Chapter One Test

Question 1

Who is Dred Scott

Answer 1

African American brought to Missouri sued to be free. Judge told him he couldn’t sue and didn’t have the right to sue or be a citizen.

Question 2

Who is John Brown?

Answer 2

Abolitionist who wanted to free slaves and punish owners. Fought in bleeding Kansas and Raid on Harpers Ferry. Was caught after that.

Question 3

Abe Lincoln

Answer 3

16th President. Elected in 1860 and 1864. Against Slavery. Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation. Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14th 1865

Question 4

Jefferson Davis

Answer 4

President of the Confederacy

Question 5

Harriet Tubman

Answer 5

Ex slave who fought to free slaves with Underground Railroad. Saved over 300

Question 6

Fredrick Douglas

Answer 6

Excited Slave. Abolisionist. Wrote paper North Star to remind slaves of Underground Railroad

Question 7

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer 7

Author of Uncle Toms Cabin

Question 8

Union

Answer 8

North. Blue. Against Slavery

Question 9

Confederacy

Answer 9

South. Grey. For slavery. Left union

Question 10

Abolisionist

Answer 10

Someone who is against slavery and will fight for it

Question 11

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 11

To free slaves. Written by Lincoln. 1863

Question 12

Underground Railroad

Answer 12

System trying to move slaves North secretly to get them free

Question 13

First state to leave the union?

Answer 13

South Carolina

Question 14

Uncle Toms Cabin;
Author:
Year:
Master:

Answer 14

Harriet Beecher Stowe

1852

Simon Legree

Question 15

How many people were killed in total during the Civil War?

Answer 15

620,000

Question 16

What was the bloodiest Battle?

Answer 16

Gettysburg

Question 17

Five Causes of Civil War

Answer 17

1. Dred Scott case
2. Lincoln won election of 1860
3. Bleeding Kansas
4. Tension over Slavery
5. John Browns raid on Harpers Ferry

Question 18

What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?

Answer 18

Gettysburg

Question 19

Who gave the Gettysburg Address?

Answer 19

Lincoln

Question 20

Where did the official surrender take place?

Answer 20

Appomattox Courthouse

Question 21

When was the Civil War?

Answer 21

1862-1865

Question 22

Who fired the first shot?

Answer 22

The south

Question 23

When where and who was Lincoln shot by?

Answer 23

April 14th, 1865

Theater

John Wilkes Booth

Question 24

How did people in the North avoid the draft?

Answer 24

Subs

Paying government $300

Question 25

What are the 3 parts to the anaconda plan?

Answer 25

Close down Confederate ports

Capture Capital of Richmond, VA

Split Confederates into 3rds