Civil War Study Guide Quiz

What was the main economic difference between the North and the South before the Civil War?

• The North depended on slavery and the South did not.

• The North was rural and the South was urban.

• The North relied on cotton and the South on railroads.

• The North was industrial and the South was agricultural.

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What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 achieve?

• It banned slavery north of the 36°30′ line.

• It allowed California to enter as a free state.

• It strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act.

• It allowed Kansas and Nebraska to vote on slavery.

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Which novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe changed Northern views on slavery?

• The Red Badge of Courage

• Gone with the Wind

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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What was the significance of the Dred Scott Decision in 1857?

• It allowed slavery to be banned in territories.

• It ruled that African Americans were not citizens.

• It declared that African Americans were citizens.

• It led to the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Who was the President of the Confederate States during the Civil War?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

What was the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg?

• It was a Confederate victory.

• It was a Union victory that stopped Lee’s invasion of the North.

• It led to the start of the Civil War.

• It resulted in the Emancipation Proclamation.

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What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• To allow new territories to vote on slavery.

• To end the Civil War.

• To free slaves in all states.

• To free slaves in Confederate states.

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Who led a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831?

• Anthony Burns

• John Brown

• Nat Turner

• Frederick Douglass

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What was the main focus of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• To admit California as a free state.

• To allow new territories to vote on slavery.

• To ban slavery in new territories.

• To strengthen the Fugitive Slave Act.

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What was the significance of the Harpers Ferry Raid?

• It was a successful slave rebellion.

• It was a failed attempt to start a slave rebellion.

• It led to the Missouri Compromise.

• It resulted in the Dred Scott Decision.

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