gettysburg

This picture depicts what event?

• Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

• Lee's Surrender to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse

• Grant's Surrender at the Battle of Fort Sumter

• Grant and Lee signing the Treaty of Paris

What is the main effect of Eli Whitney's cotton gin?

• It reduced global demand for cotton and le US farmers to grow other crops

• It made it possible to produce clothing by machine and led to the building of textile factories throughout the southern US

• It allowed people to grow cotton in the western territories

• It allowed cotton to be processed more quickly and profitably and led to the expansion of slavery in the southern US

Which statement best describes how the economic systems of the North and South rely on each other?

• The North grew the food that the Southern slaves ate

• The South produced the iron used to build the Northern railroads

• The South grew the cotton and the North turned it into fabric in their factories

• The North sent the skilled laborers and immigrants to the South to help build its railroads and plantations