Civil War Exam

What is the definition of the word "secede"?

• to form your own country

• to be successful

• to break away

• to rejoin

What year was the Civil War fought?

• 1861

• 1961

• 1850

• 1812

What was the 36,30 line in the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• It divided the country between land for Americans and for Native Americans

  
  

• It divided the country: North would be free, South would have slavery

  
  

• It divided the country: South would be free, North would have slavery

  
  

• It divided the country between new states and unsettled territories.

  
  

What is "Sectionalism"

• You want what's good for your place ONLY - not what is good for the country

  
  

• Dividing the US between farming, industry, and reservations

  
  

• Supreme Court ruling that all divided the nation into three parts.

  
  

• A law that divided the country between slave states and free states.

  
  

Who won the Presidential election of 1860?

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

Who was the Confederacy?

• The North

• The Union

• Copperheads

• The South

What was the supreme court ruling in the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford?

• Dred Scott was declared a free man because he lived in a free state.

  
  

• Slavery was overturned in the United States

• African Americans were granted citizenship in the United States

  
  

• African Americans were not citizens, therefore, they could not sue and did not have rights

What happened as a result of Abraham Lincoln winning the Presidency in 1860?

• Nat Turner led a rebellion

• Slavery was abolished in the United States

  
  

• The Union Army was called to prepare for war

• South Carolina seceded from the Union

What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• Allowed capturing of runaway slaves, and fined anyone who helped hide them.

  
  

• A law forcing southern plantation owners to give up their slaves

  
  

• Mercenaries from Great Britain helped capture runaway slaves for the South because they were Allies.

  
  

• The first step towards abolishing slavery

  
  

The Missouri Compromise, The Fugitive Slave Act, Dred Scott Decision, and the Compromise of 1850 all directly led to

• Sherman's March to the Sea

• The Civil War

• The abolishment of slavery in the United States

• John Brown's Rebellion