Causes and Civil War

According to Garrison's observations, how were slaves and free blacks treated similarly in both the North and the South?

• Both slaves and free blacks could travel without restrictions

• Both slaves and free blacks experienced discrimination

• Both slaves and free blacks owned businesses

• Both slaves and free blacks were not paid for their work

Which condition did both slaves and free blacks in the United States experience in the antebellum (before Civil War) period?

• Both groups were allowed to testify in court

• Both groups were able to vote in elections

• Both groups were forced to pay taxes

• Both groups were denied citizenship rights

Why was there significant opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Because fugitive enslaved people wanted to establish a new government in territories in the West

• Because fugitive enslaved people were provided with paid passage out of the country

• Because it was part of a scheme by Northern officials that expanded slavery into the territories

• Because it was used to provide federal support for the institution of slavery

Which statement correctly matches a historical event with one of its immediate results?

• The Nullification crisis led to South Carolina seceding from the United States over slavery

• The Missouri Compromise led to Missouri being admitted to the Union as a free state

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to Kansas being allowed to decide whether it would permit slavery

• The Compromise of 1850 led to California being admitted to the union as a slave state

Which statement describes the roles of George McClellan and Ulysses S Grant during the Civil War?

• There were Confederate generals who captured Fort Sumter

• They were Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac

• They were Confederate generals who surrendered at the Battle of Vicksburg

• They were Union generals who committed war crimes at the Battle of Gettysburg

Based on the excerpt, which group wrote the LeCompton Constitution?

• Opponents of westward expansion

• Supporters of abolitionism

• Anti-slavery Northerners

• Pro-slavery Southerners

Which statement describes how the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectionalism?

• It allowed slavery to expand into the territories

• It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories

• It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom

• It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories

Why was the Battle of Vicksburg a strategic victory in the Civil War?

• The battle opened the way for a full scale Union attack on Atlanta

• The battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

• The battle prevented a Confederate invasion of the North

• The battle allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

What made the battles at Antietam and Gettysburg different from the other battles illustrated on this map?

• They were victories for the Confederacy

• They were battles fought in Union territory

• They were attempts to keep Virginia in the Union

• They were battles defending the Confederate capital

How does President Lincoln define the reason for the conflict?

• As a fight to protect the provisions outlined in the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• As an attempt to uphold the Bill of Rights and the powers granted to states in the Constitution

• As a struggle to maintain the ideals contained in the Declaration of Independence

• As an effort to prevent Southern states from increasing their representation in Congress