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  1. How did a growing demand for raw cotton affect the use of slave labor?
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  • Demand for cotton grew, plantations got larger, slave labor increased
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  1. Put the following events in chronological order: War of 1812, Civil War, Mayflower Compact,
    American Revolution.
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  • Mayflower Compact, American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War
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  1. Which famous Civil War song has each verse ending with, “His truth is marching on”, or “Our God is
    marching on”?
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  • The Battle Hymn of the Republic
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  1. Why did Congress pass a harsher Fugitive Slave Act?
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  • To hopefully put an end to Northerners helping slaves escape; stop the Underground Railroad
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  1. How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act impact the Missouri Compromise?
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  • It overturned the Missouri Compromise
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  1. Which Union victory divided the Confederate territory in half?
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  • The Siege of Vicksburg
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  1. How did the Union’s use of a naval blockade hurt the South?
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  • Confederate states were unable to use agricultural exports as a source of revenue
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  1. How did the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act affect the abolitionist movement?
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  • The movement grew and gained momentum
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  1. How did large-scale cultivation of cotton affect the soil in the South?
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  • It led to widespread soil exhaustion caused by decades of farming
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  1. Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
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  • Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia
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  1. True or False: States in the lower South had more land devoted to plantations than states in the
    upper South.
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  • True
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  1. How did the Union capture of the Mississippi River impact the Confederacy?
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  • In divided the Confederacy and cut off its supplies
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  1. List two examples of a primary sources about the Civil War.
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  • Diary from Civil War soldiers, photograph of generals or battlefields, letters written by soldiers
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  1. Who was the first Hispanic American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his
    bravery at sea during the Civil War?
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  • Philip Bazaar
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  1. 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.
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  • True
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  1. Who was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
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  • Jefferson Davis
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  1. What did President Lincoln say about secession in his First Inaugural Address?
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  • He said it was illegal and that states could not simply leave the Union
18
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  1. Which Civil War battle was the bloodiest single-day battle and led to the Emancipation
    Proclamation?
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  • The Battle of Antietam
19
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  1. Name the powerful anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin
20
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  1. During which battle did Confederate General Thomas Jackson receive the nickname “Stonewall”?
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  • The First Battle of Bull Run
21
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  1. Union or Confederate: Which side had the advantage of having knowledge of the terrain where most
    battles were fought?
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  • Confederate
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  1. In which state did the Battle of Gettysburg occur?
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  • Pennsylvania
23
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  1. What did President Lincoln mean when he said, “With malice towards none, with charity for all”?
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  • The South should be welcomed back to the Union
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  1. Which reform group believed slavery was immoral and should be prohibited throughout the U.S.?
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  • Abolitionists
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  1. Name the court case that was a triumph for slavery by declaring the Missouri Compromise
    unconstitutional.
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  • Dred Scott vs. Sandford
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  1. According to President Lincoln, what was the cause of the Civil War?
A
  • Slavery
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  1. What is the significance of the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter?
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  • It initiated (began) the Civil War
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  1. 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.
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  • True
29
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  1. Who did Lincoln appoint to be General-in-Chief of the Union army in 1864?
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  • Ulysses S. Grant
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  1. 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?
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  • Members of both groups were captured
31
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  1. 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.
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  • True

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