Unit 9 flash cards

Question 1

What was the immediate cause of the Civil War?

A) The Mexican-American War

B) Confederate attack on Fort Sumter (1861)

C) The Emancipation Proclamation

D) The Missouri Compromise

Answer 1

Confederate attack on Fort Sumter (1861)

Question 2

What advantage did the North have over the South?

A) More experienced generals

B) Industrial economy and railroads

C) Support from Britain

D) Larger slave population

Answer 2

Industrial economy and railroads

Question 3

What did the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) do?

A) Ended the Civil War

B) Freed enslaved people in Confederate states

C) Gave women the right to vote

D) Banned alcohol

Answer 3

Freed enslaved people in Confederate states

Question 4

Which battle was a turning point for the Union?

A) Bull Run

B) Gettysburg

C) Appomattox

D) Antietam

Answer 4

Gettysburg

Question 5

What was the purpose of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?

A) To declare war on Britain

B) To honor soldiers and redefine the war as a fight for freedom/equality

C) To announce the end of slavery

D) To criticize the South

Answer 5

To honor soldiers and redefine the war as a fight for freedom/equality

Question 6

How did the Civil War end?

A) With the Missouri Compromise

B) Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House (1865)

C) The signing of the Declaration of Independence

D) The impeachment of Lincoln

Answer 6

Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House (1865)

Question 7

What was the South’s economy reliant on?

A) Manufacturing

B) Cotton and slavery

C) Fishing

D) Gold mining

Answer 7

Cotton And Slavery