Social Studies Test review

What was the Underground Railroad

A network of safehouses and secret routes used to help escaped slaves travel from the South to free states in the North and Canada.

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?

 A law that made it illegal to help an escaped slave

What did Abolitionists want?

They spoke out against slavery and worked to end it in the United States.

What was Lincoln’s position about slavery in the Election of 1860?

He opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories but not immediate emancipation in states where it existed

How did Southern States react to Lincoln’s election?

Southern states believed he would abolish slavery and started to secede, or leave, the country before he even took office.

What was the Union’s goal at the beginning of the Civil War?

To keep country together and restore the Union

What was the Confederacy’s goal at the beginning of the Civil War?

To gain independence from USA

What advantages did the Union have  at the beginning of the war?

More resources and higher population

What advantages did the Confederacy have at the beginning of the war?

Better military leaders and knowledge of the land

What caused the Confederacy to surrender?

The Fall of Richmond

Why did John Wilkes Booth assassinate President Lincoln?

He sided with Confederates and wanted to prevent Lincoln’s policy especially about slavery and war’s outcome