Civil War SP25

What was one of the key issues that led to the Civil War?

• a. States' rights

• b. Industrialization
  

• c. Women's suffrage
  

• 1. 
     d. Immigration

  
  

Which of the following was an important event related to the Civil War?

• a. The Boston Tea Party
  

• b. The Emancipation Proclamation
  

• c. The Louisiana Purchase
  

• d. The Trail of Tears

What was the primary cause of the Civil War?

• a. The desire for more farmland
  

• b. The issue of slavery
  

• c. Taxation without representation
  

• d. Westward expansion

Which Georgia politician was known for advocating the Georgia Platform during the debates over the Compromise of 1850?

• a. Abraham Lincoln
  

• b. Tom Watson

• c. Alexander Stephens
  

• d. Martin Luther King Jr.

What was the Dred Scott Decision?

• a. A legal ruling that declared Dred Scott a free man
  

• b. A decision that strengthened the rights of enslaved people
  

• c. A decision that abolished slavery in the United States

• d. A Supreme Court decision that denied citizenship to enslaved people

Who won the presidential election of 1860, which played a role in the events leading to the Civil War?

• a. Abraham Lincoln

• b. Ulysses S. Grant
  

• c. Andrew Johnson

• d. Jefferson Davis

Which correctly explains the term "nullification"?

• to put on hold

• to do away with

• to ratify or approve

• to amend or change

Which accurately describes southern states’ reaction to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?

• They demanded a recount of votes.

• They began to secede from the Union

• They immediately attacked Fort Sumter.

• They voted to protest Lincoln’s election.

According to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, what would happen on January 1, 1863, if the South did not surrender?

• The Union would invade the South

• Confederate slaves would be freed.

• Confederate prisoners would be executed.

• The Union would cease all trade with the South.

What was the first major battle in Georgia during the Civil War?

• Shiloh

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Chickamauga