Civil War

The Civil War began in 1861 when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

• Fort Sumter
• Fort Williams
• Bull Run
• Manassas

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the war to a moral war, declaring that ___, of course it didn't work.

• A. all slaves in the rebel South free

• B. all slaves in the US freed

• C. slaves in the Union free

• D. all slaves in the West free

What did the North call this strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?

• Anaconda Plan
• Rattlesnake Plan
• Scorpion Plan
• Scott's Blockade Plan

What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?

• heavy industrial development
• a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
• superior military leadership
• an alliance with Britain and France

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North? _________________

• 92% of industry found in the North
• Northern soldiers were motivated to preserve their way of life
  
• 75% of railroads and banking were in the North
• the North had a large navy
  

What did the 1857 Dred Scott Supreme Court decision say was the justification for not allowing Scott his freedom?

• It considered slaves to be property without rights.
• It outlawed slavery in all U.S. states
• It required that slavery not be allowed in all new states
• It gave slaves all the rights of U.S. citizens

Prior to the Civil War, what woman led escaped slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks
• Sojourner Truth
• Susan B. Anthony

In order for California to be admitted as a free state, what did the northern states have to agree to in the Compromise of 1850?

• not declare war

• leave the south alone

• enforce the Fugitive Slave Act

• enact the Anaconda Plan

What was the purpose of John Brown's raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?

• To rid the place of termites

• To start a slave rebellion
• To sell the weapons on the black market
• To destroy the arsenal to prevent future wars

Who was the Confederate President?

• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Harriet Tubman
• Robert E. Lee