Unit 5 test

Question 1

Missouri Compromise (1820):

Answer 1

MAINE enters as a free state

MISSOURI enters as a slave state
36 ‘30 line established:- Any new state north of that line would be a free state. South of the line would be a slave state.
This further divides the country into slave and non-slave states.

Question 2

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 2

1. This law allowed the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted slavery or not. This is called (2 words): KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT. Allowing people to choose for themselves is called Popular Sovereignty.
2. As a result, violence erupted in Kansas. This was called (2 words): BLEEDING KANSAS
3. This repealed (took away) the Missouri Compromise

Question 3

Compromise of 1850-

Answer 3

California came in as a FREE STATE
The Southwest Territories would decide for themselves whether they would be slave or free.

Question 4

What political event caused the South to break away from the Union? Why?

Answer 4

ELECTION OF 1860- LINCOLN WINS, THE SOUTH THINKS HE IS GOING TO ABOLISH (DESTROY) SLAVERY

Question 5

What effect did the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin have in causing the war?

Answer 5

IT BROUGHT ATTENTION T0 THE HORRIBLE WAYS SLAVES WERE TREATED. MANY PEOPLE WILL NOW WANT IT DESTROYED

Question 6

Why did the Fugitive Slave Law anger many Northerners?

Answer 6

HIS LAW ALLOWED SLAVE OWNERS TO CAPTURE THEIR SLAVES WHO ESCAPED. AND PUNISHED NORTHERNERS WHO HELPED SLAVES.

Question 7

Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision

Answer 7

DRED SCOTT WAS A SLAVE WHO WENT TO NORTHERN STATES WITH HIS MASTER
UPON RETURNING TO THE SOUTH, HE SUED FOR HIS FREEDOM CLAIMING THAT SINCE HE WAS IN A FREE STATE, THEN HE SHOULD ALSO BE FREE
THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT DRED SCOTT HAD NO LEGAL BASIS TO EVEN BRING THE CASE. THEY SAID THAT HE WAS CONSIDERED PROPERTY, NOT A PERSON. THEREFORE HE COULD NEVER BE FREE.

Question 8

What does secede mean?

Answer 8

TO BREAK AWAY

Question 9

List the four border states:

Answer 9

MISSOURI, DELAWARE, KENTUCKY, MARYLAND

Question 10

Border states were unique because the BLANK with the Union but had BLANK

Answer 10

Border states were unique because they FOUGHT with the Union but had SLAVES.

Question 11

Which state was the first to secede from the country?

Answer 11

SOUTH CAROLINA

Question 12

ELECTION OF 1860

Answer 12

LINCOLN IS ELECTED AND THE SOUTH SECEDES

Question 13

SOUTH CAROLINA SECEDES

Answer 13

THE WAR IS ABOUT TO BEGIN

Question 14

FORT SUMTER

Answer 14

IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR.

Question 15

1ST MANASSAS/BATTLE OF BULL RUN

Answer 15

THIS WAS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLE OF THE WAR. A CONFEDERATE VICTORY.

Question 16

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM (1862

Answer 16

LEE INVADED MARYLAND AND LOSES. 23,000 KILLED. SINGLE BLOODIEST DAY IN U.S. HISTORY.

Question 17

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

Answer 17

FREES ALL SLAVES IN THE SOUTHERN STATES ONLY…NOT BORDER STATES. THIS SHIFTED THE FOCUS OF THE FROM PRESERVING THE UNION TO NOW ENDING SLAVERY FOR GOOD.

Question 18

BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

Answer 18

TURNING POINT OF THE WAR. LEE INVADES THE NORTH AND LOSES. 50,000 MEN DEAD. BLOODIEST BATTLE OF THE WAR AND EVER.

Question 19

BATTLE OF VICKSBURG

Answer 19

GENERAL GRANT WINS FOR THE UNION. THEY TAKE CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

Question 20

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

Answer 20

SPEECH GIVEN BY LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG TO DEDICATE A CEMETERY TO THOSE THAT DIED.

Question 21

SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX

Answer 21

LEE SURRENDERS TO GRANT, ENDING THE WAR.

Question 22

13th Amendment

Answer 22

Abolished slavery for good

Question 23

14th Amendment

Answer 23

Anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen of the U.S.(established birthright citizenship)

Question 24

15th Amendment

Answer 24

Gave all black men the right to vote.

Question 25

Became General of the Union Army in 1864.

Answer 25

GRANT

Question 26

President of Confederate States of America

Answer 26

JEFFERSON DAVIS

Question 27

Skilled Confederate general who died at Chancellorsville. Hero of Manassas and got his famous nickname there because of his coolness in battle Left arm amputated after shot by friendly fire at Battle of Chancellorsville; like many others, died of disease (pneumonia)

Answer 27

STONEWALL JACKSON

Question 28

African American who escaped slavery and became an abolitionist. Famous speaker and wrote 3 versions of his autobiography. Led recruitment of African Americans into the Union Army; 2 of his sons fought.

Answer 28

FREDERICK DOUGLASS

Question 29

Surrendered to Grant at Appomattox. Urged Southerners to accept defeat and reunite as Americans. Could not fight against his home state of Virginia Offered command of the Union Army but turned it down after VA seceded.

Answer 29

Rober E lee

Question 30

Issued Emancipation Proclamation, an executive order. Commander in Chief of the U. S. during the Civil War. Would (and did!) hold union together by force, if necessary. Talked about a government “of” “by” and “for” the people in Gettysburg Address.

Answer 30

Lincon

Question 31

Most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad and served as a cook and a spy in the Civil War.

Answer 31

HARRIET TUBMAN

Question 32

A. Rocky vs. Rich Soil (includes geography & climate)

Answer 32

N ROCKY S RICH

Question 33

B. Urban vs. Rural

Answer 33

n URBAN s RURAL

Question 34

C. Factory Workers vs. Enslaved Workers

Answer 34

n FACTORY WORKERS s ENSLAVED WORKERS

Question 35

D. Free vs. Slave States

Answer 35

n FREE STATES s SLAVE STATES

Question 36

E. Industrial vs. Agricultural Economy

Answer 36

n INDUSTRIAL s AGRICULTURAL (FARMING)

Question 37

F. More populated vs. Less Populated

Answer 37

n MORE POPULATED s LESS POPULATED

Question 38

G. More Railroads vs. Less Railroads

Answer 38

n MORE RAILROADS s LESS RAILROADS