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- 1. Multiple Choice
What compromise allowed people in Kansas to choose if they wanted to have slavery or not?
Great Compromise
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy is slavery expanding in the south and not the north?The north did not have the machines of the south to keep upGeographic conditions were favorable for the south and not the northThe south had more railroadsThe north had more telegraph lines
- 3. Multiple Choice
This compromise in 1820 divided the nation into slave and free states
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Indian Removal Act
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who was the general for the Union that defeated Lee?
Stonewall Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Frederick Douglass
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who was president of the Confederacy?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
Jefferson Davis
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which battle was the first major battle of the Civil War?
First Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Vicksburg
Attack on Fort Sumter
Battle of Gettysburg
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which battle was a turning point of the war for the Union?
First Battle of Bull Run
Fort Sumter
Appomattox Courthouse
Battle of Gettysburg
- 8. Multiple Choice
What did the Emancipation Proclamation change the focus of the war to?
Keeping the Union together
Forcing the Confederacy to surrender
Freeing slaves
Making every city have a urban society
- 9. Multiple Choice
A. Increased the size of the army without congressional authorization
B. Arrested and jailed anti-Unionists without giving reason
C. Censored some anti-Union newspapers and had some editors and publishers arrested
The action taken in statement B is also known as
The Fugitive Slave Law
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Anaconda Plan
The suspension of habeas corpus
- 10. Multiple Choice
. . . And now to the point. In our opinion, an opinion which has been formed from data obtained by assiduous [thorough] researches, and comparisons, from laborious investigation, logical reasoning, and earnest reflection, the causes which have impeded the progress and prosperity of the South, which have dwindled our commerce, and other similar pursuits, into the most contemptible insignificance; sunk a large majority of our people in galling poverty and ignorance, rendered a small minority conceited and tyrannical, and driven the rest away from their homes; entailed upon us a humiliating dependence on the Free States; disgrace us in the recesses of our own souls, and brought us under reproach in the eyes of all civilians and enlightened nations-may all be traced to one common source, and there find solution in the most hateful and horrible word, that was ever incorporated into the vocabulary of human economy ---Slavery! ...
- Hinton Helper, The Impending Crisis of the South: How To Meet It, 1857
This statement most clearly expresses the author's opinion that slavery
should be extended into the western territories
caused the North to be dependent on the South
was the cause of economic and social problems in the South
was the reason the South should secede from the Union
- 11. Multiple Choice
The South won many battles and the Civil War lasted four years. These two facts support the conclusion that
the Underground Railroad was important to the Southern cause
factors other than those shown in the graphs were important
the North was more dependent on foreign aid than the South
personal wealth was a key factor in determining the outcome of the war
- 12. Multiple Choice
what is sectionalism?
emphasis on war rather than peace
emphasis on slave labor rather than factory labor
emphasis on local rather than national identity
emphasis on national rather than local identity
- 13. Multiple Choice
What sort of society was the North mostly? (Pick all that apply)
Rural
Agricultural
Industrial
Urban
- 14. Multiple ChoiceAbraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared --United State's freedom from Great Britainan end to the Civil Warfreedom for slaves in rebellious southern statesthe beginning of Reconstruction
- 15. Multiple Choice"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." -- Abraham Lincoln 1858
According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed thatslavery was immoral and should be abolished immediatelysectional differences threatened to destroy the Unionthe Souther states should be allowed to secedeto save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery - 16. Multiple ChoiceThe constitutional issue that was impacted by the Civil War was theexpansion of the president's war powersextension of the right to vote to all adultssupremacy of federal authority over the statescivil liberties of citizens during wartime
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War?unified popular support for the war effortsuperior military leadershipeconomic aid from Great Britain and Francegreater human and economic resources
- 18. 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
- 19. 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
- 20. 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.
- 21. 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
- 22. Multiple Choice
Speaker A: The political union created by the Constitution of the United States is not a temporary compact of the states but rather an unbreakable bond created by the people of the nation.
Speaker B: The reserved powers are clearly indicated and protected in both the original Constitution and in the 10th amendment of the Bill of Rights.
Speaker C: Liberty is best preserved in the hands of the government closest to the people. Union is desirable only if it preserves our liberty.
Speaker D: Nullification! Secession! What miserable words—words that threaten the continuance of both our liberty and our Union
Which two speakers express the greatest support for the concept of State's rights? (check all that apply)
A
B
C
D
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