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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the main effect of Eli Whitney's cotton gin?
It reduced global demand for cotton and le US farmers to grow other crops
It made it possible to produce clothing by machine and led to the building of textile factories throughout the southern US
It allowed people to grow cotton in the western territories
It allowed cotton to be processed more quickly and profitably and led to the expansion of slavery in the southern US
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes how the economic systems of the North and South rely on each other?
The North grew the food that the Southern slaves ate
The South produced the iron used to build the Northern railroads
The South grew the cotton and the North turned it into fabric in their factories
The North sent the skilled laborers and immigrants to the South to help build its railroads and plantations
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Missouri Compromise (1820), the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to
end fighting between mid-western farmers and Native Americans
encourage manufacturing in the West
increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections
settle disputes over the spread of slavery to western territories
- 4. Multiple Choice
This poster from the 1850s appeared in response to the
start of the Civil War
issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
passage of the Fugitive Slave law
enactment of the 13th Amendment
- 5. Multiple Choice
Examine the drawing and reply to the statement that follows:
The law that allowed events like this to occur was passed primarily as a response to
Southern anger over the admission of California to the Union as a free state
Northern anger over the scenes depicted in the book Uncle Tom's Cabin
the controversy over whether to admit Missouri to the Union as a slave state
Southern outrage over the success of the Underground Railroad
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 created the most controversy?
the admission of California as a free state
the organization of New Mexico and Utah as territories open to slavery
the ending of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
the passage of a strong fugitive slave law to return runaway slaves to their owners
- 7. Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
to admit Kansas as a free state and Nebraska as a slave state
to allow the citizens to decide if a state would be a free state or a slave state
to allow border ruffians to vote in Kansas elections to promote slavery
to negotiate a deal for territory with Native Americans in Oklahoma
- 8. Multiple Choice
One outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska was:
The act stated Kansas would be a slave state and Nebraska would be a free state.
The act stated that Nebraska would be a slave state and Kansas would be a free state.
Citizens of western territories were allowed to vote for the slave laws of their region.
The act stated that both Kansas and Nebraska would be slave states.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which side in the slavery debate lost territory because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
the Federalist side
the Anti-Federalist side
the pro-slavery side
the anti-slavery side
- 10. Multiple Choice
How was "the Civil War in Kansas" related to the dispute over the westward expansion of slavery?
The first battle of the Civil War was fought in Bleeding Kansas.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act abolished slavery in all of the western territories.
The armed conflict between anti-slavery and pro-slavery groups in Kansas led to bloodshed.
The voters in Kansas would decide whether or not slavery would be allowed in the state.
- 11. Multiple Choice
In the 1850s, the phrase "Bleeding Kansas" was used to describe clashes between
pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas Territory
Native Americans and new American settlers
Chinese and Irish railroad workers clashing over wages
freed slaves and white settlers out west fighting over slavery
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which Act overturned the Missouri Compromise and led to bloodshed in Kansas?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Stamp Act
The Compromise of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act
- 13. Multiple Choice
In the Dred Scott v Sandford decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Scott was
a citizen of the United States
a "free man" but not a citizen
still an enslaved person
an illegal immigrant
- 14. Multiple Choice
What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case?
Dred Scott was set free since he lived in a free state.
Dred Scott was property and not a citizen.
Dred Scott's owners were guilty of holding him against his will and were arrested.
Dred Scott's owners had to pay Dred Scott for work he completed.
- 15. Multiple Choice
The timeline above shows a number of important events in American History. Which of the following would be the best title for the timeline?
Creation of Jim Crow South
Events Leading to the Revolutionary War
Results of the Abolition of Slavery
Events Leading to the Civil War
- 16. Multiple Choice
"A house divided against itself cannot stand...I do not expect the house to fall -- but I do expect it will cease to be divided." -Abraham Lincoln
Even though Lincoln claimed that his party would not abolish slavery in the South, what does this quote imply?
Republicans would end slavery if they could.
Democrats did not have to worry about the Republican stance toward slavery.
Democrats would end slavery if the could.
Republicans secretly wanted to expand slavery.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What was the immediate cause of the secession of Southern states from the Union prior to the start of the Civil War?
election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency
passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
raid on Harper's Ferry by John Brown
decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case
- 18. Multiple Choice
The greater loyalty that many Americans felt towards their region rather than the country as a whole is referred to as
sectionalism
abolitionism
racism
patriotism
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was the justification used by Southern states in secession in 1860 and 1861?
popular sovereignty
nullification
states' rights
republicanism
- 20. Multiple Choice
Of the following, which best describes the causes of the Civil War?
Allegiance - Different states had different alliances with European countries
Manifest Destiny - States had different views over what American's role in the west should be
Economics - Money-making differences (slaves vs industry) were too great
Sectionalism - Developing rivalries between states over slavery and other issues
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