CIvil War 8th Grade

Which item would best complete the list?

• Inexperienced military leaders
• Lack of Industries
• Larger Population
• Lack of agricultural land

The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it --

• allowed the Confederate army to seize Washington D.C.
• broke the Union blockade along the Gulf of Mexico
• enabled the Confederate army to seek French assistance
• gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River

The speech above shows that Lincoln believed that the South should--

• be allowed to continue the practice of slavery
• pay for the damages suffered by the Union
• receive fair treatment after the war
• be punished for seceding from the Union

At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln maintained that the war was being fought to 

• uphold national honor
• prevent foreign involvement
• free all slave 
• preserve the Union

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared --

• United State's freedom from Great Britain
• an end to the Civil War
• freedom for slaves in rebellious southern states
• the beginning of Reconstruction

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg significant to the Civil War?

• It led to the Emancipation Proclamation
• It brought an end to the Civil War
• It resulted in the passing of the 15th Amendment
• It was a turning point because General Lee was forced to fight a defensive war

"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 Souther states should be allowed to secede
• to save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery

What was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War?

• unified popular support for the war effort
• superior military leadership
• economic aid from Great Britain and France
• greater human and economic resources

What conclusion can best be supported by the information in the illustration?

• The North and the South had equal percentages of their population working for railroads
• The North had fewer manufacturing plants than the South
• Most of the nation's railroads ran through the South
• The North had a major advantage in industrial production when compared to the South

In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln presented the Civil War as a struggle for the --

• North's domination over the South
• preservation of the Union and democracy
• South's fight to become an independent nation
• preservation of the rights of American as individuals