Civil War Review

Which of the Southern states was the first to secede after the election of Abraham Lincoln?

• North Carolina

• Mississippi

• South Carolina

• Georgia

How was the discussion of Missouri resolved?

• Missouri was admitted into the Union as a slave state, causing an imbalance between slave states and free states.

• Missouri became a slave state and Massachusetts was split into two free states, one of which being Maine.

• Massachusetts became a free state and Missouri was split into two slave states, one of which being Maine.

• Missouri was not allowed to join the Union until after the Civil War.

Which state wanted to nullify federal tariffs, but was denied the ability to do so by the president? Which president denied them?

• California, John Breckinridge

• South Carolina, Abraham Lincoln

• Kansas, Abraham Lincoln

• South Carolina, Andrew Jackson

What war was general Robert E. Lee a veteran of before the Civil War?

• The Mexican American War

• The American Revolution

• The Cold War

• The War of 1812

What was the first major battle of the Civil War and who won?

• Gettysburg, The Union

• Bull Run, The Confederacy

• Gettysburg, The Confederacy

• Bull Run, The Copperheads

Did California join the Union as a free state or slave state? Which piece of legislation made this decision?

• Slave, Compromise of 1850

• Slave, Missouri Compromise

• Free, Compromise of 1850

• Free, Compromise of 1860

Who proposed the Compromise of 1850?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dred Scott

• Henry Clay

Who raided the federal armory, seized their weapons, and gave them to slaves?

• John Brown

• John Greene

• Nathaniel Bacon

• Dred Scott

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• It made slavery illegal.

• It ended the Civil War.

• It freed the slaves in the South.

• It freed all the slaves in the United States.

Which battle is considered a turning point of the Civil War?

• The Battle of Anietam

• The Battle of Vicksburg

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Battle of Shiloh