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American Civil War

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  • True or False: Abraham Lincoln wasn't on the voting ballot in 10 of the Southern states.
    False
    True
  • Who was responsible for getting weapons for African American soldiers?
    Frederick Douglass
  • When Lincoln became president, what was his first priority?
    To preserve the Union
  • What states are shaded red?
    Confederate States of America
  • What did the south want to do when slavery was being abolished?
    Secede
  • Which side wanted to keep slavery?
    The Union
    The Confederacy
  • True or False: Abraham Lincoln wasn't on the voting ballot in 10 of the Southern states.
    False
    True
  • Who was the General of the Confederate Army?
    Robert E. Lee
  • What was one of the main purposes of the Missouri Compromise?
    To ensure slavery was enforced in all the states
    To solve issues between citizens of Missouri and Canada
    To ensure that all slaves were free
    To ease the tensions between the North and the South
  • Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
    John Wilkes Booth
  • In the Gettysburg Address, what did Abraham Lincoln say he wanted to preserve?
    A government of, by and for the people
  • According to the Taney Supreme Court decision, slaves can never be what?
    Landowners
    Bought
    Paid
    Citizens
  • Which amendment freed the slaves?
    13th Amendment
  • Who was the General of the Union Army?
    Ulysses S Grant
  • What speech did Abraham Lincoln give during the Civil War?
    Gettysburg Address
  • What did abolitionists want to do?
    Have more slaves
    Arrest everyone with slaves
    Ship slaves elsewhere
    End slavery
  • What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    Kansas became a slave state
    All abolitionist groups and freed slaves left Kansas
    Border ruffians invaded and took control of Nebraska
    Bloody conflicts broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and
  • Where did the most famous fight of the Civil War take place?
    Gettysburg
  • According to the Taney Supreme Court decision, slaves can never be what?
    Landowners
    Citizens
    Bought
    Paid
  • Which thing did the Kansas-Nebraska Act NOT do?
    Created two new territories.
    Repealed the Missouri Compromise.
    Let both territories decide if they would be slave or free.
    Forced Kansas & Nebraska to have slaves.
  • What country was created when Lincoln was elected?
    Confederate States of America
  • What is the name of the group of states that wanted to own slaves?
    The Hillbillies
    The Confederacy
    White Supremacists
    Abraham Lincoln Haters
  • Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?
    Popular Sovereignty
    Nationalism
    Secession
    Sectionalism
  • In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?
    Fugitive Slave Law
    Compromise of 1850
    Dred Scott Decision
    Compromise of 1820
  • Identify the state and what type of state is it?
    Mississippi, Confederate
  • What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called?
    Federalists
     Abolitionists
    Prohibitionists
    Loyalists
  • Who was the Confederate General who died from infection?
    Stonewall Jackson
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act was determined by -
    Popular Sovereignty
  • What speech did Abraham Lincoln give during the Civil War?
    Gettysburg Address
  • Where did the Civil War begin?
    Fort Sumter, SC
  • Who started the American Red Cross?
    Clara Barton
  • What is another term for the Union?
    Those Flag People
    The Country
    The United States
    The Anti-Hillbillies
  • Why did the south want slavery?
    For labor to work their crops/farms
  • When Lincoln became president, what was his first priority?
    To preserve the Union
  • Where did the war end?
    Appomattox, VA
  • Who accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox?
    U.S. Grant
  • What was one of the main purposes of the Missouri Compromise?
    To ensure that all slaves were free
    To solve issues between citizens of Missouri and Canada
    To ease the tensions between the North and the South
    To ensure slavery was enforced in all the states
  • What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called?
    Federalists
     Abolitionists
    Prohibitionists
    Loyalists
  • What did the south want to do when slavery was being abolished?
    Secede
  • KY, MO, MD and DE are what type of states?
    Border
  • The Underground Railroad took place in:
    Canada
    Mexico
    Both
  • What was Clara Burton’s nickname?
    Nurse for the Red Cross
    Union Army guide
    Angel of the Battlefield
  • Why was the north not needing/wanting slavery?
    Industrialized, lots of businesses and factories
  • Tariffs made items too expensive. Why else did the South dislike tariffs?
    Great Britain might not buy cotton
  • Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
    John Wilkes Booth
  • Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
    Ulysses S. Grant
    Abraham Lincoln
    Jefferson Davis
    Robert E. Lee
  • More than _________Hispanics fought in the Civil War:some for the union some for the Civil War.
    20,000
    100,000
    10,000
    15,000
  • What was Popular Sovereignty?
    The reason colonists broke away from England.
    How King George III ruled over the colonists.
    When the president is very popular.
    The authority of a government comes from the people.
  • Name two men who wanted to preserve the Union?
    Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee
  • Which Border State is south of Pennsylvania?
    Maryland
  • Who was the 16th president?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • Who was the General of the Union Army?
    Ulysses S Grant
  • In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?
    Fugitive Slave Law
    Dred Scott Decision
    Compromise of 1820
    Compromise of 1850
  • The Emancipation Proclamation was:
    Lincoln’s Executive order freeing slaves in the Confederacy
    Lincoln’s Executive order freeing slaves in all the country
    Lincoln’s Executive order freeing slaves in the Union
  • Who won the Civil War?
    The North
  • What was the turning point of the Civil War?
    Gettysburg
  • Who won the presidential election of 1860?
    Frederick Douglass
    Abraham Lincoln
    Jefferson Davis
    Stephen Douglas
  • Which thing did the Kansas-Nebraska Act NOT do?
    Repealed the Missouri Compromise.
    Forced Kansas & Nebraska to have slaves.
    Let both territories decide if they would be slave or free.
    Created two new territories.
  • What was the main cause of the Civil War?
    Slavery
  • Who was the 16th president?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott decision?
    Slaves are property and do not have rights as Americans.
    Dred Scott's owner should release him.
    Slaves should be freed immediately.
    Dred Scott will die a slave.
  • What was the name of the new country that was formed by the southern states?
    United States of the South
    Democratic Republic of the South
    Republic of Texas
    Confederate States of America
  • What is a Border State?
    Slave states remained with Union
  • Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?
    Sectionalism
    Nationalism
    Secession
    Popular Sovereignty
  • What was the name of the new country that was formed by the southern states?
    Confederate States of America
    United States of the South
    Democratic Republic of the South
    Republic of Texas
  • What was the only battle fought in the North?
    Gettysburg
  • Identify the state and what type of state is it?
    Alabama, Confederate
  • What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
    Free the slaves in the Confederacy
  • What battle is known as the bloodiest one day battle?
    Antietam
  • The Underground Railroad took place in:
    Mexico
    Canada
    Both
  • What was the result of the Emancipation Proclamation?
    Runaway slaves joined the Union Army
  • Which of the following was a cause of the American Civil War?
    Abraham Lincoln elected
    All of the above
    Expansion of the United states
    Slavery
  • California joined the Union under which compromise?
    Compromise of 1850
  • To balance Congress what compromise was approve?
    Missouri Compromise
  • Where did the most famous fight of the Civil War take place?
    Gettysburg
  • What law allowed slave owners to send slave catchers to the north to return runaway slaves?
    Fugitive Slave Act
  • What was the main cause of the Civil War?
    Slavery
  • Who was the General of the Confederate Army?
    Robert E. Lee
  • Why was the north not needing/wanting slavery?
    Industrialized, lots of businesses and factories
  • Name two generals in the Confederacy.
    Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
  • What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    Bloody conflicts broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and
    All abolitionist groups and freed slaves left Kansas
    Kansas became a slave state
    Border ruffians invaded and took control of Nebraska
  • Which of the following was a cause of the American Civil War?
    Expansion of the United states
    All of the above
    Slavery
    Abraham Lincoln elected
  • More than _________Hispanics fought in the Civil War:some for the union some for the Civil War.
    15,000
    100,000
    20,000
    10,000
  • Which amendment freed the slaves?
    13th Amendment
  • What was John Brown's goal when he broke into the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry?
    Start a war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery people.
    Arm the slaves so they can murder their masters.
    Murder the masters himself.
    Start the Civil War early.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation was:
    Lincoln’s Executive order freeing slaves in the Confederacy
    Lincoln’s Executive order freeing slaves in the Union
    Lincoln’s Executive order freeing slaves in all the country
  • What was Clara Burton’s nickname?
    Union Army guide
    Nurse for the Red Cross
    Angel of the Battlefield
  • Put the compromises in order: Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Missouri Compromise
    Missouri, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska
  • Who said, "I cannot fight against my home state"?
    Robert E. Lee
  • What country do the following people belong to? Frederick Douglass, Clara Barton, U.S. Grant
    The United States
  • Why did the south want slavery?
    For labor to work their crops/farms