Civil War

What was the Gettysburg Address?

• A 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War (November 19, 1963) at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.

• A Missouri slave sued for his freedom, claiming that his four year stay in the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory made free land by the Missouri Compromise had made him a free man. The U.S. Supreme Court decided

• Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.

• The location of a shoe factory in Pennsylvania

Why was the Siege of Vicksburg important?

• It was the first shots of the Civil War

• It effectively split the South in half with the capture of the Mississippi River

• It was the final battle in which Robert E. Lee was able to fight in the North

• It was the bloodiest single day in US history

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender his army?

• Appomattox Court House

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

• Vicksburg

Which abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry to arm slaves and fight for freedom?

• Dredd Scott

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubbman

Why would Northerners be upset about the Dred Scott Case?

• It lifted tariffs

• it abolished slavery

• it gave more power to slave owners

• None of the above

What is Sectionalism?

• Expanding to the Pacific

• Ruling a plantation or small mill

• Only paying attention to your region instead of the interests of the country

• Movement to end slavery

Dred Scott was denied his freedom because...

• he had only been a slave for 5 years

• he was captured in a free state

• he was accused of a terrible crime

• the Supreme Court said that he had no rights because African Americans were not considered citizens of the United States

When California applied for statehood it became a...

• Free state

• Slave State

• Both free and slave

Why was the south more reliant on slavery than the north?

• The south was driven by agriculture and the need for cotton which required slaves.

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  The south was driven by industry and the factories required slaves.

• The south was driven by education and the schools needed slaves.

• The south was driven by technology and the companies needed slaves.

Who was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Jefferson Davis

• Andrew Jackson

• John Calhoun

• John Bell