Civil War Exit Ticket
| # | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Civil War was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865 between the Union and the Confederacy. |
| 2 | The Union and the Confederacy fought in the Civil War. |
| 3 | The Union was the group of states that remained part of the United States and fought to preserve the nation. |
| 4 | The Confederacy was the group of Southern states that left the Union and formed their own government. |
| 5 | Secession means formally leaving a nation or political union. |
| 6 | The main issue was slavery and the fear that the federal government would limit or end it. |
| 7 | Slavery created deep disagreement over economic power, political rights, and the future of the country. |
| 8 | States' rights refers to the idea that states should have strong powers to make their own decisions, sometimes without federal interference. |
| 9 | Lincoln's election was important because it increased Southern fears that slavery would be restricted, contributing to secession. |
| 10 | A federal government has authority over the whole nation, while a state government has authority within a single state. |
| 11 | They believed the federal government might threaten slavery and limit the South's political and economic power. |
| 12 | The Emancipation Proclamation was an order by President Lincoln declaring enslaved people in Confederate-held areas to be free. |
| 13 | No. It did not end slavery everywhere immediately, but it changed the war's purpose and weakened the Confederacy. |
| 14 | It tested whether states could leave the Union and whether the federal government could preserve the nation. |
| 15 | A primary source is an original document or artifact from the time, such as a letter, speech, photograph, or newspaper. |
| 16 | The Union had advantages such as more people, more factories, better railroads, and a stronger navy. |
| 17 | The Confederacy had fewer resources, fewer factories, and less transportation infrastructure than the Union. |
| 18 | Transportation, especially railroads and rivers, helped move troops and supplies and affected military strategy. |
| 19 | Border states were important because they were slave states that stayed in the Union and were strategically located. |
| 20 | Gettysburg was a major Union victory that stopped Lee's invasion of the North and marked a turning point in the war. |
| 21 | Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two. |
| 22 | The war strengthened the federal government by increasing its power over the states and the nation as a whole. |
| 23 | The key question was whether a state had the constitutional right to leave the Union. |
| 24 | The war led to a broader understanding of citizenship, especially as slavery ended and constitutional rights were expanded. |
| 25 | The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States and made emancipation permanent. |
| 26 | African Americans served as soldiers, laborers, nurses, scouts, and contributors to the Union cause in many ways. |
| 27 | Some opposed the war because they objected to conscription, feared social change, or disagreed with emancipation policies. |
| 28 | Conscription is mandatory military service, also called a draft. |
| 29 | It showed that preserving the nation sometimes required the federal government to expand its power, even as Americans debated individual rights. |
| 30 | It was political because it involved power, secession, and government authority, and social because it centered on slavery and the status of people in society. |
| 31 | The Union's industrial economy helped it produce weapons and supplies, while the Confederacy struggled with shortages and inflation. |
| 32 | As enslaved people escaped or resisted, the Confederacy lost labor and internal stability needed to support its war effort. |
| 33 | It means military strategies affected civilian life, property, transportation, and the economy, not just armies on battlefields. |
| 34 | The war expanded presidential power while Congress also passed important laws that shaped the nation and the war effort. |
| 35 | Ending slavery did not automatically give African Americans equal protection, voting rights, or social equality. |
| 36 | Reconstruction was the period of rebuilding the nation after the Civil War and deciding how to restore and reorganize the former Confederate states. |
| 37 | It reinforced that the United States was a permanent nation rather than a voluntary league of states that could break apart easily. |
| 38 | A strong answer would identify rebuilding the South, protecting freedom for formerly enslaved people, restoring order, or defining citizenship, and explain why that issue was urgent. |
| 39 | A strong answer should explain that slavery was the central cause because disputes over slavery shaped secession, politics, and the war itself, while states' rights was often tied to protecting slavery. |
| 40 | A strong answer should explain that the federal government became stronger, the Union was preserved, and the states lost the idea that they could leave the nation or override national authority. |