Civil War and Reconstruction Post Assessment

What does popular sovereignty mean?

• The people hold the power to decide

• The federal government has more power than the states.

• The states have more power than the federal government.

• The president holds the power to decide.

Fighting a defensive war in its own territory

• The South

• The North

• The East

• The West

Produced the majority of the country's agricultural products

• The South

• The North

• The East

• The West

Fighting for a passionate cause to preserve their way of life.

• The South

• The North

• The East

• The West

Had a larger population

• The North

• The South

• The East

• The West

Produced 90% of the country's manufactured goods.

• The North

• The South

• The East

• The West

What ended the Civil War?

• General Robert E Lee surrendered his troops to Appomattox Courthous in Virginia

• The North enslaved the south and punished them

• The South agreed to stop slavery

• General Winfield Scott used the anaconda plan to blockade all of the south

Secede

• To withdrawal

• To join

• To be successful

• To travel to or from

Kansas Nebraska Act

• A bill that would allow states to enter the Union with or without slavery by using popular sovereignty to decide on the issue.

• These were slave states that did not secede from the Union.

• This Union General made a name for himself at the siege at Vicksburg, though he later defeated Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to end the Civil War.

• This term describes the movement to end the slave trade and emancipate slaves.

What was the Underground Railroad?

• Secret routes that enslaved African Americans used to gain freedom

• A train that enslaved African Americans could ride to freedom

• An underground tunnel for enslaved African Americans to get to Canada

• Secret routes used by southern slave catchers in search of runaway slaves