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Civil War Review Guide
1. In the 1840’ and 1850’s, the friction between the North and South intensified due to this
growing trend in U.S. history:
Slavery/Sectionalism
2. The Republican Party was formed as a result of Northern anger over this new law:
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
3. John Brown was involved in two events leading up to the Civil War. What were those
two events and what happened?
Pottawatomie Massacre (Bleeding Kansas) and Harpers Ferry
4. What precedent did the Supreme Court establish regarding rights of African Americans in
the Dred Scott v. Sanford case?
The court ruled that slaves did not have the rights of citizens. The court also said that
Dred Scott had no claim to freedom because he had been living in Missouri, a slave state,
and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
5. What is the term used to describe the idea what the people in a certain territory or area
should be making decisions for themselves and not congress?
Popular Sovereignty
6. (a) Who was president of the United States when South Carolina seceded from the
Union? (b) What caused South Carolina to secede?
(a)
James Buchanan
(b)
Southerners were upset that Abraham Lincoln had been elected as president, so
South Carolina led the way as the first Southern state to secede from the Union
7. Name 2 advantages the North had at the outbreak of the Civil War:
Larger population for troops
Greater industrial capacity
Huge edge in railroad transportation
8. Name 2 advantages the South had at the outbreak of the Civil War:
President Davis knew the South only had to drag out the war to make North give up
Had the best military leaders
9. (a) Name the Northern war strategy (designed by Winfield Scott) and (b) Name 3 of the 4
major components of this plan:
(a)
The Anaconda Plan
(b)
1. Blockade the Southern Coast to restrict imports/supplies; 2. Take control of the
Mississippi River; 3. Divide the West from the South; 4. Take the Confederate States of
America (CSA) capitol at Richmond, VA
10. Name the two ships that fought the Battle of the Ironclads (1892):
CSS Virginia (Confederate) v. USS Monitor (Union)
11. Before Antietam, Lincoln said the North was fighting Civil war to “_____” but after
Antietam, the focus of the North became _________.
Preserve the Union; a war for human liberty (end of slavery)
12. According to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, all the slaves living in ___________
(location) were freed.
Confederate territories
13. All slaves in the United States were freed upon ratification of the _________________.
13th Amendment
14. Which battle was the turning point in the North for the Union Army and why?
Gettysburg was the North’s first real victory in the East
15. Grant’s army was able to take control of the Mississippi River after the Battle of
_____________.
Vicksburg
16. Which battle was the turning point in the South for the Union Army and why?
Vicksburg
Gave complete control of the Mississippi River to the Union; Separated the Confederacy
in two; major disruption to Confederate supply chain
17. Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865 at __________ (location) outside of Richmond, VA.
Appomattox Courthouse
18. Who assassinated Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth