Unit Test: The Civil War

What is an "abolitionist?"

• a. A person who fought for the rights of indigenous people.
• b. A supporter of Mexican land rights in Texas.
• c. A financial donor to the cause of women's rights in the 19th century.
• d. An individual who worked to end the institution of slavery.

What is popular sovereignty?

• a. The idea that the people have the right to elect their own sovereign in a traditional monarchy.
• b. The philosophy that the people have the right to determine for themselves the nature of their own government.
• c. Abraham Lincoln's term for abolitionism.
• d. The concept stating that if the South wanted to leave the Union, they should be allowed to leave, in peace.

To "secede" is to--

• a. Leave the United States.
• b. Succeed in business, specifically in the South.
• c. Combine more than one plantation under one owner.
• d. Raise tariffs on imported goods, specifically from Spain.

Who said and/or wrote the below statement?

• a. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in The Declaration of Sentiments.
• b. Abraham Lincoln, in The Emancipation Proclamation.
• c. Frederick Douglas in his third debate.
• d. None of the above.

Which of the following events happened FIRST?

• a. The Gettysburg Address
• b. The Emancipation Proclamation
• c. The Battle of Antietam
• d. The secession of South Carolina from the Union.

Which of the following is TRUE about the differences between the North and the South prior to the Civil War?

• a. The North was more urban and industrialized.
• b. The people of the South needed more infrastructure, such as roads, canals, and railways.
• c. Southerners were strong supports of states' rights.
• d. All of the above statements are true.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the North during the Civil War?

• a. Most of the battles were fought in Northern territory.
• b. It had a huge advantage in weapons and supplies.
• c. It had more railroads and were therefore able to get troops to the front quickly.
• d. It had a larger population and therefore more men available for military service.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• a. It had little immediate effect on the lives of enslaved peoples.
• b. With it, President Lincoln "freed" all the slaves in the rebelling Southern states.
• c. It gave the Union a moral purpose for fighting for victory.
• d. It made foreign countries less likely to send aid to the South.
• e. All of the above statements are true.

The Battle of Gettysburg was--

• a. fought in Southern territory.
• b. won by the North.
• c. Caused by General Robert E. Lee invading Massachusetts in 1863.
• d. the first battle of the Civil War.

In which speech did President Lincoln state that the Civil War was necessary to preserve the Union and that America was one nation, not a collection of individual states?

• a. The Emancipation Proclamation
• b. The Dedication of Bull Run
• c. The Gettysburg Address
• d. His Third Inaugural Address