Civil War
Quiz by Byrd, Angela
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- Q1Loyalty to a regionSectionalism30sEditDelete
- Q2Break away (from the Union); leave the UnionSecede30sEditDelete
- Q3California enters Union as free state and divided rest of Mexican cession into territories where slavery would be decided through popular sovereigntyCompromise of 185030sEditDelete
- Q4Law that required all citizens to return runaway slaves to their mastersFugitive Slave Act30sEditDelete
- Q5Novel that depicted evils of slaveryUncle Tom's Cabin30sEditDelete
- Q6Law that allowed voters in territories (north of Texas) to choose whether to allow slaveryKansas-Nebraska Act30sEditDelete
- Q7Nation that formed by the southern states when they seceded from the U.S.A.Confederacy30sEditDelete
- Q8First battle of Civil War; Confederate forces attacked Union fort in South CarolinaFort Sumter30sEditDelete
- Q9Slave states located between Confederate states and free states in the UnionBorder states30sEditDelete
- Q10States remaining loyal to the United States of America during the Civil Warthe Union30sEditDelete
- Q11(Union victory) Bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military historyBattle of Antietam30sEditDelete
- Q12Union army's blockade that led to the city surrendering during Civil War; important because of controlling Mississippi RiverSiege of Vicksburg30sEditDelete
- Q13Lincoln's order freeing slaves in areas rebelling against the UnionEmancipation Proclamation30sEditDelete
- Q14(Union victory) turning point; key battle that turned tide against the ConfederatesBattle of Gettysburg30sEditDelete
- Q15Virginia town where General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender, ending Civil WarAppomattox Courthouse30sEditDelete
- Q16Period following the Civil War during which the U.S. government worked to reunite the nation and rebuild the Southern statesReconstruction30sEditDelete
- Q17Abolished slavery13th Amendment30sEditDelete
- Q18Granted citizenship to former slaves who were born or naturalized in the U.S.14th Amendment30sEditDelete
- Q19Gave African-American men the right to vote15th Amendment30sEditDelete
- Q20Laws passed in Southern states during Reconstruction that greatly limited rights of African-AmericansBlack codes30sEditDelete