Civil War Test

The Dred Scott decision

What were the Moniter and Merrimack called?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 angered northerners because it

“We will be compelled to shoot, burn and hang, but the thing will soon be over. We intend to ‘Mormonize’ the Abolitionists.”

This quote is an example of what group of people?

Which was NOT a part of the Anaconda Plan?

What did Buchanan symbolize when he won the election of 1856?

Popular soveriegnty is the voice of the people

Jefferson Davis was the president of the United States

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

How did the Civil War end?

The Battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest day of the war

Northern states made Personal Liberty Laws to ensure slaves had a trial by jury

The nurse that started the Red Cross

What was one geographic advantage the South had over the North?

This Amendment was passed in 1865 to abolish slavery

“We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only, not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed. ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ I believe this government cannnot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.”
—Abraham Lincoln, 1958

How did Lincoln approach the issue of slavery in his speech?

In the movie, Gangs of New York, what group of people did Bill the Butcher represent?

Confederate general who won the first major battle of the Civil War

What was Lincoln's view on African Americans?

What northern battle is considered to be the turning point of the Civil War?

The Compromise of 1850 outlawed ___________ in the territories

Which was not a cause of the Civil War?

The man that led the Pottawotomie Massacre and raid on Harper's Ferry

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote

If you had money, land, or slaves, you could get out of conscription, or being drafted.

Abolished slavery in the United States

What provision did the Compromise of 1850 include?

Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States

Which was not a part of the Anaconda Plan?

How did the Civil War affect industries in the North?

How did African Americans support the war effort?

The Civil War started the idea of ________ to keep the people safe.

Robert E. Lee was one of the generals for the Confederacy

Why was John Brown executed?

What profession grew with women's participation during the Civil War?