Which statement is best supported by the data in the table?

More soldiers died from disease than from wounds

The Confederate troops lost the Civil War as a result of their higher numbers of injuries and fatalities.

The Union army had better generals during the Civil War

The Civil War had more casualties than any other war

What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?

The war became a moral controversy about slavery and it laid the foundation for the 13th Amendment.

Slaves in Northern states were freed.

Slaves in border states were immediately freed.

African Americans were admitted into the Confederate army

Which event was the catalyst (immediate reason) for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861?

the election of Abraham Lincoln

passage of a higher protective tariff

issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation

the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter

What were the major consequences of the Civil War?

the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government

recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union and to nullify federal laws

an end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality throughout the nation

the abolition of slavery in all Northern states and in all federal territories north of 36*30' N

What was the goal of the Union strategy shown in the image?

to blockade the Confederate states and cut them off from help and supplies

to strike quickly at key cities and a military bases in the South

to place Confederate armies like a wall around the northern states

to gain foreign support for the Union Army in their fight against the South

Abolitionist Frederick Douglass believed what?

Enslaved people should be freed and granted equal rights.

Enslaved people should be freed at any cost.

Slaveholders should be put in jail for violation of African American rights.

Enslaved people should be freed and paid for years of work without pay.

The Anaconda Plan, used by the Union during the Civil War, used what strategy?

Control of the Mississippi River and a naval blockade of Southern ports to strangle the flow of supplies to the Confederacy.

placing mines at Southern ports to stop Confederate warships

A land blockade of the border states to keep them in the Union.

a naval blockade of Northern ports

Abolitionists believed?

In getting rid of slavery and granting equal rights to enslaved people.

That slavery was a state's right issue and that it should be up to the states to decide the issue.

That slavery should be outlawed in new territories but remain in the south.

That slavery should be eliminated in phases.

During the election of 1860...

Lincoln won in the northern states, leading to the South’s decision to secede from the Union

Lincoln won in the southern states, beginning an era of compromises made in Congress regarding enslavement

Lincoln won in the northern states, beginning an era of compromises made in Congress regarding enslavement

Lincoln won in the southern states, contributing to the South’s decision to secede from the Union.

To secede or secession is?

What happened after the war bringing the country back together.

When a fugitive slave was captured and returned to the south.

When a northerner helped an enslaved person escape to the north.

What do the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act have in common?

They were all failed compromises that attempted to resolve the enslavement issue.

They were all compromises that helped end the Civil War.

They were all compromises that were used to encourage the settlement of new territories by abolitionists.

They were used by the northern states to help escaped slaves move west.

Bleeding Kansas was the result of?

Fighting between settlers in Kansas over whether Kansas would be a free or slave state.

Fighting between Kansas and Nebraska over disputed territory.

Fighting between Missouri and the Kansas-Nebraska territory over statehood.

Fighting between Missouri and the Kansas-Nebraska territory over the boundaries of the territory.

Among other things, the Fugitive Slave Act said?

Anyone assisting runaway slaves could be imprisoned.

Southerns to give up claims to any enslaved person who escaped to the North.

Southerners to permit families to go free if the wife was pregnant.

Southerners to give freedom to any enslaved person over 65.

Because of Sectionalism, Americans felt their greatest loyalty to...

The federal government in Washington, D.C.

The Confederate States of America

from The Gettysburg Address by President Abraham Lincoln It is rather for us, the living, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that, from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Based on this excerpt, in which of the following ways did Lincoln's Gettysburg Address reflect the ideals of the Declaration of Independence?

Both valued the principles of liberty, equality, and democracy.

Both supported rebellion against the United States as necessary to end tyranny

Both believed the power of the federal government needed to be limited.

Both supported giving freedom to enslaved African Americans

Bleeding Kansas was the term for clashes between?

proslavery and antislavery groups

Irish and Chinese Immigrants on the railroad

Spanish landowners and settlers in Florida

the US Army and Native Americans in the west.

At the start of the Civil War, the South...

believed it just needed to fight defensively until the North gave up.

immediately started fighting and invading the northern territory.

blockaded northern ports in an attempt to starve the citizens.

slowly marched north and surrounded Washington, D.C.

Disputes about slavery and the power of the states helped lead to what?

Industrialization of the South.

Which of the following best defines “Popular Sovereignty?”

b. People vote to decide on laws and government

a. Laws are created out of popular ideas

c. It means to vote to outlaw slavery

d. Citizens vote for the king or queen of their choice

What was the primary economic difference between the North and the South that contributed to sectionalism before the Civil War?

The North was primarily industrial, while the South was primarily agricultural.

The North relied on slave labor, while the South did not.

The North had a warmer climate, while the South had a colder climate.

The North was more rural, while the South was more urban.

Analyze the impact of Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 on the Southern states.

It led to immediate secession of several Southern states.

It resulted in the South accepting Lincoln's presidency peacefully.

It caused the North to reconsider its stance on slavery.

It had no significant impact on the South.

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

A law that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide on slavery based on popular sovereignty.

A law that established a monarchy in Kansas and Nebraska

A law that banned slavery in Kansas and Nebraska

A law that granted statehood to Kansas and Nebraska

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What amendment abolishes slavery?

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14th

15th

10th

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The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

Gave African Americans citizenship

Gave African Americans the right to vote

Freed the slaves

Gave landowners the right to sharecrop

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The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

Gave African Americans the right to own businesses

Freed the Slaves

Gave African Americans the right to vote

Forced African Americans back into slavery

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The states that left the Union called themselves the...

States of America

Southern States of America

Confederate States of America

New Mexico

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The first place the Confederates attacked was...

Washington D.C.

Fort Sumter

Fort Jefferson

Fort Franklin

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Which of the following terms refers to people voting such as "when citizens of a territory vote to allow or ban slavery."

popular sovereignty

tariff of abominations

impressment

right of habeus corpus

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Unit 1.1 Civil War

What amendment abolishes slavery?

The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

The states that left the Union called themselves the...

The first place the Confederates attacked was...

Which of the following terms refers to people voting such as "when citizens of a territory vote to allow or ban slavery."

A group of ships that stop other ships from sailing in and out of a harbor is called a ...

In the Compromise of 1850 who was admitted as a free state?

This is the belief of having greater loyalty to a region over your country.

This act allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state, and Maine as a free state. It drew a line to identify territories open or closed to slavery.

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