Quest #1

Question 1

Secede means _____

Answer 1

To break away; leave the Union

Question 2

What was a cause of the Civil War?
A. Dispute over tariffs
B. Social and political differences between the North and South 
C. The Fight over Slavery
D. All of the above

Answer 2

All of the above

Question 3

When did the American Civil War begin?

Answer 3

April 12, 1861

Question 4

At the end of the Civil War, approximately ______ lost their lives.

Answer 4

600,000

Question 5

At the end of the Civil War, approximately _______ slaves were freed as a result of the conflict.

Answer 5

4 million (4,000,000)

Question 6

What was the South’s main source of economic growth in the 1800s?

Answer 6

Agriculture

Question 7

What was the North’s main source of economic growth in the 1800s?

Answer 7

Industry

Question 8

Which section of the country needed and wanted the federal government to build an infrastructure of roads and railways?

Answer 8

North

Question 9

The chief economic crop of the Deep South, totaling 57% of the nation’s exports, was ___________________.

Answer 9

Cotton

Question 10

True or False: Before the Civil War, loyalty to one’s state was often more important than loyalty to the country.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

In order to keep a balance of slave and free states in the Senate, the __________ admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.

Answer 11

Missouri Compromise

Question 12

What was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A. Kansas and Nebraska seceded from the Union
B. Kansas and Nebraska became free states
C. Kansas saw antislavery and proslavery sides fight against each other
D. John Brown and his sons murdered antislavery farmers

Answer 12

Kansas saw antislavery and proslavery sides fight against each other

Question 13

In order to prevent further tensions, the __________ admitted California as a free state in the Union and allowed territorial governments in the rest of the Mexican Cession to decide on the issue of slavery.

Answer 13

Compromise of 1850

Question 14

In 1852, what literary event shook the country deeper into division, exposing the “evils of slavery?”

Answer 14

The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 15

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Answer 15

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 16

What was the result of the Dred Scott decision?

Answer 16

The decision affirmed the thought that slaves were not citizens and therefore had no rights

Question 17

Who led a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia in order to get weapons to start a slave revolt against Southern plantation owners?

Answer 17

John Brown

Question 18

Why were the Lincoln-Douglas debates important for the future of the nation?

Answer 18

They brought Lincoln and the Republican Party’s ideas into the national spotlight.

Question 19

Who won the election of 1860?

Answer 19

Abraham Lincoln

Question 20

After the election of 1860, __________ was the first state in the South to secede from the Union.

Answer 20

South Carolina