Civil war test review

Question 1

1. How did a growing demand for raw cotton affect the use of slave labor?

Answer 1

• Demand for cotton grew, plantations got larger, slave labor increased

Question 2

2. Put the following events in chronological order: War of 1812, Civil War, Mayflower Compact,
   American Revolution.

Answer 2

• Mayflower Compact, American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War

Question 3

3. Which famous Civil War song has each verse ending with, “His truth is marching on”, or “Our God is
   marching on”?

Answer 3

• The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Question 4

4. Why did Congress pass a harsher Fugitive Slave Act?

Answer 4

• To hopefully put an end to Northerners helping slaves escape; stop the Underground Railroad

Question 5

5. How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act impact the Missouri Compromise?

Answer 5

• It overturned the Missouri Compromise

Question 6

6. Which Union victory divided the Confederate territory in half?

Answer 6

• The Siege of Vicksburg

Question 7

7. How did the Union’s use of a naval blockade hurt the South?

Answer 7

• Confederate states were unable to use agricultural exports as a source of revenue

Question 8

8. How did the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act affect the abolitionist movement?

Answer 8

• The movement grew and gained momentum

Question 9

9. How did large-scale cultivation of cotton affect the soil in the South?

Answer 9

• It led to widespread soil exhaustion caused by decades of farming

Question 10

10. Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?

Answer 10

• Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia

Question 11

11. True or False: States in the lower South had more land devoted to plantations than states in the
    upper South.

Answer 11

• True

Question 12

12. How did the Union capture of the Mississippi River impact the Confederacy?

Answer 12

• In divided the Confederacy and cut off its supplies

Question 13

13. List two examples of a primary sources about the Civil War.

Answer 13

• Diary from Civil War soldiers, photograph of generals or battlefields, letters written by soldiers

Question 14

14. Who was the first Hispanic American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his
    bravery at sea during the Civil War?

Answer 14

• Philip Bazaar

Question 15

15. True or False – Lincoln took the necessary steps to win the war such as: issuing a blockade, military
    conscription (draft), and even emancipating Southern slaves.

Answer 15

• True

Question 16

16. Who was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

Answer 16

• Jefferson Davis

Question 17

17. What did President Lincoln say about secession in his First Inaugural Address?

Answer 17

• He said it was illegal and that states could not simply leave the Union

Question 18

18. Which Civil War battle was the bloodiest single-day battle and led to the Emancipation
    Proclamation?

Answer 18

• The Battle of Antietam

Question 19

19. Name the powerful anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Answer 19

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 20

20. During which battle did Confederate General Thomas Jackson receive the nickname “Stonewall”?

Answer 20

• The First Battle of Bull Run

Question 21

21. Union or Confederate: Which side had the advantage of having knowledge of the terrain where most
    battles were fought?

Answer 21

• Confederate

Question 22

22. In which state did the Battle of Gettysburg occur?

Answer 22

• Pennsylvania

Question 23

23. What did President Lincoln mean when he said, “With malice towards none, with charity for all”?

Answer 23

• The South should be welcomed back to the Union

Question 24

24. Which reform group believed slavery was immoral and should be prohibited throughout the U.S.?

Answer 24

• Abolitionists

Question 25

25. Name the court case that was a triumph for slavery by declaring the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

Answer 25

- Dred Scott vs. Sandford

Question 26

26. According to President Lincoln, what was the cause of the Civil War?

Answer 26

- Slavery

Question 27

27. What is the significance of the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter?

Answer 27

- It initiated (began) the Civil War

Question 28

28. True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation shifted the focus of the war to freedom for all, and encouraged African Americans to fight for the Union.

Answer 28

- True

Question 29

29. Who did Lincoln appoint to be General-in-Chief of the Union army in 1864?

Answer 29

- Ulysses S. Grant

Question 30

30. How did the Fugitive Slave Act, which was a part of the compromise of 1850, affect both free African Americans and runaway slaves in the North?

Answer 30

- Members of both groups were captured

Question 31

31. True or False: The dispute over tariffs in the 1820’s and 1830’s actually led to differing views between the North and South about the nature of the federal union.

Answer 31

- True