I-Civics Unit 8

Which statement about the election of 1860 is true?

• Americans were united behind Abraham Lincoln, and he received the majority of the popular vote.

• If the Democratic Party had not been divided by sectionalism, Abraham Lincoln would have lost the election.

• Northern states were evenly divided on their support for Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.

• The nation was politically divided along geographic lines and the South opposed the election of Abraham Lincoln.

"all schemes for disunion... no Republican member of Congress has uttered or countenanced the threats of disunion so often made by Democratic members and we denounce those threats of disunion..." According to the quote, which concept did the Republican Party most likely oppose?

• federalism

• individualism

• sectionalism

• states' rights

President Lincoln's first Inaugural Address: "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, in the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect , and defend it."

What message was President Lincoln trying to send with this speech?

• He believed the Civil War was inevitable, and if the South did not start it, the North would.

• He would not fight back if the South made the first move to start the Civil War.

• He did not want to change the Southerners way of life, and any war that happened would be the Southerners' fault.

• He was willing to work with the South and find a peaceful way for southerners to leave the Union.

Which is true?

• The North could not grow food for the army.

• The North had more resources for fighting a war.

• The South would not be hurt by a blockade of the coastline.

• The South had a larger population than the North.

What was the significance of the Battle of Fort Sumter?

• It was the first official conflict of the Civil War.

• It was the turning point of the Civil War.

• It was the single bloodiest day in American history.

• It resulted in Union control of the Mississippi River.

Where did Sherman's March to the Sea take place?

• Tennessee

• North Carolina

• Louisiana

• Georgia

Which type of warfare did Sherman advocate using in the South?

• guerilla

• trench

• combat to combat

• total

What was one impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It ended all slavery in the United States.

• It made it possible for the Union Army to recruit African American soldiers.

• It provided a clear plan to support the newly freed slaves.

• It caused border states, like Kentucky and Missouri, to secede from the Union.

-Blockade the southern coastline

-Control the Mississippi River

-Capture the city of Richmond

What is the best heading for the above notes?

• Abolition Plans to Encourage a Slave Revolt

• Reasons for the Confederacy to Secede

• Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation

• Union Strategy in the Civil War

"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced."

Which battle led to this speech?

• Antietam

• Second Manassas

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg