Social Studies midterm

1. Who did the Union states fight during the Civil War?

• the Confederate States of America
• the United States of America
• Abraham Lincoln's States of Canada

2. What was the main cause of the American Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln attacking Fort Sumter, South Carolina
• Money
• Slavery

3. Who was the Union president during the Civil War?

• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Barack Obama

4. The Union victory at this city allowed the Union to gain control of the Mississippi River, thus splitting the Confederacy in two.

• Biddeford
• Vicksburg
• Boston

5. This battle, located near Washington D.C. in Virginia, was the first major battle of the American Civil War

• Gettysburg
• First Bull Run
• San Diego

6. Which Confederate General became famous during the Civil War?

• Robert E. Lee
• Abraham Lincoln
• John Brown

7. What was the main effect of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?

• It freed slaves only in Confederate (Southern) states
• It didn't free any slaves in the United States
• John Brown went to Kansas to free those in slavery

8. Which American Civil War battle had the highest number of casualties and is considered to be the turning point for the Union Army?

• Biddeford-Saco Battle of the Bridge football game
• The Battle of Gettysburg
• The Battle of Fort Sumter

9. Maine became a state in 1820 after a series of laws about slavery known as:

• the Battle of Fort Sumter
• the Missouri Compromise
• the Florida Purchase from France

10. The Fugitive Slave Act was one part of a series of laws about slavery in America known as:

• the Compromise of 1850
• the Ohio Compromise
• The Russian sale of Hawaii