Question 1

What was the main cause of sectionalism crisis in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Disagreements over slavery and states' rights

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Disagreements over religion

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Disagreements over foreign policy

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Disagreements over taxation

Question 2

Which compromise was passed to try and prevent the sectionalism crisis from escalating?

Accepted Answer

Missouri Compromise

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Gadsden Purchase

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Compromise of 1850

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 3

What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott case?

Accepted Answer

Slaves were not citizens and could not sue in court

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Slave owners could not take their slaves into free states

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Slaves were free to escape to Canada

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Slavery was unconstitutional

Question 4

Which political party was formed to oppose the spread of slavery?

Accepted Answer

Republican Party

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Whig Party

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Know-Nothing Party

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Democratic Party

Question 5

Which state was the first to secede from the United States?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

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Alabama

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Florida

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Georgia

Question 6

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

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Abraham Lincoln

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Robert E. Lee

Question 7

Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Gettysburg

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Battle of Bull Run

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Battle of Antietam

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Battle of Vicksburg

Question 8

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

Accepted Answer

A declaration that all slaves in Confederate states were free

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A proposal to compensate slave owners for their loss of property

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A treaty between the Union and Confederate states to end the war

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A plan to end slavery gradually over several years

Question 9

What was the goal of the Union in the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

To preserve the United States and end slavery

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To extend slavery to all states

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To break up the United States and form a new Confederacy

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To establish a monarchy in the United States

Question 10

Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

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Lee Harvey Oswald

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Sirhan Sirhan

Answer

James Earl Ray

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