SSUSH9 Review

After seceding from the Union in around 1860, these Southern states formed the _________.

• Democratic Party

• Southern Union

• Confederate States of America

• Republican Party

What were the major consequences of the Civil War?

• the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal

  government

• recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union and to nullify

  federal laws

• an end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality

  throughout the nation

• the abolition of slavery in all Northern states and in all federal territories

  north of 36° 30' N

What advantages did the Union have over the Confederacy?

• better generals

• stronger allies

• natives were on their side

• more factories and railroads

How did the Union hope to damage Confederate trade and transportation during the Civil War?

• by patrolling rivers and the Gulf of Mexico

• by attacking railroads

• by blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi River

• by taking over Southern farms and factories

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

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Manassas

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

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Gettysburg

Who was the only elected president of the Confederate States of America?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

At which fort did the first hostilities of the Civil War take place?

• Fort Wagner

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Hood

• For Warren

An abolitionist is 

• a person who put the welfare of the country above their region
• a person in favor of slavery
• a person who wanted to end slavery
  
• a person who wanted to end the spread of slavery

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• speech given after battle of Gettysburg

• freed the slaves in the rebelling states

• ensured an equal number of slave and free states

• laws that kept enslaved people from voting