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How did most women contribute to the Civil War effort?

• They took over men's jobs and worked as nurses.

• They enlisted to help fight in the army, but were not allowed to enlist in the navy.

• They attended doctors helping battlefield wounded, but were not to work in hospitals.

• They repaired cannons and guns.

Why did the Civil War mark a turning point in American history?

• It firmly established that the United States was one country, not a confederation of states.

• It permanently divided the North and South and their ideals.

• No war had ever cost so much money and the United States was in financial turmoil.

• It revealed the importance of having a strong leader in the presidency.

popular sovereignty is the right of the people to ...

• secede from the Union

• replace democracy with monarchy

• decide an issue by voting

• abolish slavery over government objection

The Union army was able to continue fighting at Gettysburg even after being driven out of town because Union troops

• launched a surprise attack.

• surpassed Confederate troops in number.

• took up a strategic position on high ground.

• were motivated to defend their homeland.

The main reason that the South supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act was that the South

• supported Stephen Douglas.

• approved of popular sovereignty.

• hoped that Kansas would become a slave state.

• knew the act would not be enforced.

President Lincoln waited until after a Union victory to issue the Emancipation Proclamation because he

• believed slaveholders would obey it only after a Union victory.

• did not want Americans to think it was a desperate effort to save a losing cause.

• wanted slavery sympathizers in the North to support him.

• wanted fighting for the Union to appeal to free African Americans.

What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam?

• It was a Confederate victory.

• It resulted in General Jackson's retreat.

• It showed General McClellan's decisiveness.

• the Union "victory" led Lincoln to annouce the Emancipation Proclamation

What was the significance of General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s leadership at the Battle of Bull Run?

• He was blamed for the Confederate loss.

• He led the retreat of Union soldiers.

• He rallied his troops to help win the battle.

• He was very cautious and delayed leading his troops to battle.

What did California’s request for admission to the Union as a free state cause John Calhoun to threaten?

• the secession of southern states

• the re-emergence of state nullification

• southern support for its entrance as a slave state

• the capture of runaway slaves in the South by force

Why was the capture of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson critical to the Union’s overall war strategy?

• it cut off the South's access to the Mississippi

• the war was officially over

• slavery ended because of the Emancipation Proclamation

• it severely impacted munitions production