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The Road to Civil War

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  • South Carolina seceded from the Union after this happened
    Abraham Lincoln promised to end slavery
    Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the U.S.
    Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
  • The main cause of the Civil War.
    Economy
    States Rights
    Slavery
  • According to the Taney Supreme Court decision, slaves can never be what?
    Paid
    Landowners
    Citizens
    Bought
  • The term for someone who fought to end slavery.
    Emancipator
    Segregationist
    Abolitionist
    Loyalist
  • Robert E. Lee led troops for this side in the Civil War.
    Confederacy/South
    Union/North
  • The south wanted the issue of slavery in territories to be decided with this method, which means the government must let the people vote on it.
    Popular Sovereignty
    Popular Democracy
    Fighting
  • Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
    All of the above
    Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army.
    Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not in the Union
  • The Underground Railroad took place in:
    Mexico
    Both
    Canada
  • What was one of the main purposes of the Missouri Compromise?
    To ease the tensions between the North and the South
    To ensure slavery was enforced in all the states
    To ensure that all slaves were free
    To solve issues between citizens of Missouri and Canada
  • The first attack of the Civil War.
    Richmond, VA
    Gettysburg, PA
    Fort Sumter, SC
  • Which of the following was a novel written about slavery and contributed to the anti-slavery movement?
    Uncle Tom’s Cabin
    The Scarlet Letter
    Walden
    The Jungle
  • More than _________Hispanics fought in the Civil War:some for the union some for the confederate
    15,000
    10,000
    20,000
    100,000
  • Ulysses S. Grant led troops for this side in the Civil War.
    Union/North
    Confederacy/South
  • How were the Slaves officially freed?
    18th Amendment
    Emancipation Proclamation
    13th Amendment
    Bill of rights
  • What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    Kansas became a slave state
    Bloody conflicts in Kansas between pro/anti slavery people
    Border ruffians invaded and took control of Nebraska
    All abolitionist groups and freed slaves left Kansas
  • What was the name of the new country that was formed by the southern states?
    Democratic Republic of the South
    Confederate States of America
    United States of the South
    Republic of Texas
  • In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?
    Compromise of 1820
    Dred Scott Decision
    Fugitive Slave Law
    Compromise of 1850
  • What was the Compromise of 1850?
    A treaty with France designed to keep the United States out of war with Europe
    A set of laws designed to keep the peace between the North and the South
    A treaty with Great Britain regarding the border between Canada and the Unite
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