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Causes of Secession and the Role of Slavery
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Causes of Secession and the Role of Slavery

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Which document declared all slaves in states in rebellion to be free?

  • The Gettysburg Address
  • The Declaration of Independence
  • The Bill of Rights
  • The Emancipation Proclamation (correct)

    • Which battle resulted in the split of the Confederacy at the Mississippi River?

  • The Battle of Gettysburg
  • The Battle of Appomattox Court House
  • The Siege of Vicksburg (correct)
  • The Siege of Petersburg

    • Who became the commander of all Union armies in 1864?

  • William Tecumseh Sherman
  • Robert E. Lee
  • Ulysses S. Grant (correct)
  • Abraham Lincoln

    • Which Union general led the March to the Sea?

    <p>William Tecumseh Sherman</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did General Robert E. Lee surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant?

    <p>April 9, 1865</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event occurred just five days after General Lee's surrender?

    <p>The assassination of Abraham Lincoln</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the deadliest military conflict in American history?

    <p>The American Civil War</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which issue dominated politics for decades leading up to the Civil War?

    <p>Slavery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the central cause of the war according to most academic scholars?

    <p>Slavery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the Republican Party's stance on slavery?

    <p>They were determined to prevent the spread of slavery to the territories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main cause of disunion and the war that followed?

    <p>Slavery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the strategy of the anti-slavery forces?

    <p>To contain the expansion of slavery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did many Southern leaders threaten if Lincoln won the 1860 election?

    <p>To secede from the Union</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Confederate soldiers primarily fight the war to protect?

    <p>A Southern society with slavery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which event triggered the American Civil War?

    <p>The victory of Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories?

    <p>Abraham Lincoln</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where did the majority of the intense combat take place during the Civil War?

    <p>The Eastern Theater</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which side controlled about a third of the U.S. population during the Civil War?

    <p>The Confederacy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the central cause of the American Civil War?

    <p>The dispute over slavery in the western territories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many southern slave states initially seceded from the United States?

    <p>Seven</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Confederacy seize within their borders in response to Lincoln's victory?

    <p>U.S. forts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event added impetus to the abolitionist cause?

    <p>The American Revolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who were the abolitionists influenced by?

    <p>The Puritans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Southern whites fear would happen if slaves were emancipated?

    <p>The South's economy would be destroyed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which historical event contributed to the fears of Southern whites regarding emancipation?

    <p>The 1804 Haiti massacre</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the critics of the idea of emancipation refer to as 'a disease in the public mind'?

    <p>The fears of Southern whites</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves go into effect?

    <p>January 1, 1808</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who supported the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves?

    <p>Thomas Jefferson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who helped found manumission societies?

    <p>Benjamin Franklin and James Madison</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the result of the actions of some slave owners influenced by the Revolution?

    <p>The number of free black people increased</p> Signup and view all the answers

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