Civil War / Reconstruction 8th grade unit 1

What advantages did the South (Confederacy) have?

• More factories and more railroads

• Lincoln was their president

• Fighting took place on their territory and defending their way of life

• Larger population and navy

When Maine was added as a free state, what state was added as a slave state as part of the Missouri Compromise?

• Kentucky

• Missouri

• California

• Kansas

What advantages did the North have at the beginning of the Civil War?

• Fighting on their homeland

• Robert E Lee

• Large industrial economy

• Large population

Which of the following is NOT a term of the Compromise of 1850?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• California entered Union as a free state

• Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

• Slave trade ended in Washington DC

Who won the 1860 presidential election?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• Jefferson Davis

• George Washington

Why did Southern states decide to secede?

• The North had invaded the South

• The Constitution did not protect them

• Seceding would protect their economy

• Lincoln was elected president and he was viewed as a threat to their way of life

What was the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• It angered the South

• The South complained that the punishment for helping slaves was too lenient

• It promoted a growing secessionist movement

• It kept the South from seceding for a while, but it outraged the North

How did the South react to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• They rejected it

• They hoped that Kansas would become a slave state

• They threatened secession (to leave the Union)

• They wanted it ruled unconstitutional

How did the North react to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• They thought it went against the Missouri Compromise and reacted with anger

• They approved of popular sovereignty

• They hoped Kansas would become a slave state

• They thought it would help the West to expand

The Dred Scott decision deeply divided the nation and angered

• the South

• the North

• Jefferson Davis

• Jefferson Davis