Civil War Quiz

Which answer best represents how the cotton gin influenced the cause of the civil war?

The cotton gin allowed less time spent cleaning cotton and more time on cotton production, therefore increasing demand on slave labor.

The cotton gin slowed the economic system in the south

The invention of the cotton gin helped to unify ties between the North and the South

Who led the attack on Bleeding Kansas?

Abraham Lincoln

John Brown

Robert E. Lee

Which of the following terms means strong attachment to regional interests?

Confederacy

Urbanization

Sectionalism

What was the first major battle in the Civil War, taking place in Manassas?

Battle of Bull Run

Battle of Antietam

Battle of Vicksburg

What enforced the balance of power between slave and free states?

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Election of 1860

Missouri Compromise

Compromise of 1860

Which event brought a Republican candidate to the presidency and caused Southern slave states to officially secede?

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Election of 1860

Compromise of 1840

Bleeding Kansas

Which statement is the most correct about the Emancipation Proclamation?

Freed all the slaves in all of the US

Freed the slaves in border states only

Freed Slaves in the Confederate states

Which Battle of the Civil War did the Union gain full control to the Mississippi River?

Battle of Antietam

Battle of New Orleans

War of the Ironclads

T Or F The Underground Railroad was a single railroad that ran from Mobile, Alabama to Ontario, Canada.

T Or F Throughout the Civil War, women held positions as nurses, soldiers, and spies.

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