Civil War MC
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- Q1What did the abolition movement promote?ending the institution of slaveryprohibiting the drinking of alcoholrelocating black slaves to Africaremoving Native Americans from eastern states60s
- Q2One of the most active conductors on the underground railroad was…Harriet TubmanHarriet Beecher StoweHorace GreeleyAbraham Lincoln60s
- Q3When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln’s main goal?to bring an end to the warto punish the southto restore the unionto abolish slavery60s
- Q4One effect of the Emancipation Proclamation was that it…immediately freed Southern slavesgave a moral purpose to the warimmediately freed all slaveskept Great Britain out of the war60s
- Q5During Reconstruction, the system of sharecropping was least beneficial to…merchantslandownerssharecroppersbankers60s
- Q6No one can be kept from voting because of race, color, or former enslavement, according to the…15th Amendment13th Amendment14th Amendment60s
- Q7Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?It convinced the Confederacy to surrender.It marked the first Union victory on the battlefield.It made the South give up the idea of invading the North.It divided the Confederacy.60s
- Q8The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union is known as...popular sovereigntysecessioncompromiseconfederacy60s
- Q9The Dred Scott decision did all of the following except...declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.please southerners.guarantee that slavery would not be allowed in future states.rule that slaves or free African-Americans did not have rights.60s
- Q10Hoping to spark a general slave uprising _______ led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA (arsenal).Jefferson DavisAbraham LincolnJohn BrownDred Scott60s
- Q11“That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons...” According to the text, what does this document do?Free slaves in those states fighting against the United StatesMade January 1st a holidayFrees all the slavesMade slavery legal in the military and navy60s
- Q12The North claimed they could win the Civil War because…(Identify their evidence):They had a strong military tradition that produced brilliant officersThey only needed to defend their selfThey lived in a surrounding area of wilderness that made invasion very difficultThey had a large population base from which it could draw soldiers and workers60s
- Q13The South claimed they could win the Civil War because…(Identify their evidence)They had a large economy with lots of money that was already in circulationThey had a home field advantage; they were fighting for their homes and traditions on their soil.They had miles of railroad tracks to move armies quicklyThey had a large economy based on factories which could produce a large number of weapons60s
- Q14Turning point of the war for the North - It was Lee’s first major defeat.First Bull RunAntietamSiege of VicksburgGettysburg60s
- Q15In response to new Northern wins, and to regain energy up in the North for the war, President Lincoln issued this?2nd Inaugural AddressGettysburg AddressThe 13th Amendment- Freeing the SlavesThe Emancipation Proclamation60s