Civil War: Chapter 7 Quiz 1

The case in which the Supreme Court ruled against - in which a slave sued his owners to receive his freedom.

• Dred Scott

• Winfield Scott

• Abraham Lincoln

• None of the above

a person who opposed slavery and wanted to end it immediately

• abortionist

• outlaw

• abolitionist

• none of the above

When did the Civil War begin?

• When Union forces attacked Fort Jorge on April 12, 1861

• When Confederate forces attacked Fort Summer on April 12, 1861

• When Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861

• none of the above

Who proposed a blockade and an attack on the South called the Anaconda Plan?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Winfield Scott

The Republican candidate in the 1860 election

• Stephen Douglas

• John Bell

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Breckenridge

Union general who was trusted by Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Robert E. Lee

Confederate general who stook "like a stone wall" during the fighting at Bull Run

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Thomas Jackson

President of the Confederacy

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Thomas Jackson

Northern Democrat who ran for president in 1860 and was for keeping slavery in the states that wanted it

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Stephen Douglas

What were some advantages for the Confederacy during the fight?

• fighting for their homeland

• more factories

• more formally trained leaders

• more weapons & uniforms