Civil War Review

In the context of the American Civil War, which side was pro-slavery?

• Union (North)

• Confederacy (South)

What advantages did the Union have over the Confederacy?

• Better Generals

• Stronger allies

• Natives were on their side

• More people, more factories and food, more railroads

How did the Union hope to damage Confederate trade and transportation during the Civil War?

• By patrolling rivers and the Gulf of Mexico

• By attacking railroads

• By blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi River

• By taking over Southern farms and factories

Why was the surrender at Vicksburg crucial to the success of the Union campaign in the West?

• It allowed the Union to control the Mississippi River

• It allowed the Union to surround the Capital city

• It allowed the Union to blockade important railroads

• It allowed the Union to occupy new territories

This 1857 ruling declared that slaves are property, not citizens, therefore they had no rights.

• Dred Scott v Sandford

• McCulloch v Maryland

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Worcester v Georgia

Who was the 16th President of the United States? He was a Republican and served during the Civil War.

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

At which fort did the first hostilities of the Civil War take place?

• Fort Wagner

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Hood

• Fort Warren

The 1860 election sparked what?

• The North to secede.

• The South to secede.

• A slave riot.

• The 14th Amendment.

A violent conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups was referred to as:

• The Great Compromise

• The Battle of the Radicals

• Bleeding Kansas

• Kansas and Nebraska Act

Which of the following was a part of the Compromise of 1850?

• Slavery ended in Kansas and Missouri

• Slavery was allowed to continue in the Union

• California was admitted as a free state

• The Fugitive Slave law became more extensive in the North