Civil War Quiz #1

What was the NORTH called?

• The Union

• The Confederacy

What was the South called?

• The Union

• The Confederacy

Placing the interests of your state/region over the interests of your country/nation.

• Sectionalism

• The Union

• The Confederacy

Which section of the US had an economy based on agriculture?

• North

• South

Which section of the US was pro-slavery?

• North

• South

Which event was a court ruling stating that slaves could not sue for their freedom because they were property, not citizens?

• ​Kansas Nebraska Act 1854

• Dred Scott Decision

• Election of Abraham Lincoln

To withdraw from something, such as a nation.

• States' Rights
• Reconstruction
• Secede
• abolitionist

A nation at war with itself.

• Homefront
• Civil War
• Reconstruction
• Revolutionary War

A document signed by President Lincoln during the Civil War declaring that all slaves in the Confederate states were free.

• The Embargo Act
• The Reconstruction Act
• The Emancipation Proclamation
• The Articles of Confederation

The closing of a port by positioning ships to keep people and supplies from moving in or out.

• Blockade
• Embargo
• Tariff
• Sectionalism