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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which reason did Nat Turner give for starting his rebellion?
His owner, Joseph Travis, treated him terribly.
Signs from God told him to.
He wanted to help start the Civil War.
He was following the advice of Harriet Tubman.
- 2. Multiple Choice
John C. Calhoun believed that ________.
slavery helped Africans become civilized
slavery should be ended
the Dred Scott decision was incorrect
Charles Sumner was a hero
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true about Harriet Tubman?
She never returned to the South after escaping from slavery.
She was born free but captured and made a slave.
She served as a spy for the North during the Civil War.
Four people were lost while she was guiding them to freedom.
- 4. Multiple Choice
All of the following people were part of the Confederacy except ________.
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
William Tecumseh Sherman
- 5. Multiple Choice
How did Lincoln want to treat the Southern states after the war?
He wanted to be compassionate and let them back into the Union.
He wanted to be strict and forbid them from re-entering the Union.
He wanted to hold an election to determine whether they should be let back into the Union.
He wanted all residents of the Southern states to move to the North.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Lincoln originally said that the objective of the Civil War was to ________. In 1863, he said a new objective was to ________.
abolish slavery, keep the Union together
secede from the Union, abolish slavery
keep the Union together, abolish slavery
abolish slavery, secede from the Union
- 7. Multiple Choice
What argument did John C. Calhoun make about slavery in the South and working conditions in the North?
Northerners paid their workers huge salaries, but slaves got free housing.
Northerners treated their workers worse than slave owners treated their slaves.
Slaves were treated worse than workers in the North, but slaves were more civilized.
Northerners were kinder to their workers than slave owners were to their slaves.
- 8. Multiple Choice
How many slaves took part in Nat Turner's rebellion?
40
55
200
19
- 9. Multiple Choice
What did Lincoln originally promise the South about slavery?
that he planned to make slavery illegal in America
that he would not interfere with slavery in the South
that he was going to immediately try to end slavery in the South
that he planned to allow slavery to spread to new territories
- 10. Multiple Choice
What did Harriet Tubman use as her guide while helping slaves escape?
the wind
drinking gourds full of water
the stars
cornstalks
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