Unit 3 Quiz

Where was the cotton kingdom located?

• the northeast

• the midwest

• the deep south

• the western territories

What was the effect of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• it reinforced efforts to limit slavery

• it nullified tariffs

• it validated popular sovereignty

• it overturned efforts to limit slavery

Which book inspired abolitionists to fight against slavery?

• The Declaration of Sentiments

• One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Common Sense

Which of these Civil War causes admitted 1 slave state, 1 free state and made a line dividing north and south at the 36th Parallel?

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Election of Lincoln

Which of these was the political idea that the citizens of a territory could decide the issue of slavery?

• manifest destiny

• popular sovereignty

• federalism

• separation of powers

Which political party formed because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Democratic

• Republican

• Democratic Republican

• Whigs

Which of these happened before shots were fired at Fort Sumter?

• the Battle of Gettysburg

• the Emancipation Proclamation was signed

• the Battle of Bull Run

• South Carolina seceded from the union

This battle was the turning point of the Civil War.

• the Battle of Bull Run

• the Battle of Gettysburg

• the Battle of Cold Harbor

• the Battle of Fort Donelson

Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?

• in Richmond

• in Washington DC

• in Appomattox

• in Charlottesville

Which of these descriptions fits Frederick Douglass?

• brave Civil War soldier

• abolitionist, voice for equality

• strong president during the Civil War

• senator from Kentucky