Unit 3 American

What policy did Stephen Douglas propose be used to determine slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• divine rights

• Missouri Compromise

• martial law

• popular sovereignty

Which principle regarding slavery was established by the Dred Scott Case?

• Congress had the power to abolish slavery

• Slaves were personal property and therefore, slavery could exist anywhere

• slavery should be decided by popular sovereignty

• slavery was illegal north of 36⁰30'

Why did slavery expand in the South rather than the North in the years before the Civil War?

• The Constitution forabde slavery in the North

• the slave tade had been made illegal in America after 1808

• Geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large plantations

• the North focused on manufactured goods despite its rich soil

What was the immediate cause of the Civil War?

• the passge of the Tariff of Abominations

• the expansion of slavery into the western territories

• the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860

• the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

Who was chaosen to be trhe president of the Confederate States of AMerica?

• Robert E. Lee

• John C. Calhoun

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

Which of the following does not describe an advantage held by Union forces during the Civil War?

• a superior navy

• more railroad tracks

• greater military expertise and leadership

• greater capacity to produce supplies

What was the main purpose of the Gettysburg Address?

• to rally tired Confederate soldiers

• to remind the nation of the Civil war's purpose

• to help Union generals locate stored weapons

• to outline Lincoln's reelection platform

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

• Gettysburg

• Fredericksburg

• Chattanooga

• Antietam

How did President Lincoln change the Civil war to a moral cause to end slavery?

• he issued a call to boycott the Southern exports

• he suspended the writ of habeus corpus

• he issued the Emancipation Proclamation

• He removed capable generals from battles

Which of the following was a Confederate advantage during the Civil War?

• more experienced generals

• more factories and people

• more help from France

• more miles of railroads