Civil War Review - AP US History

When did the American Civil War take place?

• 1775-1780

• 1861-1865

• 1914-1918

• 1941-1945

What does the word secede mean?

• When one groups asks to join another group

• When one group voluntarily leaves another group

• When one political territory is added to another

• When you accomplish something

What reason did South Carolina give for seceding from the Union?

• The election of Abraham Lincoln, who was hostile to slavery.

• The Battle of Fort Sumter.

• The Fugitive Slave Act, which required northerners to return runaway slaves to the South

• John Brown's Raid.

The name given to the northern Army.

• Confederates

• Americans

• Military

• Union

The name given to the southern army.

• Confederates

• Americans

• Military

• Union

An abolitionist wants to

• spread slavery

• fight for the South (Confederacy)

• withdraw from the Union

• end slavery

Which of the following were terms of the Missouri Compromise in 1820? (select all that apply)

• Missouri admitted as a slave state

• Maine admitted as a free state

• Slavery permitted in the Louisiana Purchase territories

• Slavery banned north of the 36°30' parallel (southern border of Missouri)

The Compromise of 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska Act introduced the concept of _______________________ in the western territories, in which newly admitted states would decide for themselves whether to allow or ban slavery. This effectively overturned the Missouri Compromise.

• Manifest Destiny

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Popular Sovereignty

• Judicial Review

In this case, considered by many legal scholars to be the worst decision ever rendered by the Supreme Court, justices ruled that African Americans could never become U.S. citizens and "had no rights which the white man was bound to respect."

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Yoder v. Wisconsin

This man's raid convinced many southerners that the North would stop at nothing to end the practice of slavery.

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee