Civil War Quiz

Which condition did both slaves and free blacks have in the United States during the antebellum period.

antebellum period - is the time right before the civil war

• Both groups were allowed to testify in court

• Both groups were able to vote in elections

• Both groups were forced to pay taxes

• Both groups were denied citizenship rights.

Which statement correctly matches a historical event with one of its immediate results?

• The nullification crisis led to South Carolina seceding from the United States over slavery

• The Missouri Compromise led to Missouri being admitted to the union as a free state

• The Kansas Nebraska act led to Kansas being allowed to decide where it wanted slavery or not

• The Compromise of 1850 led to California being admitted to the union as a slave state

Which statement describes the role of George McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War.

• The were Confederate Generals who captured fort Sumter.

• They were Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac.

• They were Confederate generals who surrendered at the Battle of Vicksburg

• They were Union Generals who committed war crimes at the Battle of Ghettysburg.

Based on this excerpt, which group wrote the Lecompton Constitution?

(emancipation means freedom)

• Opponents of westward expansion

• Supporters of abolitionism

• Anti-slavery Northerners

• Pro -slavery Southerners

Which statement describes how the passage of Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectionalism?

• It allowed slavery to expand into the territories

• It gave tax cuts to manufactures who relocated to the territories.

• It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedoms

• It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories.

Why was the Battle of Vicksburg a strategic victory in the Civil War?

• The battle opened the way for a full scale Union attack on Atlanta

• The battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi river

• The Battle prevented a Confederate invasion of the North

• The battle allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

What made the battles at Antietam and Gettysburg different from the other battles illustrated on this map?

• They were victories for the Confederacy

• They were battle fought in the Union Territory

• They were attempts to keep Virginia in the Union

• They were battles defending the Confederate capital

What statement best describes the importance of the battle of Vicksburg?

• The Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi river

• It was the opening engagement of the Civil War in the South.

• It was described as the bloodiest battle

• The Confederacy captured military supplies from the North

Based on these excerpts which statement describes the ideas of President Davis and Lincoln?

• Both Davis and Lincoln believed that it was unlawful for a state to break from the Union

• Both Davis and Lincoln believed that state had the authority to wage war on the Union

• Davis believed the federal government made secession necessary while Lincoln believed the union must be preserved

• Lincoln believed that a state must prove the rights to secede, while Davis believed that any state could secede at any time.

Which human factor helped the Union win the Civil War?

• A network of railroads allowed the North to move soldiers more quickly

• The Oregon Trail allowed Union soldiers to quickly move west

• Northern Farmers started producing cotton to make military uniforms

• Canals in the Midwest allowed food for union soldiers to be move quickly to the frontlines.