The Civil War

1. What is an "abolitionist?"

• a. A person who fought for the rights of indigenous people.
• b. A supporter of Mexican land rights in Texas.
• c. A financial donor to the cause of women's rights in the 19th century.
• d. An individual who worked to end the institution of slavery.

2. What is popular sovereignty?

• a. The idea that the people have the right to elect their own sovereign in a traditional monarchy.
• b. The philosophy that the people have the right to determine for themselves the nature of their own government.
• c. Abraham Lincoln's term for abolitionism.
• d. The concept stating that if the South wanted to leave the Union, they should be allowed to leave, in peace.

3. To "secede" is to--

• a. Leave the United States.
• b. Succeed in business, specifically in the South.
• c. Combine more than one plantation under one owner.
• d. Raise tariffs on imported goods, specifically from Spain.

4. Who said and/or wrote the below statement?

• a. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in The Declaration of Sentiments.
• b. Abraham Lincoln, in The Emancipation Proclamation.
• c. Frederick Douglas in his third debate.
• d. None of the above.

5. Using the below map and your knowledge from the unit, "Scott's Great Snake" was the--?

• a. route of the explorers who followed Lewis & Clark's old route to Arkansas.
• b. route Robert E. Lee took with his army and navy to attack Virginia.
• c. borders of the Confederate States of America in 1859.
• d. Union blockade of the South.

6. Which of the following was NOT true of Jefferson Davis? --

• a. He was President of the Confederacy.
• b. He was a plantation owner.
• c. He served as a senator from Mississippi.
• d. All of the above statements are true.

8. Clara Barton was most closely associated with--

• a. Healthcare for soldiers during the Civil War.
• b. Abolitionism before, during, and after the Civil War.
• c. Literature, as the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• d. Women's rights, such as those discussed at the Seneca Falls Convention.

9. Which of the following individuals believed that secession was not permitted by the U.S. Constitution?

• a. Jefferson Davis
• b. Abraham Lincoln
• c. Harriet Beecher Stowe
• d. Stonewall Jackson

10. Abraham Lincoln once joked that the following person started the Civil War because of his/her writing.

• a. Harriet Beecher Stowe
• b. Ulysses S. Grant
• c. Clara Barton
• d. Frederick Douglass

11. Which of the following events happened FIRST?

• a. The Gettysburg Address
• b. The Emancipation Proclamation
• c. The Battle of Antietam
• d. The secession of South Carolina from the Union.