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Question 1
Conscience Whigs were
Northern Whigs who
Opposed Slavery
Question 2
The Calhoun Resolutions
were important because
they demonstrated
The anger many Southerners
felt about the issue of
slavery
Question 3
The original purpose of the
Gadsden Purchase was to
Create a route for a railroad
Question 4
After the Kansas-Nebraska
Act passed, Northerners
headed for Kansas because
They wanted to create an
antislavery majority there
Question 5
In 1849 thousands of people
came to CA because
Gold had been discovered
there
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By rejecting the Lecompton
Constitution, Kansas voters
Rejected slavery in their state
Question 7
Crittenden’s Compromise
proposed to
Extend the Missouri
Compromise line westward
Question 8
The Know-Nothings were
Anti-Catholic & nativist
Question 9
In his inaugural speech,
President Lincoln said what
about slavery?
He repeated his commitment
not to interfere with slavery
where it already existed
Question 10
The Wilmot Proviso, which
never passed would have
what?
Prohibited slavery in any
territory gained from Mexico
Question 11
In the Compromise of 1850,
Henry Clay grouped his
resolutions in pairs so that
Each pair offered
concessions to both sides
Question 12
Lincoln wanted to prevent
Maryland from seceding
because if it did?
Washington D.C. would be
surrounded by Confederate
territory
Question 13
Most members of the Free-Soil
Party opposed the spread of
slavery because they believed
what?
Allowing slavery to expand would
expand would make it difficult for
free men to find work
Question 14
The most famous conductor
on the Underground Railroad
was who?
Harriet Tubman
Question 15
The Whig Party and
American Party both
dissolved because why?
Northern and Southern
members split over the
slavery issue
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The Supreme Court decision in
the Dred Scott case did what?
Considered free soil
unconstitutional
Question 17
John Brown’s intention in raiding
the arsenal at Harpers Ferry was
to arm who?
Enslaved people and begin an
insurrection against slaveholders
Question 18
The Confederate Constitution
stated that each state was
what?
Independent
Question 19
The caning of Charles
Sumner resulted from him
accusing other senators of
what?
Forcing Kansas into the ranks
of slave states
Question 20
Did Missouri secede from the
Union?
No
Question 21
Robert E. Lee did not accept
command of the Union
troops because why?
He could not fight against VA
Question 22
In the election of 1864,
candidate George McClellan
promised to do what?
Stop fighting and negotiate
Question 23
Jefferson Davis wanted to fight a
war of attrition, in which the South
would do what?
Avoid large battles and force the
North to exhaust its resources
Question 24
Why did Benjamin Grierson’s
forces traveled 600 miles?
To distract Confederate
forces so Grant could land
south of Vicksburg
Question 25
Which battle was the turning
point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Question 26
Citizens of the South suffered
food shortages during the
Civil War because why?
The South’s transportation
system had collapsed
Question 27
The Trent Affair brought the
Union close to war with what
country?
Britain
Question 28
Was having more military
colleges an advantage for
the South?
yes
Question 29
Lincoln suspended writs of
habeas corpus. As a result
what could happen to a
person?
A person could be imprisoned
indefinitely without trial
Question 30
In response to the South’s
treatment of African
American troops, Lincoln
does what?
Stopped all prisoner
exchanges
Question 31
The prison in the South where
13,000 captured Union
soldiers died was called
what?
Andersonville
Question 32
The capture of Chattanooga was
important objective for Union
forces because why?
They would control a major
railroad running south to
Atlanta
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Question 29
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