Civil War

Which factor leading to the Civil War is demonstrated by the outcome of the election shown on the map?

• nullification

• republicanism

• secession

• sectionalism

Why does Abraham Lincoln use a quote from a speech he gave in the past?

• to please abolitionists in the North

• to reassure slaveholders in the South

• to encourage soldiers to join the Union Army

• to convince Confederate states to rejoin the country

Why does Abraham Lincoln say, “Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this and many similar declarations, and had never recanted [withdrawn] them”?

• to encourage national unity

• to reveal his intentions for war

• to show he keeps his promises

• to question the legality of slavery

Which promises were part of the Republican platform during the presidential election of 1860? Select the two correct answers.

• to guarantee slavery wherever it currently exists

• to prevent slavery from spreading to the territories

• to expand slavery into all areas of the country

• to allow the territories to decide the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty

• to allow individual states to decide the issue of slavery through states' rights

Which state was first to secede from the Union?

• Arkansas

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Virginia

Which event made secession more popular among Louisianans?

• the seizure of the mint in New Orleans

• the election of President Abraham Lincoln

• the impeachment of Governor Thomas O. Moore

• the formation of the Confederate States of America

Why did Confederate states take over U.S. forts, arsenals, and post offices?

• They believed the U.S. government no longer had any rights within their states.

• They worried the U.S. government would encourage enslaved people to rebel.

• They had no other way of defending themselves from a Union invasion.

• They needed ways to print money to fund a war against the Union.

Use the excerpt to answer the question. We are brought at last, sir, directly forced, to meet promptly an issue produced by an irresistible course of events whose inevitable results some of us, at least, have foreseen for years. Nor, sir, have we failed in our duty of warning the Republicans that they were fast driving us to a point where the very instincts of self-preservation would impose upon us the necessity of separation. —Senator Judah P. Benjamin, “On the Right of Secession” Based on this excerpt, with which statement would Benjamin agree?

• Secession was a sudden, spur-of-the-moment decision.

• Secession was necessary for the South to retain its way of life.

• The South had always planned to secede, no matter what the North did.

• The South was willing to compromise with the North to keep the country together.

Use the image to answer the question. How did this person contribute to the Union war effort? Select the two correct answers.

• by caring for wounded soldiers

• by starting a school to train nurses

• by bringing supplies to the battlefield

• by founding Lincoln Hospital in Washington, D.C.

• by serving as the first woman U.S. Army physician

What is this person best known for?

• defeating Union forces at the Battle of Manassas

• being the most capable Confederate general

• becoming the president of the Confederacy

• wanting to spread the institution of slavery