What did the armed pro-slavery supporters known as border ruffians do?

They crossed the border from Missouri to Kansas just to vote for slavery.

They crossed the border from Kansas to Missouri to escape violence.

They crossed the border from Missouri to Kansas to support anti-slavery laws.

They provided peaceful support to the anti-slavery movement in Kansas.

What was the central issue of the Illinois Senate race of 1858?

The issue of slavery or popular sovereignty

The expansion of the railroad system

The election of a new president

The industrialization of the Midwest

Who were the two main candidates in the Illinois Senate race of 1858?

Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln

John Brown and Stephen A. Douglas

Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis

What was the impact of John Brown's Raid on the North?

Northern abolitionists supported Brown's use of violence.

It led to immediate emancipation of slaves in the North.

It caused the North to abandon the abolitionist movement.

It had no significant impact on the North's views on slavery.

According to the beliefs of Stephen Douglas, who should decide the issue of slavery in new territories?

The residents of the territories (states rights)

What was Abraham Lincoln's stance on slavery in the territories according to the learning material?

Slavery was allowed in states where it already existed but should not spread to new territories.

Slavery should be abolished in all states and territories.

Slavery should be allowed to spread to new territories.

Slavery should be decided by popular vote in each territory.

In his speech at the Republican State Convention on June 16, 1858, what did Lincoln say about the government's endurance?

It cannot endure permanently half slave and half free

It will endure as long as the Union stays together

It will dissolve if slavery is not abolished

It will become stronger with the existence of slavery

What was Jefferson Davis' focus in his First Inaugural Address as President of the Confederate States?

To build the Confederacy into a strong nation

To maintain peace with the Northern States

To ensure the continuation of slavery

To promote the rights of African Americans

According to Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, what is essential to the balance of power and the endurance of the United States' political fabric?

The maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States

The right of the federal government to control state laws

The ability of states to secede from the Union

The enforcement of federal laws over state preferences

In his speech to the Border States, what did Lincoln believe was necessary to win the Civil War?

The loyalty of the Border States to the Union

The immediate abolition of slavery

The surrender of the Confederate states

The military defeat of the southern armies

What was Lincoln's main hope expressed in his Second Inaugural Address?

To unite the nation and bring peace after the war

To punish the South for starting the Civil War

To continue the war until complete victory was achieved

To ensure that the South would never secede again

What name was given to the new nation formed by the seceding states?

The Confederate States of America

The Independent States of America

What was the main reason for Florida's decision to secede from the Union?

Its agricultural production of cotton and slave labor

Its trade relations with other countries

Which of the following was a strength of the South during the Civil War?

More experienced military leaders

What was the primary goal of the Union's Anaconda Plan?

To blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River

To encourage slave revolts in the South

To capture the Confederate capital

To negotiate a peace treaty with the Confederacy

Why did the Confederacy hesitate to use African Americans as soldiers?

They lacked the resources to train them

They did not believe African Americans could fight

They wanted to keep the war limited to white soldiers

What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam in the Civil War?

It was the deadliest single day of fighting in the war.

It marked the end of the Civil War.

It resulted in the Confederate Army invading the North again.

It led to the Union losing control of the Mississippi River.

What was the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run?

Both sides were unprepared and the North was forced to change their strategy.

The North was victorious and gained confidence.

The South was victorious and gained European support.

The battle had no significant impact on the war.

What was a major consequence of the Battle of Gettysburg for the South?

The South lost European support and the Confederate Army never invaded the North again.

The South gained control of Pennsylvania.

The South won the battle and gained momentum in the war.

The South managed to capture General George Pickett.

During the Civil War, what was Florida's role in supporting the Confederate Army?

Florida supplied the Confederate Army with beef and salt.

Florida provided troops and military leadership.

Florida was the primary battleground for most Civil War conflicts.

Florida disrupted Union supply lines by attacking their railroads.

What was the outcome of the Battle of Olustee?

The Union troops were forced to retreat to Jacksonville.

The Union troops won decisively and advanced further into Florida.

The Confederate troops surrendered to the Union forces.

The battle was inconclusive with no clear winner.

What strategy did General Sherman employ during his march to the sea?

A strategy of total war involving destroying the enemy's army, land, and people.

A strategy of avoiding direct conflict with enemy forces.

A strategy of diplomatic negotiations to end the war.

A strategy of blockading ports to cut off supplies.

Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant?

At the McLean House in Appomattox Court House.

At the White House in Washington D.C.

What terms were offered by General Grant to Lee's officers after the surrender at Appomattox Court House?

Lee's officers could keep their small firearms, and any soldier with a horse could keep it.

Lee's officers were to be taken as prisoners of war.

Lee's officers were to be exiled from the United States.

Lee's officers were to disband and never engage in military action again.

What right did President Lincoln suspend as a way of dealing with war opponents in the North?

The right of habeas corpus (no one is held without charge)

What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?

It abolished slavery in the United States.

It guaranteed citizenship rights.

It allowed all male citizens to vote regardless of race.

What was the Underground Railroad?

A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved people to escape to free states and Canada

A subway system used by urban workers

A railway system that transported goods across the North and South

A code name for a resistance movement against British rule

Which of the following best describes the term "sectionalism"?

Loyalty to one's local area or region rather than to the country as a whole

The division of land into sections for sale or development

The practice of dividing schools into sections based on academic ability

A political strategy that involves dividing and conquering

What was the ruling of Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court Case?

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

Dred Scott lost the case, but the Supreme court granted freedom to all enslaved people.

Dred Scott won the case and gained his freedom.

Roger B. Taney ruled that slaves are not property and should be granted their freedom.

WAR!

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Wilmot Proviso aim to ban?

The spread of slavery into new territories

The return of escaped slaves

The trade of cotton between the North and South

The creation of the Republican Party

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one of the outcomes of the Compromise of 1850?

California was added as a slave state

Slavery was eliminated in Washington DC

A looser fugitive slave law was created

Slavery was expanded into new territories

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require from northern people?

To help slaves escape to the North

To help return escaped slaves and fine or imprison those who aided them

To ignore the presence of escaped slaves

To vote for the Republican Party

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the Republican Party formed?

To support the Fugitive Slave Act

To promote the Wilmot Proviso

To stop the spread of slavery into new territories

To enforce stricter trade laws between the North and South

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the focus of the political cartoon published during the election of 1860?

The effectiveness of the Fugitive Slave Act

The unity of the Republican Party

The growing sectionalism between the North and South

The spread of slavery into California

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act establish to decide the slavery issue in the Kansas territory?

State sovereignty

Popular sovereignty

Federal sovereignty

Territorial sovereignty

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What term was used to describe the violence between anti and pro-slavery forces in the Kansas territory as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Aggressive Kansas

Bleeding Kansas

Violent Kansas

Divided Kansas

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48 questions

What did the Wilmot Proviso aim to ban?

What was one of the outcomes of the Compromise of 1850?

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require from northern people?

Why was the Republican Party formed?

What was the focus of the political cartoon published during the election of 1860?

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act establish to decide the slavery issue in the Kansas territory?

What term was used to describe the violence between anti and pro-slavery forces in the Kansas territory as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act that replaced the Missouri Compromise?

What did the armed pro-slavery supporters known as border ruffians do?

What was the central issue of the Illinois Senate race of 1858?

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