Unit 12: Civil War Review

Developed in order to help runaway slaves escape to freedom

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Underground Railroad

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas

• Kansas entered the Union as a slave state

• Nebraska settlers who supported abolition moved to Kansas

• The boundary established by the MIssouri Compromise was extended farther south

What was the ruling in the Dred Scott v. Sandford supreme court case?

• Dred Scott lost the case and the right to own slaves was ruled to be protected by the Constitution

• Dred Scott won the case, but was not set free because slaves were not considered citizens

• Dred Scott lost the case, but the judge condemned slavery

• Dred Scott wont he case and was declared a free man

This directly led to the secession of Southern states from the Union

• election of Abraham Lincoln as president

• adoption of a new fugitive slave law

• passage of Kansas-Nebraska Act

• decision of the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford

What is the name of this battle strategy?

• Viper Plan

• Python Plan

• Anaconda Plan

• Copperhead Plan

This freed all slaves in rebel-held territories (the Confederacy)

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

A main cause of the Civil War

• Different state alliances with European countries

• Rivalries between states over slavery and states' rights

• States had different views about America's role in the West

• Western territories being taxed without representation in Congress

Why was John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry important?

• Abolitionists demonstrated their willingness to use violence

• The North + South reached a compromise over slavery

• It helped return runaway slaves to their owners

• Many slaves earned their freedom by revolting

Where did General Lee surrender to the Union?

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Bull Run

Lincoln felt that border states were _____ to win the war

• necessary

• not needed

• overrated

• not included