Causes and Events of the American Civil War

The painting below (American Progress) was created in the late 1800s as a celebration of an idea that first became popular in the 1830s in the United States.

What event in the United States did the idea illustrated by the painting MOST lead to?

• The Mexican-American War in order to gain California.

• The Spanish-American War in order to free Cuba from Spain.

• The passage of Progressive amendments to increase the power of the people.

• The end to reservation system in order to return sovereignty to the Native Americans.

The Excerpt below comes from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Article VIII: Mexicans now established in territories previously belonging to Mexico, and which remain for the future within the limits of the United States, as defined by the present treaty, shall be free to continue where they now reside, or to remove at any time to the Mexican Republic

Which of the following 19th century ideas MOST led to the event that caused this treaty to be written?

• Abolitionism

• Natural Rights

• Manifest Destiny

• White Man's Burden

 The quotation below comes from the period of time before the Civil War.

"Slavery is a sin against God and a crime against man." John Brown

Which of the following would John Brown have been MOST likely to support?

• Free Soil Party

• Popular Sovereignty

• Personal Liberty Laws

• The Fugitive Slave Act

The quotation below comes from a significant document associated with the Civil War.

"The had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior (lesser) order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race... and were so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit."

Based on your knowledge of history, from what document does this quote come from?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852

• Dred Scott vs. Sandford, 1857

• The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863

• The Thirteenth Amendment, 1865

Which of the following most accurately describes the raid on Harpers Ferry?

• The death of its leader, John Brown, ended the tensions between the North and the South.

• The raid was successful and led to the freeing of all slaves in Virginia.

• The leader of the raid, John Brown, was executed which caused the North to view him as a martyr, which increased sectional tentions.

• John Brown convinced Frederick Douglass to join his cause which led to Douglass being put in prison.

Which of the following abolitionist is most directly connected to the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• William Lloyd Garrison

Which sequence correctly identifies a rise in tensions, bringing the nation closer toward armed conflict in the Civil War?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to Bleeding Kansas.

• The Brooks-Sumner beating led to the admission of California as a free state.

• The Compromise of 1850 led to the secession of South Carolina and the start of the Civil War.

• The Missouri Compromise led to John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry to spark a slave rebellion.

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The Anaconda Plan - General Winfield Scott

"[S)o as to envelope the insurgent States and bring them to terms, with less bloodshed than by any other plan."

What was the main objective of the plan described in General Scott's letter?

• to attack and bring under control a few key Southern cities

• to disrupt Southern supply lines by controlling the railroad junctions in the South

• to sign treaties with Britain and France to prevent them from assisting the South

• to suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern ports

Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861?

• passage of a higher protective tariff

• issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation

• the election of Abraham Lincoln as President

• the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter

What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Slaves in Northern states were freed.

• The war became a moral contest over slavery.

• Slaves in border states were immediately freed.

• African Americans were admitted into the Confederate army.