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Why did both the North and South create an income tax?
a) to help boost trade with foreign nations
b) to help pay for the war
c) to make a profit for the government
d) to help pay for health care
Initially, the Emancipation Proclamation had little effect.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
The Emancipation Proclamation helped their war effort.
a) North
b) South
c)
d)
They accused Lincoln of trying to start a slave revolt with the Emancipation Proclamation.
a) North
b) South
c)
d)
In the Kansas -Nebraska Act, the principle of popular sovereignty allowed
a) Kansas to be a slave state and Nebraska to be a free state.
b) the population of each territory to vote on the slavery issue.
c) the slavery issue to be decided by Congress.
d) no voting by border ruffians.
What novel of the 1800's condemned slavery and its effect on slave families?
a) The Crisis
b) The Liberator
c) Leaves of Grass
d) Uncle Tom's Cabin
Southerner's saw Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin as a form of
a) great literary work.
b) propaganda.
c) a primary source.
d) accurate picture of southern life.
In the Lincoln Douglas debates, Abraham Lincoln
a) supported the idea of popular sovereignty.
b) gained support that helped him defeat Douglas for the Senate in 1858.
c) insisted that the territories be kept free from slavery.
d) supported the Fugitive Slave Act.
What was the first armed conflict of the Civil War?
a) Seven southern states seceded from the Union.
b) Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
c) Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter.
d) Union troops attacked Confederate forts in South Carolina.
California entered the Union as a free state in the
a) Wilmot Proviso
b) the Missouri Compromise.
c) Compromise of 1850
d) Kansas-Nebraska Act
In this area the Emancipation Proclamation changed the war goals to ending slavery
a) North
b) South
c)
d)
Which was the first state to secede after the Election of 1860?
a) Virginia
b) Georgia
c) South Carolina
d) Texas
What was one of the main conflicts that led to the Civil War?
a) Admission of Kansas to the Union
b) Missouri Compromise
c) taxation without representation
d) State's Rights
This event was an example of how extreme people reacted over the issue of slavery.
a) Lincoln-Douglas debates
b) Raid on Harpers Ferry
c) Dred Scott Decision
d) Election of Abraham Lincoln
Which od the following was a point made in the Dred Scott decision?
a) Congress could prohibit slavery in any territory.
b) Slaves were property, even if they lived in a free territory.
c) Slaves were citizens
d) All of the above.
Which statement would best describe the most common southern view point on secession?
a) Preserving the Union is more important than states' rights.
b) States' rights are more important than preserving the Union.
c) The federal government should have the power to decide whether states allow slavery.
d) All new territories should not allow slavery
How did the South react to Abraham Lincoln's election as President in 1860?
a) To save the Union, Southern leaders agreed to support the new President.
b) North Carolina and Virginia seceded, followed by South Carolina.
c) Seven Southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America.
d) southern leaders called for a new presidential election to be held in the spring.
During the Civil War, African American troops
a) Fought on the Union side in large numbers.
b) Were not allowed into battle.
c) Were very few in number.
d) Did not face discrimination.
By 1865,
a) The South's economy was strong because the war had helped its industries.
b) Large parts of the North were destroyed because of invasions by Lee's army.
c) Northern armies were doing very little damage to the South.
d) Parts of the South lay in ruins because of the North's strategy of total war.
Which of the following statements is true about the effect of the war?
a) Trade between the South and Europe increased greatly.
b) Prices of goods rose in both the North and the South.
c) Northern factories produced less and less.
d) The North's economy was hurt more than South's economy.
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