Civil War Test

What was the main cause of the Civil War?

• Slavery

• State Rights

• Taxes

• Northern Aggression

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Causes

What events increased tension between the North and the South before the American Civil War?(Multiple Answers)

• Compromise of 1850

• Bleeding Kansas 1856

• War of 1812

• Harpers Ferry

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Causes

What was the main spark that caused the South to secede from the North?

• John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

• The Mexican-American War

• Jefferson Davis was elected President

• Abraham Lincoln was elected President

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Politics

What was the first engagement that formally started the Civil War?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• First Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Fort Sumter

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Events

Which state seceded first?

• Virginia

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Maryland

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Geography

The name given to the north was what?

• Confederacy

• Rebels

• Union

• Revolutionaries

Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?

• Smarter Generals

• Defensive Strategy

• More Troops

• Highly Motivated

Which waterway was important to both the North and the South?

• Ohio River

• Tennessee River

• Missouri River

• Mississippi River

More factories, population, and a better navy

• Southern advantages

• Northern advantages

• Reasons for Southern victory

• Cause of the battle of Gettysburg

Better officers, defending homes, don't have to go on the attack

• Northern advantages

• reasons North won the battle of Antietam

• Southern advantages

• reasons Minecraft is fun