Events of Civil War

What was the location of the battle that started the Civil War?

• Houston, Texas

• Fort Sumter, South Carolina

• Fort Thomas,

  Virginia

• Gettysburg, Virginia

What were one of the advantages the North (Union) had over the South (Confederacy)

• More Factories and Railroads

• Bigger Farms

• Talented leaders with more experience.

• Homefield Advantage

Which battle took place after General Robert E. Lee surrendered, even though everyone knew the South lost?

• Battle of Sabine Pass

• Battle of San Jacinto

• Battle of Palmito Ranch

• Battle of Gettysburg

What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• Kansas and Nebraska are both slave states, Missouri Compromise is repealed

• Kansas and Nebraska are both free states, Missouri Compromise is repealed

• Kansas and Nebraska are states, the people their will vote (Popular Sovereignty), Missouri Compromise is repealed

• Kansas and Nebraska are going to be combined into the territory of Nebraskansas, it is a slave state

What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• Missouri is a slave state, Maine is a free state, creation of 36' 30' Line to decide slavery or not

• Missouri is a free state, Maine is a slave state, slavery is illegal in states above the Mason Dixon Line

• Missouri is a free state, Maine is a free state, slavery is legal in states below the Mason Dixon Line

• Missouri is a slave state, Maine is a slave state, slavery is legal in states below the Mason Dixon Line

What is the Compromise of 1850?

• Proposed by Henry Clay, Missouri is a slave state, Maine is a free state, states above the Mason Dixon Line are free states

• Proposed by Henry Clay, California is a free state, the slave trade is abolished in DC, and the Fugitive Slave Act is passed

What is the final straw for the South, causing them to succeed from the Union?

• The Election of Lincoln

• The Missouri Compromise

• The United States banning slavery in 1849

• The Supreme Court Decision of Dred Scott

Why did many Southerners agree with the Supreme Court Decision of Dred Scott?

• It gave citizenship to slaves.

• It protected slave owners and denied citizenship to slaves.

What was an outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• It officially made Kansas and Nebraska free states.

• It led to further fighting in those territories.

• The states combined with each other.

• Lincoln over turned it when he got into office.

What did Lincoln say was the main goal of the war? (Before Emancipation Proclamation)

• To end slavery

• To let the South be their own country.

• To keep the Union together

• To continue slavery in the North.