Unit 5 Flashcards
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin ____.
exposed northerners to the evils of slavery.
Which is NOT a reason why the North had an industrial and technological advantage over the South?
The North had greater agriculture.
The Missouri Compromise ____.
defined the latitude line 36 degrees 30’ N as the division between future slave and free states.
The presidential election of 1848 ____.
generally avoided the slavery issue.
What gained abolitionists the greatest momentum during the pre-Civil War period?
Creating the Republican Party.
Who introduced the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay.
What policy did pro-slavery lawmakers and southern states gain from the Compromise of 1850?
Fugitive slave laws were enacted to return escaped slaves to their owners.
Who was a proponent of nullification, or a state’s right to back out of the Union?
John Calhoun.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act ____.
repealed the Missouri Compromise.
Which political party supported slavery, or at least the state’s right to make the institution legal?
The Democrat Party.
The violent conflict in Kansas ____.
was caused by competition among abolitionists and pro-slavery forces.
The Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision was a setback for abolitionists because it did all of the following, EXCEPT:
upheld California’s slave state status.
Stephen Douglas ____.
faced Abraham Lincoln in his 1858 Senate race.
John Brown’s raid on a federal arsenal ___.
took place in Harpers Ferry.
The 1860 presidential election ____.
involved four major candidates.
Which event enraged many southern states and began the process of secession?
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Which was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina.
What final offer failed to save the Union and prevent a civil war?
the Crittenden Compromise.
Where were the first shots fired in the Civil War?
Fort Sumter.
Who became the president of the new Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis.
The First Battle of Bull Run ____.
was the first major battle in the Civil War.
In terms of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the North and South, which of the following is true?
The North had the advantage of a greater population and more industry.
The Battle of Shiloh Church ____.
proved to the Union that this war would not be won easily.
The Monitor and the Merrimack ____.
were two ironclad steamships used by the Union and Confederacy.
Which statement about Civil War generals is true?
Robert E. Lee headed the U.S. Military Academy at West Point before the war.
Which of the following was one of the South’s key advantages?
Great Britain sided with the Confederacy.
The United States Congress was able to effectively fund the war because _____.
the Congress passed an income tax.
