The Civil War Quiz

Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to

• enforce the Emancipation Proclamation

• preserve the union

• end slavery throughout the entire country

• encourage sectionalism

In the period between 1820 and 1860, Southerners wanted slavery extended to the Western territories so that the South could

• continue to elect Southern Presidents

• continue to dominate the Supreme Court

• keep enough strength in the Senate to protect Southern interests

• use slave labor to expand Southern industries

Which issue is reflected in this headlines?

• status of slavery in the territories and new states

• growth of agriculture on the Great Plains

• clash of federal and state powers

• conflicts with foreign nations over the West

Abolitionists in the pre-Civil War period were most likely to support the

• removal of Cherokee from Georgia

• passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

• activities of the Underground Railroad

• use of popular sovereignty in the territories

The election results shown on this map most clearly reflect the influence of

• nationalist motives

• sectional differences

• political stability

• ethnic conflicts

The "divided house" referred to in this speech was caused primarily by

• expansionism

• war with Mexico

• slavery

• the suffrage movement

Which problem did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and then Kansas-Nebraska Act attempt to solve?

• extension of slavery into the western territories

• equitable distribution of frontier lands to the owners of small farms

• placement of protective tariffs on foreign imports

• need for international improvements in transportation

Which event was the immediate cause of the secession of several Southern states from the Union in 1860?

• the Dred Scott decision, which declared that all prior compromises on the extension of slavery into the territories were unconstitutional

• the Missouri Compromise, which kept an even balance between the number of free and slave states

• the raid on the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, which was led by militant abolitionist John Brown

• the election of President Abraham Lincoln, who opposed the spread of slavery into the territories

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

This 1863 poster is recruiting African Americans to help

• defeat the Confederacy in the Civil War

• assist in the efforts of the Underground Railroad

• settle land in the South and border states

• enforce the terms of the Fugitive Slave Act