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Lms 8 history
Unit 7 civil war
Question | Answer |
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How would the admission of Maine and Missouri help maintain peace in the United States | Kept the number of slave and free states equal |
Iron clads would prove more important to the union than the confederacy because | The confederacy did not have the resources to make additional iron clads but the union did |
The confederates had this advantage in the battle of Fredericksburg | Strong defensive position |
According to dred Scott's lawsuit how had his rights been violated | He was kept a slave while he lived in a free territory |
Some southerners might have felt that the Missouri compromise favored the north because | There was more territory north of the compromise line |
What side suffered the most casualties | The north |
An example of how the issue of states rights contributed to the onset of the civil war was | Many southerners believed that their states rights were threatened by northern abolitionist |
Dorothea Dix and Clara Barton both contributed to the civil war by | Both worked as nurses for the union army |
Lincoln informed the confederacy that he would not be sending troops or weapons as food supplies were sent to fort Sumter because | To convince the confederacy that he did not intend any military action |
The unions capture of port Hudson and the confederates surrender at Vicksburg divided the confederacy in two by | The confederacy could no longer get supplies from its western states |
The battle of Gettysburg was the turning point for the union because | The confederacy did not launch another invasion of the north after the battle |
Popular sovereignty undermined the Missouri compromise by | Reopening the debate over the border between slave and free states |
Grant did not want his troops to celebrate after the surrender of the conferates because | It would not help in unifying the nation |
Western states were able to request to enter the Union as free states because | Popular sovereignty |
Towards the end of the civil war general grant affected southern civilians | He ordered his generals to impose a total war strategy on the south |
Border states chose loyalty to the union or decided to join the confederacy based on | Location, those further north chose the union and those farther south chose the confederacy |
The effects of the war on the city of Richmond Virginia at the end of the civil war was that | Much of the city was left in ruins by the war |
The capture of Vicksburg was so important to the union because | Of its location on the river |
The union troops were ordered to destroy railroad lines to | Prevent the confederates troops from receiving supplies |
In the Missouri compromise what state came in as a free state | Maine |
Many southerners were surprised when Lincoln was elected president because | Lincolns name was not even on the ballot in many southern states |
The effect of the battle of Antietam was | The battle boosted the morale for the north |
A man in the north could avoid being drafted by | Paying three hundred dollars |
The conferates finally surrendered at Appomattox court house because | Lee knew that the confederates were no longer in a position to fight effectively |
Lord Baltimore wanted to attract more settles to his colony because | He wanted to earn a royal charter |
The Quakers believed in what that set them apart from other religious groups | They believed in Freedom of religion |
English debtors were sent to live in a new colony established to give them a chance to start over called | Georgia |
Slave families in the south faced the risk of | Being sold at auction |