The Civil War

Which problem is being discussed in the excerpted document above?

• Different perspectives on states rights prior to the United States Civil War

• Different perspectives on the abolition of slavery during the 1850’s

• Different perspectives on states ratifying the Constitution in 1787

• Different perspectives on the expansion of slavery during the mid 1800’s

The circumstances outlined in the document contributed to which of the following turning points?

• Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865

• Election of Rutherford B Hayes as President of the United States in 1876

• Emancipation Proclamation freeing all enslaved peoples issued in 1863

• Purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the United States in 1803

Which claim is supported by both Documents 1 and 2?

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin painted an inaccurate picture of slavery

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin scared pro-slavery critics

• Harriet Beecher Stowe influenced President Lincoln

• Harriet Beecher Stowe was an influential abolitionist

According to Document 2, what was a major effect of the publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• More Americans learned how to read in order to read the book

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States

• The Abolitionist movement began across the United States

• Harriet Beecher Stowe became a figure in the women’s suffrage movement

Both the black and white abolitionists mentioned in this document were fighting against which policy

• Enslavement of African Americans in the United States prior to the Civil War

• Desegregating the United States military during World War I and World War II

• The practice of indentured servitude used to settle American colonies in the early 1600’s

• Jim Crow laws implemented after the Civil War that were meant to segregate America

According to this excerpt, what was one key difference between black and white abolitionists?

• Black abolitionists relied only on existing political tactics such as voting and amending the Constitution

• White abolitionists felt that a variety of tactics were necessary, including armed rebellion

• Black abolitionists were more willing to engage in armed rebellion than white abolitionists

• White abolitionists did not participate in the Underground Railroad

Which of the following claims is supported by both documents 1 and 2?

• The Missouri Compromise allowed citizens to vote on whether their state would be a free or slave state

• The Missouri Compromise divided the nation into Northern free states and Southern slave states.

• The Missouri Compromise allowed Maine to be admitted as a slave state, and Missouri as a free state.

• The Missouri Compromise settled the debate over expanding slavery into the territories until the U.S. Civil War in 1861.

. In which order did the pre Civil War compromises occur?

• Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas Nebraska Act

• Kansas Nebraska Act, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise, Kansas Nebraska Act, Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act, Compromise of 1850, Missouri Compromise

According to the author, which of these was the most direct result of the Dred Scott decision?

• The Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy

• Abraham Lincoln’s election to the Presidency in 1860

• The Supreme Court overturning the Dred Scott decision

• The Abolition movement was sparked in the Southern states

According to the author, the Dred Scott decision was a turning point in American politics because

• The decision further divided the North and the South in the debate over slavery

• The decision forced the North and the South to compromise on slavery

• The decision changed the Republican party’s stance on slavery

• The decision encouraged Americans to vote against Lincoln in the election of 1860