US Unit 3 Test

Where was the cotton kingdom located?

• Caribbean

• Deep South

• Mid Atlantic

• New England

Which compromise established the 36°30 line of latitude as the boundary to determine the slave status of states entering the U.S.?

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

Which book inspired those in the abolitionist movement to continue to fight slavery?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Liberator

• Seneca Falls Declaration

• Common Sense

What did the Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court do?

• Nullified popular sovereignty

• Nullified high tariffs

• supported the Cherokee effort to keep their native lands

• Overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery

What political idea gave citizens, in a specific territory, the right to decide the issue of slavery themselves? (Hint: Kansas-Nebraska Act)

• nullification

• manifest destiny

• popular sovereignty

• attrition

The Kansas-Nebraska Act eventually led to the birth of what political party?

• Whig

• Democratic

• Republican

• Anti-Federalist

Which event best completes the flow chart?

• Union victory at Gettysburg

• South Carolina secedes from the Union

• Robert E. Lee surrenders at Gettysburg

• Emancipation Proclamation issued

What is the correct chronological order of the events numbered above?

• 3, 2, 1, 4

• 1, 2, 3, 4

• 2, 3, 4, 1

• 4, 1, 2, 3

What was Lincoln's goal at the beginning of the war?

• To punish the South for seceding

• To gain wealth by taking Southern cotton

• To preserve the Union as a nation

• To abolish slavery

Who was named the top Southern general and commanded all Confederate forces until the end of the Civil War?

• Robert E. Lee

• George McClellan

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William Sherman