
Unit Test 3B - Sectionalism/Civil War
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Social Studies
11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Which group benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)?
(1) abolitionists
(2) immigrants
(3) slave owners
(4) enslaved persons
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Slavery throughout the United States was permanently abolished by the
(1) ratification of the Constitution of the United States
(2) approval of the Republican Party platform of 1860
(3) issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
(4) adoption of the 13th amendment to the Constitution
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
“Since the Southern states never legally left the Union, they should be restored to the Union as soon as possible.”
The position expressed in this statement is most closely associated with the beliefs of
(1) Robert E. Lee
(2) Thaddeus Stevens
(3) Jefferson Davis
(4) Abraham Lincoln
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
The events listed below all contributed to...
• Publication of The Liberator
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott decision
(1) outbreak of the Civil War
(2) formation of the policy of Manifest Destiny
3) passage of the Missouri Compromise
(4) annexation of Texas
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Base your answers to questions 6 and 7 on the passage below and your knowledge of Social Studies.
… In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to “preserve, protect, and defend it.” …
— President Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861
President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to
(1) urge Congress to spend money to buy the freedom of slaves
(2) convince Southerners that he posed no threat to their way of life
(3) offer to compromise his position regarding territorial expansion of slavery
(4) persuade Americans that war between the North and South was unavoidable
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
When President Lincoln made this speech, which step toward civil war had already taken place?
(1) The Emancipation Proclamation had been issued
(2) Union troops had invaded several Southern states
(3) General Robert E. Lee had led an attack on Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
(4) Several Southern states had seceded from the Union
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
One way that “Bleeding Kansas,” the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry had a similar effect on the United States was that these events
(1) ended conflict over slavery in the territories
(2) eased tensions between the North and the South
(3) contributed to the formation of the Whig Party
(4) made sectional compromise more difficult
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