Civil War Major Review

How did Susan B. Anthony and the Woman Suffrage movement contribute to equality during the late 1800's?

• She gave speeches and fought for the rights of African Americans.

• She helped many people escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

• She campaigned for voting rights and equal rights for women.

• She wrote a book about slavery.

How did Harriet Tubman help many enslaved people?

• She made freedom quilts for them.

• She led hundreds of enslaved African American people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

• She founded a newspaper.

• She wrote the book, "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

Sojourner Truth, a formerly enslaved African American woman, was 6 feet tall and had a booming voice. How did she use those traits to help African Americans after escaping to freedom?

• She wrote a book about slavery.

• She founded a newspaper.

• She became governor in her state and changed laws.

• She became a nationally known speaker and worked to improve the rights of African American people and women.

What is the definition of the underground railroad?

• a secret network that helped housing enslaved people who had escaped

• system of railroads which connected southern cities
• system of railroads which connected the North to the South
• system of cooperation to aid enslaved people on their way south

Where did MOST enslaved people travel after they escaped slavery?

• east by ocean voyage to England

• south by land or water to Florida

• west by land to the undecided territories

• north over land or water to free states and Canada

The map shows how the United States was divided.

What part does the arrow point at?

• Boarder States

• Union

• Confederacy

The map shows how the United States was divided.

What part does the arrow point at?

• Boarder States

• Union

• Confederacy

The map shows how the United States was divided.

What part does the arrow point at?

• Confederacy

• Boarder States

• Union

John Brown wanted to help enslaved people by giving them guns. He took over a gun storage facility in Harper's Ferry, but was captured and later hanged.

Why was John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry still considered successful?

• Because it frightened people into obedience to federal law.

• Because it frightened people into obedience to Southern law.

• Because it showed that abolitionists were willing to use violence to end slavery.

• Because it showed that abolitionists were NOT willing to use violence to end slavery.

During the early 1850's, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Why was this book so important in the time before the Civil War?

Select two.

• It made the people in slavery understand Southern plantation owners.

• It made Northerners feel sorry for the Southern plantation owners.

• It made Northerners feel shocked and angry and turn against slavery.

• It made Southerners feel shocked and angry and turn against slavery.

• It showed how badly enslaved people were treated by Southern plantation owners.