2022 1st Semester Exam Review

The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union is known as:

• confederacy

• compromise

• secession

• popular sovereignty.

The Confederacy included all of the following states except:

• Maryland

• Texas

• Alabama

• South Carolina.

When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?

• to abolish slavery

• to punish the South

• to restore the Union

• to bring an end to the war

What was the first state to succeed from the United States?

• Virginia

• West Virginia

• South Carolina

• Alabama

Which of the following abolished slavery in the North?

• The Thirteenth Amendment

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Gettysburg Address

• The Compromise of 1850

One effect of the Emancipation Proclamation was that it ____.

• Kept Great Britain out of the war

• United the Republican party

• Gave a moral purpose to the war

• Immediately freed Southern slaves

Which of the following was a cause of the Civil War?

• Northerners did not believe the South had the right to secede, while the South did

• The Southern states followed the states’ rights theory

• The North wanted to abolish slavery while the South wanted to maintain slavery

• All of the above are true

What event started the Civil War?

• It began when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, which was still controlled by the Union

• It began when Robert E. Lee led his troops north to Antietam Creek

• It started when Abraham Lincoln declared war on the Confederacy

• It started when General Ulysses S. Grant conquered Vicksburg to take over the Mississippi River

What is Appomattox Courthouse best known for in the Civil War?

• The location where the war comes to an end.

• The location of a gruesome Confederate prison where Union soldiers were kept during the war.

• The location where Lee leaves his battle plans laying in a meadow.

• The location of the “bloodiest day in American history”.

According to the Emancipation Proclamation, who was set free?

• All enslaved people in the entire country, north and south.

• Only those enslaved in the Border States

• Only enslaved people who had not tried to rebel

• All enslaved people living in the Confederacy.