Chapter 10: Secession and Civil War

A person fighting against slavery was known as _________.

• a plantation owner

• a protester

• an abolitionist

What was the role of the Mississippi in the Union strategy?

• The Mississippi was not as important as the Red River

• Controlling the Mississippi wasn't part of the plan

• Much of the Union's strategy depended on controlling the Mississippi

• Annual flooding made it too difficult for the Union to use the river

What was the goal of the Anaconda Plan?

• to capture the capital of the Confederacy

• to keep supplies from entering New Orleans

• to capture Jefferson Davis

• to gain control of the Mississippi River and defeat the Confederacy

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

• settle tax disputes

• settle trade disputes

• settle disputes over land claims

• settle disputes over slavery

Why did southern states support slavery?

• It was part of their religious beliefs

• Farmers could not grow crops without enslaved labor

• The economic system was dependent on slavery

• The industrialized southern states depended on slaves to work in factories

What two issues led to the creation of the CSA?

• taxes and states' rights

• slavery and labor laws

• slavery and states' rights

• control of the Mississippi and taxes

Why was Abraham Lincoln's name left off the Louisiana ballot in 1860?

• Louisiana did not recognize the Republican Party

• Lincoln's stand on slavery made him an enemy of LA

• The Republican Party did not meet the deadline to get Lincoln's name on the ballot

• The printer left his name off on purpose

T/F: The Civil war ended with the CSA surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

• True

• False

T/F: The Union used the strategy known as "blockade" to surround major inland cities such as Montgomery and Birmingham

• True

• False

T/F: Abraham Lincoln won the state of Louisiana in the Election of 1860

• True

• False