U.S. History Civil War

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Part of the Missouri Compromise, it made it a requirement for all runaway slaves to be returned to their owners

• Part of the Compromise of 1850, it made it a requirement for all runaway slaves to be returned to their owners

• Part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, it made it a requirement for all runaway slaves to be returned to their owners

• Part of the Dredd Scott Decision, it made it a requirement for all runaway slaves to be returned to their owners

What was a consequence of the Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sanford?

• Sectional tensions decreased because the Court affirmed the Compromise of 1850

• Sectional tensions increased because Congress lost its authority to regulate slavery.

• Sectional tensions increased because the Court granted the right to vote to all enslaved people.

• Sectional tensions decreased because Congress divided the country into an even number of slave states and free states.

How did Lincoln stop Confederate sympathizers from helping the Confederacy add more states?

• Asking slaves states to stay in the Union

• By arresting them & suspending Habeas Corpus

Who was the only elected president of the Confederate States of America?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

Which advantage did the Union NOT possess over the Confederacy during the Civil War?

• More factories and railroads

• More telegraph lines and personnel

• Greater access to cotton exports

• Larger financial and supply resources

What policy did both the Union and Confederacy use to increase the size of their forces?

• Conscription

• Emancipation

• Volunteer recruitment

• Economic incentives

What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation issued in 1863?

• To establish equal rights for all citizens

• To outlaw slavery nationwide

• To free slaves in rebel-controlled areas

• To recruit African Americans for the Union army

Which outcome best completes this diagram?

d

Civil War

Popular Sovereignty

American Revolution

Manifest Destiny

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8.8B

What was the Civil War originally fought over?
(a)  

• States Rights

• Exports

• Taxes

• Little Weenies

What strategic advantage did the Union gain by capturing Vicksburg in 1863?

• Control of the Eastern theatre

• Access to Confederate supply lines

• Control of the Mississippi River, dividing the Confederacy

• Immediate surrender of Confederate forces