Civil War Flashcard

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Which condition did both slaves and free blacks have in the United States during the antebellum period?

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Both groups were denied citizenship rights.

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Which statement correctly matches a historical event with one of its immediate results? The nullification crisis led to South Carolina seceding from the United States over slavery, The Missouri Compromise led to Missouri being admitted to the union as a free state, The Kansas Nebraska act led to Kansas being allowed to decide where it wanted slavery or not, The Compromise of 1850 led to California being admitted to the union as a slave state

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The Kansas Nebraska act led to Kansas being allowed to decide where it wanted slavery or not

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Which statement describes the role of George McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War?

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They were Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac.

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Based on this excerpt, which group wrote the Lecompton Constitution? (emancipation means freedom) Options: Opponents of westward expansion, Supporters of abolitionism, Anti-slavery Northerners, Pro-slavery Southerners

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Pro-slavery Southerners

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Which statement describes how the passage of Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectionalism? Options: It allowed slavery to expand into the territories, It gave tax cuts to manufactures who relocated to the territories, It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedoms, It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories.

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It allowed slavery to expand into the territories

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Why was the Battle of Vicksburg a strategic victory in the Civil War?

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The battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi river

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What made the battles at Antietam and Gettysburg different from the other battles illustrated on this map?

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They were battles fought in the Union Territory.

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What statement best describes the importance of the battle of Vicksburg?

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The Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi river

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Based on these excerpts which statement describes the ideas of President Davis and Lincoln? Options: Both Davis and Lincoln believed that it was unlawful for a state to break from the Union, Both Davis and Lincoln believed that state had the authority to wage war on the Union, Davis believed the federal government made secession necessary while Lincoln believed the union must be preserved, Lincoln believed that a state must prove the rights to secede, while Davis believed that any state could secede at any time.

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Davis believed the federal government made secession necessary while Lincoln believed the union must be preserved

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Which human factor helped the Union win the Civil War? A network of railroads allowed the North to move soldiers more quickly, The Oregon Trail allowed Union soldiers to quickly move west, Northern Farmers started producing cotton to make military uniforms, Canals in the Midwest allowed food for union soldiers to be move quickly to the frontlines.

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A network of railroads allowed the North to move soldiers more quickly.