Civil War Quiz Review

What event might you attend if you were an abolitionist?

• An anti-slavery rally

• A slave auction

• A state's rights convention

What was the central point of the Dred Scott decision?

• That slavery was legal only in the South.

• That the Kansas-Nebraska Act was illegal.

• That slaves had no rights anywhere in the United States.

What event made southern states finally decide to secede?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The Missouri Compromise

In the years before the Civil War, which state was most likely to favor higher tariffs? (Think about the most northern state.)

• Mississippi

• South Carolina

• New York

• Georgia

Under the rules of the Missouri Compromise, what had to happen every time a slave state joined the Union?

• A free state also had to be admitted to the Union.

• The voters in the state had to decide whether the slaves there would eventually be freed.

• The Supreme Court had to decide whether slavery was legal.

Which of the following abolished slavery in the confederate states?

• The Gettysburg Address

• Emancipation Proclamation

• The Missouri Compromise

What was the first state to secede from the United States?

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• Kentucky

• West Virginia

______ is the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union.

(a)  

• Secession
• Emancipation

Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?

• It ended General Robert E. Lee's attempt to further invade the North

• It was the only Confederate win on the battlefield.

• It was the first Union win commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant.

___________ ____________ freed the slaves in the south .

• Harriet Tubman

• Emancipation Proclomation