Civil War

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Which sequence of events correctly identifies a rise in tensions, bringing the nation closer toward armed conflict?

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Compromise of 1850 - Dred Scott decision

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Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861?

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the election of Abraham Lincoln as President

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Which title best completes the diagram? Options: Union Troops Occupy Fort Pickens, Slaves in Florida Fought for the Union, The Florida Economy Booms during the Civil War, Florida’s Contribution to the South during the Civil War

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Florida’s Contribution to the South during the Civil War

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What was the main objective of the plan described in General Scott’s letter?

The excerpt below is from a letter by General Winfield Scott written in 1861.

The Anaconda Plan

“[S]o as to envelope the insurgent States and bring them to terms, with less bloodshed than by any other plan.”

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to suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern ports

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Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the South during the Civil War?

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to strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy

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Which of these strategies was NOT used by the South to counter the North’s advantages in resources? Options: The South would invade and capture major Union cities, The South would fight a defensive war on its own terrain, The South would use its pool of talented military experience, The South would conscript troops and print its own paper money.

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The South would conscript troops and print its own paper money.

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What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?

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The war became a moral contest over slavery

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What were the major consequences of the Civil War?

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the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government

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Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?

• Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery.

• Southern states wanted a free hand in suppressing local slave revolts.

• The

  Dred Scott

  decision led Northern state officials to defy federal law.

• Northerners opposed the shipment of Southern cotton to Great Britain.

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Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery.

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What contradiction does this Civil War historian find in the secession of the Southern states?

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Confederates demanded the freedom to enslave others