US History Standard 3 Part 1

Before the Civil War, which region had the larger urban population by 1860?

• North

• South

• West

Which of the following statements best characterizes the status of northern free blacks before the Civil War?

• they shared equal economic opportunities with poor whites

• they lived in integrated communities with poor whites

• they were able to vote and hold office

• they were the last hired and the first fired

What were William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Tubman, and Harriet Beecher Stowe best known for their efforts to do?

• create free public schools

• begin the temperance movement

• expand the rights of women

• oppose the practice of slavery

Why did sectional differences develop in the United States?

• the Federal Government adopted a policy of neutrality

• economic conditions and interests in each region varied

• only northerners were represented at the Constitution Convention

• early Presidents favored urban areas over rural areas

What were abolitionists in the pre-Civil War period most likely to support?

• removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia

• passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

• activities of the Underground Railroads

• use of popular sovereignty in the territories

Which of the following results was produced by Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• It enflamed emotions in both the North and the South

• The South took courage from its support of states’ rights

• Abolitionists objected to its sympathetic presentation of slavery

• Most African-Americans resented its characterization of Uncle Tom as a humble man

Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory?

• nullification

• sectionalism

• popular sovereignty

• southern secession

As the United States acquired more land between 1803 and 1850, controversy over these territories focused on the

• need for schools and colleges

• failure to conserve natural resources

• expansion of slavery

• construction of railroads

Why did large number of New Englanders move to Kansas in the 1850s?

• they wanted to claim the territory as a free state

• they wanted to claim the territory as a slave state

• they wanted to convert the Native Americans to Christianity

• they wanted to establish textile factories closer to the cotton fields

Which situation was the most immediate result of the Abraham Lincoln’s election to the presidency in 1860?

• Kansas and Nebraska joined the Union as free states.

• A constitutional amendment was adopted to end slavery.

• Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.

• Several Southern States seceded from the Union.