Chapter 15 and 16 SS Test

Question 1

Compromise of 1850

Answer 1

A set of laws to balance free and slave states

Question 2

Secede

Answer 2

To withdraw from a political group; Southern states seceded to form the Confederacy.

Question 3

Fugitive Slave Act

Answer 3

A law that required citizens to return escaped slaves and denied fugitive slaves a trial by jury.

Question 4

The Republican Party

Answer 4

A political party founded in the 1850s

Question 5

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 5

The 16th U.S. President

Question 6

Stephen Douglas

Answer 6

A senator known for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and debates with Lincoln on slavery.

Question 7

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Answer 7

A series of 1858 debates between Lincoln and Douglas over slavery and states’ rights.

Question 8

John C. Breckinridge

Answer 8

The Southern Democratic candidate in 1860

Question 9

John Bell

Answer 9

The Constitutional Union Party candidate in 1860

Question 10

The Election of 1860

Answer 10

Lincoln’s election led to Southern states seceding from the Union.

Question 11

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 11

A law that allowed states to decide slavery by popular sovereignty

Question 12

Dred Scott Decision

Answer 12

A Supreme Court ruling that denied African Americans citizenship and said Congress couldn’t ban slavery.

Question 13

‘Bleeding Kansas’

Answer 13

Violence in Kansas over slavery following the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Question 14

John Brown’s Raid

Answer 14

Abolitionist John Brown’s attempt to start a slave revolt at Harpers Ferry

Question 15

The Confederate States of America

Answer 15

A government formed by seceding Southern states

Question 16

Jefferson Davis

Answer 16

President of the Confederate States of America.

Question 17

The Civil War

Answer 17

A war between the Union (North) and Confederacy (South) from 1861-1865.

Question 18

Fort Sumter

Answer 18

The first battle of the Civil War

Question 19

The Battle of Bull Run

Answer 19

The first major battle of the Civil War; Confederate victory showing the war wouldn’t be quick.

Question 20

‘Stonewall’ Jackson

Answer 20

A Confederate general known for his defense tactics.

Question 21

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 21

A Union general who won key battles and later became president.

Question 22

Robert E. Lee

Answer 22

A Confederate general known for his military strategy.

Question 23

David Farragut

Answer 23

A Union naval commander who won important battles like at New Orleans.

Question 24

Ironclads

Answer 24

Warships covered in iron

Question 25

The Battle of Antietam

Answer 25

The bloodiest single day of fighting in the war

Question 26

The Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 26

Lincoln’s order freeing slaves in Confederate-held territories.

Question 27

The 54th Massachusetts

Answer 27

The first all-Black regiment

Question 28

Clara Barton

Answer 28

The founder of the American Red Cross.

Question 29

Siege of Vicksburg

Answer 29

A Union victory that gave them control of the Mississippi River.

Question 30

The Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 30

The largest and deadliest battle of the Civil War; Union victory that was a turning point.

Question 31

Gettysburg Address

Answer 31

Lincoln’s speech redefining the Civil War’s purpose.

Question 32

Pickett's Charge

Answer 32

A failed Confederate attack at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Question 33

Sherman's March

Answer 33

A Union march through the South

Question 34

Appomattox Courthouse

Answer 34

Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant