Civil War practice test

What did Abraham Lincoln promise to southern states?

• Abraham Lincoln promised southern states that he would not get rid of slavery where it already existed.

• Abraham Lincoln promised southern states that he would rid slavery where it already existed.

• Abraham Lincoln told the Union that he would make the southern states get rid of slavery.

• Abraham Lincoln told the Confederacy that he would make slavery a law.

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How did Lincoln’s race for Senate help him to become President?

• He promised to ban slavery.

• He became famous through the speeches and debates of the Senate race.

• He traveled all over the country.

• He wanted to keep slavery.

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No southern state voted for Lincoln because

• he was from the North.

• the people there thought he might end slavery.

• they didn’t understand what he was saying.

• they didn’t know who he was.

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What was one main difference between the Northern and Southern armies?

• The Northern army was much smaller.

• The Southern army had more supplies.

• The Northern army was much larger.

• The Southern army had fewer experienced leaders.

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What probably made it very difficult for the South to keep fighting?

• They had a larger army than the North and more supplies.

• They had a smaller army than the North and fewer supplies.

• They did not have great bases to fight from.

• They did not want to fight the North.

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What happened after seven Southern states seceded from the Union?

• The American Civil War began.

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president.

• Vermont abolished slavery in its constitution.

• The North began a process of industrialization.

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What was abolitionism?

• a movement which called for the legal end to slavery in all of the United States.

• a destruction

• a movement which called for the illegal end to slavery in all of the United States.

• Abraham Lincoln's popular speech regarding slavery.

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What was the Underground Railroad used for?

• To transport cotton from the south to factories in the northeast.

• It was used to help slaves escape from the south and get to the north.

• It was used to connect the eastern and western states.

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Conductors on the Underground railroad were:

• Places where the slaves could hide

• Slaves who were escaping the south

• People who helped lead the slaves from the south to the north

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Abolitionists were:

• People who worked to end slavery

• People who owned large factories in the north

• People who owned large farms in the west.

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