Civil War Curriculum
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- Q1Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War?ImmigrationTaxesSlaveryForeign Invasion30s
- Q2The compromise made prior to the outbreak of the Civil War in order to ease tensions over the issue of slavery in new territories.California CompromiseNew York CompromiseKansas-Nebraska CompromiseMissouri Compromise30s
- Q3What were the two major areas in which the Northern states and Southern states differed?Language and EducationEconomy and CultureFood Production and CultureFood Production and Language30s
- Q4What was one way people throughout the country prepared for the Civil War?protested the warcollected weapons from previous warsbottled watercollected old tires30s
- Q5In 1859 this abolitionist raided Harpers Ferry, Va. in an attempt to insight a slave insurrection.Robert E. LeeFrederick DouglassWilliam Lloyd GarrisonJohn Brown30s
- Q6Which of the following was capital of the Confederacy?Charleston, S.C.Richmond, Va.Nashville, Tn.Raleigh, N.C.30s
- Q7The Emancipation ProclamationFreed all of the black soldiers and gave them a piece of farmlandfreed the slaves in the Confederate States if those states did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863freed all of the slaves in the Union on Jan. 1, 1863freed all the slaves30s
- Q8Why did President Lincoln choose to present the Emancipation Proclamation after the Battle of Antietam?Lincoln hoped to raise the morale of Union soldiers.Lincoln needed to issue it after a Union victory.Antietam was the most deadly battle of the war.Antietam was the first battle in a border state.30s
- Q9What advantage did Special Order 143 have for the Union Army?The Union Army could now move westThe Union Army could now vote out its generals.The Union Army received more slaves to help the soldiers.The Union Army received additional troops.30s
- Q10When did Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation go into effect?December 25, 1862April 9, 1865September 22, 1862January 1, 186330s
- Q11Popular sovereignty means...going with the majority when making a decisionthe president makes decisions based on what is popularThe people have the power through voting.states make decisions based on the majority of states approving a decision30s
- Q12The typical southerner would have listed this as the reason they were fighting the Civil War.States' rightsslaveryinvasion of their territoryAbraham Lincoln30s
- Q13This battle was the bloodiest day of the Civil War and led to Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.AntietamFort SumterShilohBull Run30s
- Q14All of the following were advantages of the North except which one?more peoplemore factoriesmore railroadsskilled generals30s
- Q15Someone who wanted to see slavery outlawed was called...conscriptionistabolitionistfederalistracist30s