Unit 9 Civil War

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." -Abraham Lincoln, 1858

According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that:

• slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately

• sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union

• the Southern states should be allowed to secede

• to save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery

Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 warning that “a house divided against itself cannot stand” referred to sectional differences over the:

• treatment of Native American Indians

• issue of slavery

• funding for internal improvements

• treaties with European nations

At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to:

• break the South’s economic ties to Great Britain

• uphold the Constitution by preserving the Union

• enforce the terms of the Compromise of 1850

• punish the Confederate states for leaving the Union

Which event led directly to the secession of several Southern states from the Union?

• violence in Kansas over the spread of slavery

• election of Abraham Lincoln as president

• publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

• raid by John Brown at Harpers Ferry

"The firing on that fort will inaugurate a civil war greater than any the world has yet seen...you will lose us every friend at the North. You will wantonly strike a hornet's nest which extends from mountains to ocean." -a Southern in 1861

What fort, which is considered to have seen the first shots of the Civil War, is being described above?

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Kearney

• Fort Carolina

• Fort Hood

What was one major result of the North’s victory in the Civil War?

• The power of the Supreme Court was limited.

• Slave owners were compensated for their losses.

• The influence of corporations on government was reduced.

• The supremacy of the national government was upheld.

In 1861, delegates from the southern states who had seceded from the Union met to draft a new Constitution. What did they call their newly formed nation?

• United States of the South

• Confederate States of America

• Confederate States of the South

• The New South

The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by

• exposing the dangers of cotton manufacturing

• intensifying Northern dislike of slavery

• pressuring the president to support emancipation

• convincing Congress to ban the importation of slaves

Which quotation is correctly paired with the document in which it is found?

• "...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."-Washington's Farewell Address

• "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." -Monroe Doctrine

• "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation..." -Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

• "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union..." Declaration of Independence