Final Exam Study Guide
Who Am I?
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John C. Calhoun
Robert E. Lee
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Douglas
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Sumner
John C. Frémont
William Henry Seward
Roger Taney
 In the Dred Scott decision, Chief Justice _____ upheld the right of slaveholders to take their
slaves anywhere in the United States and keep them as slaves.
 In 1858, the Republican _____ opposed slavery on moral grounds in debates with Stephen
Douglas.
 Abolitionist _____ led the attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia.
 Because his antislavery position seemed too extreme, _____ lost the 1860 Republican presidential
nomination.
 ____ of Mississippi was elected president of the Confederate States of America.
 helped to defeat the Mexican Army in California.
 The Compromise of 1850 was proposed to Congress by Senator _____ of Kentucky.
 Senator _____ of South Carolina declared that the South would not give up its liberty to save the
Union.
 Senator _____ of Illinois introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
In Congress, Senator _____ of Massachusetts gave a powerful antislavery speech entitled “The
Crime Against Kansas.”
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Key Terms
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popular sovereignty
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Upper South
Confederate States of America
Prejudice
nativism
secessionist
Compromise of 1850
Border States
annex
obsolete
war of attrition
Gettysburg Address
guerilla
Emancipation Proclamation
Fill in the Blank
 Some historians who think Northerners and Southerners were fairly similar believe war could
have been avoided by _______________________
 Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a book that attacked ____________________
 By 1860, the largest cities in the United States were located in ________________________
 The biggest technological change in this period was the appearance of the
____________________
 The key difference between the North and the South was ____________________
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Many northern whites objected to slavery because they believed it violated
Many southern whites criticized northern business owners for
The territory the United States gained after the Mexican War contributed
The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was to
Under popular sovereignty, the decision whether or not to allow slavery in a territory was
made by
In 1860 and 1861, seven southern states seceded from the Union in protest of the election of
How did the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin affect American society in the 1850s?
Which of the following is true of both the North and the South in the mid-1800s?
What did Senator Stephen Douglas propose in the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
During his 1858 senatorial election debates with Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln argued that
slavery was
Lincoln’s call for volunteers to defend Fort Sumter led directly to
Mexican General Santa Anna warned that which U.S. action would mean war?
As a result of the Bear Flag Revolt, Captain John C. Frémont
With which issue was the Wilmot Proviso concerned?
Which of the following was a provision of the Compromise of 1850? (concerning California)
What did the Fugitive Slave Act specify?
Who were the main supporters of the new Republican Party?
“Bleeding Kansas” earned its name from clashes over
The decision in the case Scott v. Sandford protected the rights of
By attacking the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, John Brown hoped to
Republicans chose Abraham Lincoln as their candidate because the views of who seemed
extreme
States from the Upper South seceded when
What caused President Lincoln to become dissatisfied with General McClellan’s command?
Which of the following was a strategy of the Confederate government?
During the Civil War, the Republican-controlled Congress
After the South’s victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville,
Grant’s victory at Vicksburg did what to the Confederacy?
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In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln
The First Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Shiloh proved that the war would be
The North gained control of important water routes by capturing what 2 forts?
During the Civil War, the South hoped to convince who to help them?
The Emancipation Proclamation had the effect of encouraging who to join the fight?
General Lee marched his troops into Pennsylvania because he
The reelection of President Lincoln in 1864 showed that most northern voters
The first major battle of the Civil War was the
Battles in the West took place mainly along where?
Union forces won the battle of Shiloh, thanks to…
If Grant’s army could gain control of the Mississippi River, the Confederacy would be
The Battle of Antietam denied Robert E. Lee a chance to
With the departure of southern congressmen, Republicans passed laws to strengthen the power
of
During the early part of the war, Lincoln’s main goal was to
One of the major hardships faced by the Confederacy during the war was
After the Emancipation Proclamation, many African Americans
Burnside lost the Battle of Fredericksburg by trying to
Lee won a brilliant victory at Chancellorsville through the tactic of
Lee crossed into Pennsylvania because he wanted a
Union victories at Vicksburg and Port Hudson
The Battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor took a huge toll on whose army?
Sherman treated South Carolina harshly because