Quiz on the Short Term Causes of the Civil War and the US Civil War

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do during the Civil War?

• Freed all slaves in every state

• Freed all slaves in the border states

• Freed all slaves in the Confederacy

• Issued a pardon to John Brown for his raid on Harpers' Ferry

Who was the abolitionist who led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859?

• John Brown

• Charles Sumner

• Preston Brooks

• William Lloyd Garrison

What was the name of the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas during the 1858 Illinois senatorial campaign?

• Lincoln and Douglas Debates

• Anaconda Plan

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Bleeding Kansas

Who won the presidential election in 1860 that eventually led to the secession of Southern states from the Union?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• John Brown

• Jefferson Davis

What was one of the short term causes of the Civil War that involved a series of legislative measures intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states?

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Bleeding Kansas

What act passed in 1854 allowed settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state's borders?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Fugitive Slave Act

What was the primary goal of the Anaconda Plan during the Civil War?

• To blockade Southern ports and capture the Mississippi River

• To emancipate slaves in the Confederate states

• To assassinate Confederate leaders

• To encourage European countries to support the Confederacy

Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War, after which the Confederacy was mostly on the defensive?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Shiloh

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

What was the primary purpose of the Underground Railroad during the mid-19th century?

• To transport goods between Northern and Southern states

• To provide a network for escaping slaves to reach free states

• To connect major cities for commercial trade

• To smuggle weapons to Confederate forces