Civil War Test Review

How did the issue of slavery lead to the Civil War?

• Every Northern citizen wanted slavery to end right away.

• the North and South argued about slavery expanding to new territories.

• The south made money in mining, and they argued that slavery should end.

• Business men from the North bribed legislators in the South to end slavery which led to arguments.

• None of these answers is correct

How did nullification lead to the Civil War?

• Southern states said they could nullify tariffs and federal laws.

• North States said they could nullify slavery

• Northern States said South States could nullify laws.

• Congress said that they could nullify laws for owning slaves.

Which two sides fought the Civil War?

• East and West

• North and East

• North and South

• West and South

What problem did the Compromise of 1850 try to fix?

• arguments over the election of Lincoln

• anger over the balance of free and slave states

• anger over taxes on the South's economy

• fighting between the United States and Canada

The Dred Scott decision said that slaves and freed blacks were citizens of the United States.

• True

• False

Why did many people from the South vote against Abraham Lincoln for President?

• Lincoln wanted to fight a war with Mexico

• Lincoln planned to lower tariffs on many goods from Europe

• They believed Lincoln wanted to put an end to slavery.

• They thought he was stupid and would be a terrible leader.

How did the argument over states' rights lead to the Civil War?

• States thought the federal government should do more to remove American Indians

• It was an argument about how much power states and the federal government should have.

• it was an arguments that the government should do more to stop building railroads in the South.

• It was about stopping immigration from the South to the North.

Why did the North/Union blockade the coast of Georgia during the Civil War?

• They liked snakes.

• to stop Georgia from shipping cotton to England and France in exchange for guns and weapons.

• to stop the South's leaders from escaping from Sherman.

• They wanted to stop British troops from helping the South.

Besides declaring that all slaves were forever free, why else was the Emancipation Proclamation important?

• It limited the South's ability to get soldiers.

• It stopped ALL slavery immediately.

• It convinced other countries not to help during the Civil War

• It caused even more states to leave the Union.

Atlanta was important during the Civil War because it was a major railroad hub/center.

• true

• false