Civil War Review

What was the major cause of the Civil War?

• Disagreements on state rights
• Political corruption in the government
• Slavery and its expansion into new territories.
• Economic disputes over tariffs

Who fought in the Civil War?

• The Union and the Confederacy.
• The Rebels and the Loyalists
• The West and the East

• The British and the French

When was the Civil War?

• 1900 to 1905
• 1812 to 1815
• 1776 to 1783
• 1861 to 1865

Who was President of the Union during the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

Who was President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln

What would be the goal of an abolitionist?

• To end slavery and promote freedom for all individuals.
• To support the continuation of slavery.
• To promote economic inequality.
• To restrict individual freedoms.

A border state is...

• A state that is entirely surrounded by water.
• A state that has no borders with other states.
• A state that allowed slavery but left the Union

• A state that allowed slavery but stayed in the Union

Select all of the advantages the North had in the Civil War

• More railroads

• More troops

• More factories

• More agricultural fields

What problem kept coming up as more states were added to the US?

• The economic impact of new states on the federal budget.
• The increase in population leading to more representatives.
• The debate over statehood for territories without populations.
• The conflict over the balance of free and slave states.

Sectionalism means...

• loyalty to one part of the country rather than the whole

• the equal distribution of resources among all regions
• the unification of all states under a single government
• the promotion of national interests over regional concerns