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CIVIL WAR QUIZ

Vay Ogle

Created on March 7, 2023

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How much do you know about

The Civil war?

Two teams, one goal.

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What did the Missouri Compromise do?

Decided which states would allow slavery

Gave Missouri their own voting laws

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100 points

What is Manifest Destiny?

The movement north into Canada

The mindset that expansion was ordained by God

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200 points

What was the purpose of the Oregon Territory?

transportation hub with Canada

Trade hub with Asia

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100 points

Which state was fought over between America and Mexico?

Texas

California

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What law did the Mexican governmetn encourage American settlers to adopt?

Integration of races in public places

Abolish slavery

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The annexation of which state caused Americans to believe that they fulfilled their Manifest Destiny?

Oregon

Texas

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What was the intention of the Wilmot Proviso

Created a new House of Representatives

Banned slavery in new lands

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100 points

California adopted the policies of which side of the Union?

Southern

Northern

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200 points

What is popular sovereignty?

Secession can be decided by state goverors

A vote on a state's slavery policy

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300 points

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Established the boundary between Kansas and Nebraska

Repealed the Missouri Compromise

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What was the ruling of Scott v. Sanford?

Enslaved people could vote

Enslaved people did not have the rights of citizens

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400 points

What inspired John Brown's raid of Harper Ferry?

The American Revolution

Slave revolts in Rome and Haiti

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100 points

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

Robert E. Lee

Jefferson Davis

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300 points

How many states were a part of the Confederacy?

11

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Who had the better advantage in the Civil War?

South

North

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What was the purpose of the Anaconda Plan?

For the South to conquer the North

For the North to conquer the South

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Which was the bloodiest single-day battle in the Civil War?

Gettysburg

Antietam Creek

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What did Lincoln claim his duty was as president?

Free all men

Save the Union

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What did the Emancipation Proclaimation achieve?

Freed all slaves in America

Freed enslaved people outside of the Union

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Which battle was the "turning point" for the Union?

Antietam Creek

Gettysburg

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300 points

What was the point of the Gettysburg Address?

to address slaves' rights

to unify the nation

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100 points

What state was burned by Willian T. Sherman?

Mississippi

Georgia

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What phrase describes the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?

"Free men vote."

"Free citizens vote."

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What was not one of the rules that the Confederacy had to follow to rejoin the Union?

Swear allegiance to the Union

Denounce the Confederacy

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What was the plan the created the rules that allowed states to reenter the Union?

14th Amendment

Presidential Reconstruction

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300 points

What was the intention of the Freedmen's Bureau?

Build homes for families

Help poor whites and former slaves

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500 points

What laws were created in retaliation to the 14th Amendment?

Provisional Citizenship Laws

Black Codes

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What act began Congressional Reconstruction?

Administration Act of 1874

Reconstruction Act of 1867

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What was the original purpose of the Ku Klux Klan?

Promote segregation

Social club for veterans

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Which was not a condition that led to the Compromise of 1877?

Withdraw troops from southern states

Un-abolish slavery

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