Civil War Day 4

Which group was the first anti-slavery group that lived in Pennsylvania?

• Transcendentalists

• Quakers

• Pilgrims

• Sectionalism

The Emancipation Proclamation:

• freed slaves in states that rebelled against the Union

• abolished slavery in the United States

• ended the slave trade in the North and abolished slavery in the South

• declared that upon the end of the Civil War, the institution of slavery would cease.

Ralph Waldo Emerson's Transcendentalism was associated with the founding of ______ societies.

• ideal

• savage

• failing

• boring

Region's geography impacted its economy; a cause of the Civil War

• Transcendentalists

• Quakers

• Mercantilism

• Sectionalism

What was the purpose of the Conscription Act of 1863?

• To free enslaved people

• To randomly select men for service in the Union army

• To provide education for African Americans

• To lower taxes

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued to free enslaved people in which areas?

• Confederate states

• Union states

• Border states

• All states

Which human geographic factor helped the Union win the Civil War?

• The Oregon Trail allowed Union military supplies to be moved quickly to the West.

• Northern farms started producing cotton used to make Union military uniforms.

• Canals in the Midwest allowed food for Union soldiers to be moved quickly to the front lines.

• A network of railroads in the North allowed Union soldiers to be moved quickly over long distances.

What was a significant economic advantage for the North during the Civil War?

• Rich gold mines

• Extensive industrial infrastructure

• Large slave labor force

• Abundant cotton plantations

Which document declared that all slaves in Confederate-held territory were free?

• The Gettysburg Address

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The 13th Amendment

• The Declaration of Independence