The Civil War and Reconstruction Pre-Quiz

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to (select two answers)

• the formation of the Republican Party.

• a compromise about slavery that lasted for ten years.

• using a geographical line to distinguish slave and free states.

• slavery becoming once again an explosive political issue.

• the search for new territories to free.

Kansas was called 'Bleeding Kansas' because

• its soil was made from red clay.

• slaves passed through Kansas on the Underground Railroad.

• the pro-slavery side vowed to make slaves bleed.

• pro and anti-slavery forces fought battles over slavery.

Why did Lincoln have to wait for the South to attack first?

• The Union needed more ships.

• His election depended on it.

• The people in the North did not want war.

• He wanted to divide the South.

What was the South's goal in the Civil War?

• to wear the North down

• to take over the North as far north as Pennsylvania

• to get people in the North to revolt against Lincoln

• to develop industries

Someone who believes in states' rights would MOST LIKELY support which of the following statements?

• U.S. citizens should always obey federal laws.

• National laws are more important than state laws.

• The national government has no right to tell states how to handle their own business.

• There is no need for a national government.

What did Southerners believe gave them economic power over Britain?

• King Cotton

• the port of New Orleans

• the support of ordinary British people

• slavery

How did the Missouri Compromise encourage sectional differences?

• It divided the country at the Mississippi River.

• It divided the country into North and South.

• It gave more states to the North.

• It encouraged slaveowners to move West.

Why did Sherman order the March to the Sea?

• to take revenge on Southerners

• to make the Southerners give up

• to find food for his starving troops

• it was part of the Anaconda Plan

What battle made the Union realize winning the war would take longer than expected?

• Antietam

• Chancellorsville

• First Battle of Bull Run

• Gettysburg

What battle convinced most Northerners they would win the war?

• Antietam

• Chancellorsville

• Battle of Atlanta

• Gettysburg