Civil War Chapter 15
and 16 Review
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2. Why were Republicans especially angered
by the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?
a. Their 1856 presidential campaign was
based on the fact that Congress had the power
to ban slavery.
b. They thought that slaves should be
considered free if they ever lived in a free
territory or state.
c. They thought that all citizens were created
equal and this decision took away a slave’s right
to equal opportunities.
d. Their 1856 presidential campaign was
based on the idea that slaves were not property
and could not be sold.
3. What was President Lincoln’s main
goal when he took office in 1861?
 a. to improve relations and trade with
foreign countries
 b. to reunite the North and South and
keep the Union intact
 c. to abolish slavery everywhere in
the U.S.
 d. to diminish the national debt and
assist the poor in the U.S.
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4. In what way did African American soldiers in the
war face more difficulties than white soldiers?
 a. African American soldiers were often killed or
sold into slavery if captured by the Confederacy,
while white soldiers were simply held as
prisoners of war.
 b. African American soldiers were not
experienced at war and did not know what to
expect, while white soldiers had a lot of
experience and training.
 c. African American soldiers were only given
bayonets with which to fight, while white soldiers
were allowed to carry guns and operate cannons.
 d. African American soldiers were given rotten
food to eat and poor living conditions at camp,
while white soldiers had comfortable living
conditions at camp.
6. Why did Lincoln wait until after the
Union victory at the Battle of Antietam
before announcing the Emancipation
Proclamation?
 a. He thought the North would
support his decision after the victory.
 b. He thought the South would be
more receptive to the Proclamation at
that time.
 c. He wanted to catch the
Confederacy off guard.
 d. He wanted the Union to be in a
position of strength.
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7. Which of the following was an African
American unit in the Civil War that played
a key role in the attack on South
Carolina’s Fort Wagner?
 a. the 100th Tennessee Colored Infantry
 b. the 54th Massachusetts Infantry
 c. the 8th Kansas Colored Heavy
Artillery
 d. the 29th Connecticut Volunteer
Cavalry
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10. What was the significance of the
election of 1860?
 a. It exposed the corruption of the
electoral college in the election
process.
 b. It brought to light the divisions that
existed in the U.S. over slavery.
 c. It showed that the South was
losing its political power in the nation.
 d. It illustrated that a candidate did
not have to carry a state to win.
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12. What was the significance of the
development of a new style of warships
covered in metal by both the North and the
South?
a. It demonstrated to both sides that the
war would not be ending soon.
b. It marked the end of the use of wooden
warships powered by sails and wind.
c. It made the power of the Northern and
Southern navies equal.
d. It shifted the majority of fighting from the
land to the sea.
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15. What was Union general Winfield
Scott’s strategy for winning the Civil War?
a. He wanted to employ a naval blockade of
southern ports and gain control of the
Mississippi River to divide the Confederacy.
b. He wanted to gain control of the
Confederate capital in Richmond and force
the southern troops to surrender.
c. He wanted to cut off the Confederacy’s
means of transportation by taking control of
the railroads in the South.
d. He wanted to deny the South access to
the North by building a wall along the border
between North and South.
16. Which of these events marked the
beginning of the Civil War?
 a. the declaration of war from
President Lincoln
 b. the election of Abraham Lincoln to
the presidency
 c. the firing of Confederate guns on
Fort Sumter
 d. the abolition of slavery in the South
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18. Who led the group of antislavery
supporters who were involved in the
Pottawatomie Massacre in Kansas?
 a. Charles Sumner
 b. John Brown
 c. Stephen Douglas
 d. Preston Brooks
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19. What was Abraham Lincoln’s opinion of
John Brown’s raid in Virginia?
a. He felt that the slaves in the South
should have given stronger support to
Brown’s raid.
b. He felt that Brown was justified in his
methods of leading a violent attack in
Virginia.
c. He felt that the attack in Virginia needed
to be better organized to effect change.
d. He felt that the antislavery movement
should not be one of violence and
bloodshed.
23. How did the Union’s capture of
Atlanta contribute to Lincoln’s reelection?
 a. It showed Union voters that the North
would absolutely win the war.
 b. It convinced Union voters that the
North was making progress in the war.
 c. It showed Union voters that the South
was willing to give in to Lincoln’s
demands.
 d. It convinced Union voters that
Lincoln’s decision to emancipate slaves
was justified.
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26. Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel
Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger many
southerners?
a. They believed that the novel gave an
inaccurate portrayal of southern life and the
issue of slavery.
b. They thought that Stowe’s novel would
cause slaves to revolt against their masters.
c. They were angered by the negative
description that Stowe gave of slaves.
d. They felt that Stowe’s novel would inspire
people to join the pro-slavery movement
27. How were prisoners of war treated
during the Civil War?
 a. They were often held without
shelter and given little food.
 b. They were often forced to fight for
the enemy troops.
 c. They were treated in humane ways
but most often they died before their
release.
 d. They were treated well because
their captors wanted money for their
return.
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33. Harriet Beecher Stowe decided to
write Uncle Tom’s Cabin because
she wanted to
 a. give a voice to slaves so they
could publicize their experiences.
 b. show southerners that the issue of
slavery would divide the nation.
 c. educate northerners about the evils
of slavery in the U.S.
 d. increase awareness about the
need for strict fugitive slave laws.
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35. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a
turning point in the Civil War?
 a. It was the scene of the surrender of
the Confederate troops to the Union.
 b. It meant that Lee would not be able
to launch another offensive attack on
the North.
 c. It marked the first clear Union victory
of the Civil War.
 d. It resulted in the Confederacy losing
over half of its troops.
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44. What did the Freeport Doctrine,
proposed by Stephen Douglas, state?
 a. The decision to practice slavery in
the territories belonged to the people.
 b. Slaves living in slave states should
be given their freedom.
 c. The decision to ban slavery in the
territories was Congress’
responsibility.
 d. Slaves should be given the same
rights as white citizens.
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45. The goal of the Union army in the
West was to gain control of
 a. the Confederate capital.
 b. the Mississippi River.
 c. the border state of Kentucky.
 d. the railroads in the west.
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46. The Wilmot Proviso led to the
introduction of the idea of popular
sovereignty. How did the idea of popular
sovereignty affect slavery in the United
States?
a. It stated that states or territories had the
power to decide whether to permit slavery.
b. It stated that slavery should not be
permitted in lands that were not official
states.
c. It declared that slavery was unjust and
should not be permitted anywhere in the
U.S.
d. It declared that the federal government
should make decisions about slavery in the
U.S.
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47. How did life change for civilians in both
the North and the South during the Civil
War?
a. Civilians often had to go long periods of
time without food because all supplies were
sent to the troops.
b. Civilians often became casualties of war
when battles took place in the middle of
towns and major cities.
c. Many civilians incapable of serving in the
war had to take over the jobs left vacant by
soldiers in the war.
d. Many civilians lost their homes and
livelihoods because of the poor wartime
economy.
51. Why did John Brown lead an
armed resistance in Virginia in 1859?
 a. to show his anger over the Dred
Scott decision
 b. to control the slaves that had
escaped in Virginia
 c. to steal weapons and bring them to
local slaves
 d. to fight the work of antislavery
supporters in Virginia
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53. What was the main reason that most
northerners were opposed to the new
Fugitive Slave Act created by the
Compromise of 1850?
a. They felt it would endanger their way of
life since a large number of fugitive slaves
lived in the North.
b. They felt it would encourage slaves to
resort to rebellion and violence to protest
the new law.
c. They felt it gave commissioners too
much power and was unfair to slaves by
giving them a trial without a jury.
d. They felt it would end the progress that
the antislavery movement had made in
America.
59. Why did the southern states decide
to secede from the Union after the
election of 1860?
 a. They feared that their economy and
way of life would be destroyed.
 b. They thought that slaves would begin
an uprising if the states did not secede.
 c. They believed that seceding from the
Union would end the possibility of war.
 d. They felt that secession would end
the conflicts between northern states
over slavery.
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61. In Lincoln’s inaugural speech in
1861, he tried to convince the South
that
 a. the government would not start a
war with the seceded states.
 b. the government would not try to
take Fort Sumter from the South.
 c. he was actually a strong supporter
of slavery.
 d. he would make the needs of the
South his priority.
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63. The Wilmot Proviso was an idea
proposed to Congress to
 a. prohibit slavery in all parts of the
Mexican Cession.
 b. reinstate slavery in the northern
states.
 c. allow slaves to be counted in the
population of a state.
 d. increase and improve the rights
given to slaves.
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65. Which of these expresses the reason
why the Democratic Party was not a strong
force in the election of 1860?
a. The Democrats were a relatively new
political party and had not yet gained
enough support.
b. Many southerners in the Democratic
Party became abolitionists and supported
other parties.
c. Many members of the Democratic Party
decided to vote for a candidate that was not
in their party.
d. The Democrats could not agree on a
single candidate so their votes were divided
between two candidates.
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68. What practice did Lincoln employ to
silence those in opposition to the war?
a. He passed a law stating that anyone
who openly opposed the war would be fined
a large sum of money.
b. He ignored the right that protected
against unlawful imprisonment by jailing
enemies of the Union without trial or
evidence.
c. He decided that those who were
considered enemies of the Union would be
forced to immediately leave the United
States.
d. He denied the First Amendment rights of
those in opposition to the war by banning
the rights of anti-war sentiments in
newspapers.
69. What was the significance of the
First Battle of Bull Run?
 a. It destroyed the Confederacy’s
hope of restoring unity without
resorting to war.
 b. It shattered the Union’s hope of
winning the war quickly and easily.
 c. It demonstrated to the Confederacy
the power and strength of the Union
army.
 d. It showed the Union that the
Confederate army was weaker than
anticipated.
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72. In 1854, the Whigs, Democrats,
Free-Soilers, and abolitionists joined
together to form this party that was
against the spread of slavery
 a. the Antislavery Party.
 b. the Know-Nothing Party.
 c. the Republican Party.
 d. the Federalist Party.
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76. The Kansas-Nebraska Act did all
of the following, EXCEPT?
 a. Lift the restriction on slavery made
under the Missouri Compromise.
 b. Divide the Louisiana Purchase into
two territories.
 c. Allow popular sovereignty to
decide the slavery issue in the
Louisiana Purchase.
 d. Maintain the balance of slave and
free states in the Union.
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78. Why did General Lee decide to
surrender his troops when he did?
 a. The Union promised to restore the
South to its way of life before the war.
 b. Confederate President Jefferson
Davis ordered him to surrender.
 c. The Union had surrounded his
troops and he ran out of supplies.
 d. General Lee no longer wanted to
fight and his troops wanted to
surrender.
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79. The Emancipation Proclamation
was an order from Lincoln
 a. requiring slaves to join Union
troops.
 b. granting slaves U.S. citizenship.
 c. calling for all Confederate slaves to
be freed.
 d. ending slavery in the United
States.
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81. What issue did the Republican
Party rally around in 1854?
 a. the support of the KansasNebraska Act
 b. the enforcement of the Fugitive
Slave Act
 c. the spread of slavery in the West
 d. the idea of popular sovereignty in
U.S. territories
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86. Why did General Robert E. Lee decide
to lead the Confederate army although he
was opposed to slavery and secession?
a. He did not agree with President Lincoln’s
methods of preserving the Union and
protecting slavery.
b. He was convinced by southern citizens
who felt that he was their only hope to win
the war.
c. He had been born in Virginia of the
South and felt he had to remain loyal to his
birthplace, family and friends.
d. He was offered significant economic
rewards from Confederate President
Jefferson Davis.
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