Chapter 16-21 Test Questions and Answers

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg and the Siege of Vicksburg considered the military turning points of the Civil War?

The North turned back the South at Gettysburg and took control of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg.

"Bleeding Kansas" gained its reputation for violence because of the?

sporadic warfare between settlers on oposing sides in the battle over the slavery issue.

The Battle of Antietam was?

the bloodiest single day's fighting of the war.

The key event that guaranteed Lincoln's re-election in 1864 was?

the fall of Atlanta to General Sherman.

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 received the greatest amount of support from Southern farmers?

the passage of a strict fugitive slave law

Between 1830 and 1860, many southerners came to defend slavery because of all of the following reasons EXCEPT?

they saw how the North silenced those with pro-slavery opinions while they remained tolerant of opposition.

When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?

to restore the Union

That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln, 1863 How did the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation affect U.S. relations with Britain and France?

Britain and France became more reluctant to formally help the Confederacy.

Mexican area of Texas were given land if they followed what two rule?

Followed the Catholic Church and Obeyed Mexican Law

What did Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad do?

Help slaves escape from the South before the Civil War

How did General Sherman's March to the Sea affect Southern society and the end of the Civil War?

It destroyed the plantation system, removing social and economic support for the Confederacy.

That the Constitution, and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Kansas as elsewhere within the United States, except the [Missouri Compromise], which...is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of thsi act not legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it...but to leave the people perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States. ~Section 32 from the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 According to the excerpt, how did the Kansas-Nebraska Act address the issue of slavery?

It made slavery an issue to be decided by residents of the states

Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?

It made the South give up the idea of invading the North.

Provided that, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which many be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted. ~Wilmot Proviso, 1846 Why would Southern planters opposed the Wilmot Proviso?

It would abolish slavery in territory acquired during the Mexican War

How was Abraham Lincoln's victory in the 1860 presidential election a turning point in American history?

Lincoln's victory prompted Southern secession and the Civil War that followed.

Which of the following is the BEST interpretation of the information shown on the graph above?

More Union and Confederate soldiers died of disease than of wounds.

A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. ~Abraham Lincoln, 1858 According to this quotation, what is it that Abraham believes?

That sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union

After winning independence from Mexico, Texas wanted to become part of the U.S. What kept Texas from statehood for 10 years?

The U.S. feared that Texas would enter the Union as a slave state, upsetting the balance of slave and free states

In what way are Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence similar documents?

They both support the ideals of self-government and human rights

Which of the followign was not an important advantage of ironclad ships?

They could travel much faster than other ships.

...In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it"... ~President Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861 First Inaugural Address For what reason did President Lincoln make this statement?

To convince Southerners that he posed no threat to their way of life

Sea power played an especially important role in the Civil War in the form of the?

Union blockade of the Confederate coast.

By the mid-1800s, California was being settled MOSTLY by people in search of

Wealth from the discovery of gold

Which statement best explains the increase in sectionalism between 1820 and 1850?

Westward expansion caused a recurring debate over the expansion of slavery into the new territories

How are civil liberties challenged during times of conflict and change?

With more security comes less freedom. The government and citizens much find common ground in which to live.

Which of the following quotations is from the Gettysburg Address?

"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here."

How did the issues of sectionalist lead to the Civil War?

Both the North and the South put their regional wants and needs ahead of the nations best interest.

To what extent have the issues surrounding the Civil War yet to be resolved?

Race relations in the U.S. are still sensitive topics, and the color of your skin still effect your daily life.

What did the Freeport Document state

States need certain local laws in order for slavery to exist

The Dred Scott decision did all of the following except

guarantee that slavery would not be allowed in future states.

What was the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin?

it provoked a more aggressive antisouthern and antislavery position in those who were uncertain on the slavery issue.

Stephen Douglas' advocacy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska Act ignited rather than dispelled the flames of sectionalism. Popular soveriegnty sought to?

let the residents of Kansas-Nebraska areas determine their own laws on slavery through elections.

In which area did the South have an advantage over the North in the Civil War?

military leadership

Suspension of the writ of habeas corpus for all people living between Washington and Philadelphia provides evidence of which of the following?

presidential power increased during the Civil War.

In foreign affairs, President Lincoln's most significant achievement was his success in?

restraining foreign powers from recognizing the Confederacy.