1. Which of the following is NOT one of the compromises used to resolve differences between the North and the South?

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Virginia Plan
• Kansas - Nebraska Act

2. Choose 3 correct answers. What are the issues that divided the nation prior to the Civil War

• A. East vs. West
• B. Rise of the Republican Party
• C. slavery
• D. steamboat vs. railroad
• E. states' rights vs. strong central government

3. Choose 3 correct answers. What are the accomplishments of Robert Smalls?

• A. African American sailor
• B. Worked as a cook in the Union
• C. Became a Congressman after the war
• D. Fought for the Confederacy
• E. Union Naval Captain

4. The southern states were considered to be in rebellion and called themselves the -

• A. Border States
• B. Union
• C. Republic of the Confederacy
• D. Confederate States of America

5. Which of the following examples shows how African Americans were discriminated against during the Civil War?

• A. They were given extra rations of food.
• B. They were paid less than white soldiers.
• C. They were paid more than white soldiers.
• D. They were paid the same as white soldiers.

6. What best describes Clara Barton's role in the U.S. Civil War?

• A. A nurse who later participated in the Freedman's Bureau
• B. A nurse who later founded the American Red Cross
• C. A woman who provided water to the troops on the battlefield
• D. A woman who served as a spy during the Civil War

7. Abraham Lincoln believed all of the following EXCEPT

• A. The South had the right to secede.
• B. The Civil War was to preserve a government "of the people, for the people, and by the people"
• C. He opposed the spread of slavery.
• D. The U.S. was one nation, not a collection of independent states.

8. Which of the following compromises stated the people would decide the slavery issue ("popular sovereignty")?

• A. Compromise of 1850
• B. Missouri Compromise
• C. Kansas-Nebraska Act
• D. the Great Compromise

9. Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• A. The Battle of Vicksburg
• B. The Battle of Gettysburg
• C. The firing on Ft. Sumter, SC
• D. The Battle of Saratoga

10. Choose 2 correct answers. Which of the following Civil War leaders supported the Confederacy's beliefs?

• A. Abraham Lincoln
• B. Jefferson Davis
• C. Frederick Douglass
• D. Stonewall Jackson