Chapter 14 Reading Quiz

What event directly prompted the secession of Southern states?

• The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The attack on Fort Sumter

What was the core foundation of Confederate nationalism?

• Religious freedom

• Industrial development

• The preservation of slavery

• States’ rights

What was the purpose of the Crittenden Compromise?

• To free enslaved people in border states

• To prevent secession by protecting slavery

• To delay the Civil War

• To create a new Confederate constitution

What was the immediate cause of the Civil War?

• The fall of Richmond

• The attack on Fort Sumter

• The election of 1864

• The Battle of Antietam

What was the Anaconda Plan?

• A plan to arm Black soldiers

• A naval blockade and strategic encirclement of the South

• A strategy to burn Southern cities

• A Confederate plan to invade the North

Why did Lincoln hesitate to enlist Black troops early in the war?

• He thought they would be ineffective

• Congress prohibited it

• He feared losing border state loyalty

• He believed the war would be short

What did General Butler label fugitive slaves?

• Contraband of war

• Prisoners of war

• Military assets

• Refugees

Which battle was the deadliest single day in American history?

• Shiloh

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Bull Run

What was the result of the Battle of Antietam?

• Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

• Lee surrendered

• The Confederacy gained European support

• McClellan captured Richmond

What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• To free all enslaved people

• To free slaves in Confederate-controlled areas

• To punish border states

• To replace the Thirteenth Amendment