Civil War Unit Test QUIZ!!!

1. What did the Missouri Compromise do?

Drew an imaginary line through the Louisiana Purchase Admitted Maine as a slave state Prohibited slavery south of the 36 degree, 30 minute parallel Enacted the Fugitive Slave Law

2. What did the Compromise of 1850 do?

Admitted California as a free state Enacted the Fugitive Slave Law to be obeyed by EVERYBODY Said that the Southwest territories would decide by popular sovereignty whether they would be slave or free ALL OF THE ABOVE

3. What did the Kansas - Nebraska Act do?

Led to Bleeding Kansas Said that the people (popular sovereignty) would decide about slavery ALL OF THE ABOVE

4. What was one of the longterm issues that divided the USA?

Power of the federal government VS states' rights Confederates attacked Ft. Sumter The Missouri Compromise of 1820

5. What did the South believe?

That slavery was morally incorrect That states had the power to declare any national law illegal That the Nation was a Union and could NOT be divided ALL OF THE ABOVE

6. Who was Dred Scott?

A barber A slave from Missouri A president ALL OF THE ABOVE

7. What was Lincoln's point of view about slavery?

Abolish slavery where it is Throw all slaves in jail with no nourishment Do not expand slavery NONE OF THE ABOVE

8. What were the border states?

Kentucky, Kansas, Missouri, Virginia Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia Missouri, Kentucky, Deleware, Mayland

9. Who was the leader of the CSA (Confederate States of America)?

Thomas Jefferson Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee

10. What was Jefferson Davis before he was president?

A farmer A shoe polisher A senator NONE OF THE ABOVE

11. Who was Robert Smalls?

An African American naval officer A carpenter A senator

12. What were the three goals of the Anaconda Plan?

Conquer the Mississippi, capture Richmond, repel South from the North Conquer the Mississippi, make shoes, capture Richmond Conquer the Mississippi, capture Richmond, blockade Southern ports

13. When did the firing on Ft. Sumter happen?

April 12, 1861 April 2, 1862 May 18, 1865 July 4, 1861

14. When did The Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) happen?

July 1861 May 1862 March 1867

15. Why was the Gettysburg Address made?

To honor the soldiers who died for their country To give Lincoln a good public image NONE OF THE ABOVE ALL OF THE ABOVE

16. What battle was the turning point of the war?

Gettysburg Vicksburg First Bull Run Second Bull Run

17. When was the Emancipation Proclamation WRITTEN?

September 21, 1863 March 6, 1860 September 22, 1863 September 22, 1862

18. When did the Emancipation Proclamation BECOME A LAW?

January 1, 1867 January 1, 1866 January 1, 1862 January 1, 1863

19. Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?

Appomattox Court House Richmond Washington D.C.

20. When did General Lee surrender to General Grant?

April 9, 1866 April 9, 1877 April 10, 1865 April 9, 1865

21. Why was it important to control the Mississippi River?

Then the troops could get water easily Then the troops could get sickness easily Then the troops supplies and reinforcements were cut off

22. What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment ensure?

Equal protection under the Nation Equal protection under the law The right to vote

23. Who were carpetbaggers?

Northeners who married into Southern families Northerners who came to the South to take advantage of unsetlled conditions ALL OF THE ABOVE NONE OF THE ABOVE

24. What was the Freedman Bureau?

A federal agency that set up homes and bathrooms for poor Southerners A federal agency that set up hospitals and schools for poor Southerners A state agency that set up barber shops and schools for African Americans A federal agency that set up hospitals and schools for African Americans

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  <h1 style="color: #376e93;">Civil War Unit Test QUIZ!!! </h1>
         
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">1.
      <strong>What did the Missouri Compromise do?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8632]" value="A" /> Drew an imaginary line through the Louisiana Purchase</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8632]" value="B" /> Admitted Maine as a slave state</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8632]" value="C" /> Prohibited slavery south of the 36 degree, 30 minute parallel</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8632]" value="D" /> Enacted the Fugitive Slave Law</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">2.
      <strong>What did the Compromise of 1850 do?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8633]" value="A" /> Admitted California as a free state</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8633]" value="B" /> Enacted the Fugitive Slave Law to be obeyed by EVERYBODY</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8633]" value="C" /> Said that the Southwest territories would decide by popular sovereignty whether they would be slave or free</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8633]" value="D" /> ALL OF THE ABOVE</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">3.
      <strong>What did the Kansas - Nebraska Act do?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8634]" value="A" /> Led to Bleeding Kansas</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8634]" value="B" /> Said that the people (popular sovereignty) would decide about slavery</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8634]" value="C" /> ALL OF THE ABOVE</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">4.
      <strong>What was one of the longterm issues that divided the USA?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8635]" value="A" /> Power of the federal government VS states&#039; rights</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8635]" value="B" /> Confederates attacked Ft. Sumter</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8635]" value="C" /> The Missouri Compromise of 1820</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">5.
      <strong>What did the South believe?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8636]" value="A" /> That slavery was morally incorrect</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8636]" value="B" /> That states had the power to declare any national law illegal</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8636]" value="C" /> That the Nation was a Union and could NOT be divided</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8636]" value="D" /> ALL OF THE ABOVE</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">6.
      <strong>Who was Dred Scott?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8637]" value="A" /> A barber</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8637]" value="B" /> A slave from Missouri</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8637]" value="C" /> A president</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8637]" value="D" /> ALL OF THE ABOVE</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">7.
      <strong>What was Lincoln&#039;s point of view about slavery?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8638]" value="A" /> Abolish slavery where it is</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8638]" value="B" /> Throw all slaves in jail with no nourishment</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8638]" value="C" /> Do not expand slavery</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8638]" value="D" /> NONE OF THE ABOVE</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">8.
      <strong>What were the border states?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8639]" value="A" /> Kentucky, Kansas, Missouri, Virginia</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8639]" value="B" /> Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8639]" value="C" /> Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8639]" value="D" /> Missouri, Kentucky, Deleware, Mayland</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">9.
      <strong>Who was the leader of the CSA (Confederate States of America)?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8640]" value="A" /> Thomas Jefferson</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8640]" value="B" /> Thomas &quot;Stonewall&quot; Jackson</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8640]" value="C" /> Jefferson Davis</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8640]" value="D" /> Robert E. Lee</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">10.
      <strong>What was Jefferson Davis before he was president?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8641]" value="A" /> A farmer</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8641]" value="B" /> A shoe polisher</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8641]" value="C" /> A senator</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8641]" value="D" /> NONE OF THE ABOVE</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">11.
      <strong>Who was Robert Smalls?</strong>  
    </div>
                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8642]" value="A" /> An African American naval officer</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8642]" value="B" /> A carpenter</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8642]" value="C" /> A senator</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">12.
      <strong>What were the three goals of the Anaconda Plan?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8643]" value="A" /> Conquer the Mississippi, capture Richmond, repel South from the North</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8643]" value="B" /> Conquer the Mississippi, make shoes, capture Richmond</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8643]" value="C" /> Conquer the Mississippi, capture Richmond, blockade Southern ports</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">13.
      <strong>When did the firing on Ft. Sumter happen?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8644]" value="A" /> April 12, 1861</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8644]" value="B" /> April 2, 1862</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8644]" value="C" /> May 18, 1865</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8644]" value="D" /> July 4, 1861</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">14.
      <strong>When did The Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) happen?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8645]" value="A" /> July 1861</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8645]" value="B" /> May 1862</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8645]" value="C" /> March 1867</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">15.
      <strong>Why was the Gettysburg Address made?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8646]" value="A" /> To honor the soldiers who died for their country</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8646]" value="B" /> To give Lincoln a good public image</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8646]" value="C" /> NONE OF THE ABOVE</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8646]" value="D" /> ALL OF THE ABOVE</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">16.
      <strong>What battle was the turning point of the war?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8647]" value="A" /> Gettysburg</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8647]" value="B" /> Vicksburg</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8647]" value="C" /> First Bull Run</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8647]" value="D" /> Second Bull Run</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">17.
      <strong>When was the Emancipation Proclamation WRITTEN?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8648]" value="A" /> September 21, 1863</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8648]" value="B" /> March 6, 1860</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8648]" value="C" /> September 22, 1863</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8648]" value="D" /> September 22, 1862</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">18.
      <strong>When did the Emancipation Proclamation BECOME A LAW?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8649]" value="A" /> January 1, 1867</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8649]" value="B" /> January 1, 1866</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8649]" value="C" /> January 1, 1862</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8649]" value="D" /> January 1, 1863</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">19.
      <strong>Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8650]" value="A" /> Appomattox Court House</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8650]" value="B" /> Richmond</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8650]" value="C" /> Washington D.C.</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">20.
      <strong>When did General Lee surrender to General Grant?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8651]" value="A" /> April 9, 1866</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8651]" value="B" /> April 9, 1877</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8651]" value="C" /> April 10, 1865</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8651]" value="D" /> April 9, 1865</label>
      <br />        
      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">21.
      <strong>Why was it important to control the Mississippi River?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8652]" value="A" /> Then the troops could get water easily</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8652]" value="B" /> Then the troops could get sickness easily</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8652]" value="C" /> Then the troops supplies and reinforcements were cut off</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">22.
      <strong>What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment ensure?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8653]" value="A" /> Equal protection under the Nation</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8653]" value="B" /> Equal protection under the law</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8653]" value="C" /> The right to vote</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">23.
      <strong>Who were carpetbaggers?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8654]" value="A" /> Northeners who married into Southern families</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8654]" value="B" /> Northerners who came to the South to take advantage of unsetlled conditions</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8654]" value="C" /> ALL OF THE ABOVE</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8654]" value="D" /> NONE OF THE ABOVE</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">24.
      <strong>What was the Freedman Bureau?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8655]" value="A" /> A federal agency that set up homes and bathrooms for poor Southerners</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8655]" value="B" /> A federal agency that set up hospitals and schools for poor Southerners</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8655]" value="C" /> A state agency that set up barber shops and schools for African Americans</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[8655]" value="D" /> A federal agency that set up hospitals and schools for African Americans</label>
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