Civil War Review

Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:

• they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life

• they wanted a president who would support the abolition of slavery

• he wanted northern states to secede from the Union

• he had a plan to raise taxes

This was the main economy of the Confederacy

• Agriculture
• Industy
• Shipping
• Trade

This was the main economy of the Union

• Agriculture

• Industry

• Shipping

• Trade

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

Which event was the immediate cause of the secession of several Southern states from the Union in 1860?

• The Dred Scott decision by the U.S. Supreme Court
• The election of President Abraham LIncoln
• The enactment of the Missouri Compromise
• The raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry by John Brown

To break away from a group

• state's rights
• slavery
• Gettysburg
• secede

What was the main issue that divided the Nation and led to the Civil War?

• expansion
• women's rights
• slavery
• a treaty

Abolitionists believed slavery was immoral and should be abolished.  

• True 
• False

What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott Case?

• Dred Scott was set free since he lived in a free state.

• Dred Scott was property and not a citizen.

• Dred Scott's owners were guilty of holding him against his will and were arrested.

• Dred Scott's owners had to pay Dred Scott for work he completed.

What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?

• Guaranteed women the right to vote

• Outlawed the sale of alcoholic drinks

• Guaranteed religious freedom

• Made slavery illegal

• All of the above