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Unit 5 Test
Road to Civil War & Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fort Sumter . | Confederate Win 1st battle of Civil War |
| Bull Run . | Realized the war would not be short |
| Monitor v. Merrimack . | Tie 1st battle of ironclad ships |
| Antietam . | Union Victory Bloodiest Single Day of the Civil War After this victory Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation |
| Gettysburg . | Union Victory Turning Point of Civil War |
| Sherman's March to the Sea . | Total War Atlanta, Ga to Savannah, Ga destroyed crops, railroad tracks, and lived off the land |
| Emancipation Proclamation . | issued by Abraham Lincoln Jan. 1. 1863 freed slaves in all states in rebellion against the union |
| 13th Amendment . | abolished slavery |
| Sherman's March to Sea Purpose . | Destroyed the South's will to fight |
| Appomattox Courthouse . | location of where General Lee surrendered to General Grant |
| What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation? . | Free slaves in the Confederacy |
| Where did Lee surrender to Grant? . | Appomattox Court House, Virginia |
| The bloodiest battle of the Civil War was . | Antietam |
| The president of the Union was . | Abraham Lincoln |
| Confederate soldiers were also called . | Rebels |
| Which of the following was a strategy for the North? . | blockade ports & gain control of MS River |
| What state was admitted to the Union in 1863? . | West Virginia |
| Lincoln’s main goal at the beginning of the war was to . | reunite the country |
| What event started the Civil War? . | Fort Sumter |
| The capital of the Confederacy was . | Richmond, Virginia |
| What was the Fugitive Slave Act? . | Required anyone who found a runaway slave to return them to their master. If you didn’t do this you could be fined or imprisoned. |
| What theory did Stephen Douglas believe should decide the issue of slavery? . | Popular Sovereignty |
| What was the ruling in the Dred Scott Case? . | Slaves weren’t citizen, they were considered property |
| What was the name of the newly formed southern government? . | Confederate States of America |
| How did the Southern states justify leaving the Union? . | States Rights |
| Who did the Confederates elect as their President after leaving the Union? . | Jefferson Davis |
| What event started the Civil War? . | Shelling at Fort Sumter |
| How did Illinois Senate election help Abraham Lincoln? . | gained a national reputation |
| Who was John Brown? . | Abolitionist who lead attacks in Kansas and at Harper's Ferry, Virginia |
| Why was John Brown Raid important? . | Showed the tension between the North and the South. |
| Why did the Southern states leave the Union? . | Election of Lincoln |
| Who won the Presidential Election of 1860? . | Abraham Lincoln 16th President |
| Who was the first state to secede? . | South Carolina |
| What was Lincoln's view of slavery? . | He believed it was morally wrong and that it should not spread into new territories |
| What happened in Kansas that it got the name " Bleeding Kansas?" . | Proslavery and Antislavery forces fought over whether the state should be free or slavery |
| What issue caused tension throughout the nation the 1850's? . | Whether slavery should be allowed to spread West or if it should be gotten rid of. |
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