Common Core 3

Which of the following examples would Southerners use to defend slavery as a

"positive good"?

• Slaves were allowed to grow their own food.

• Slaves would receive free childcare.

• Slaves were better cared for than factory workers in the North.

• Slaves would receive clothing twice a year.

Which of the following best explains why the Slave Codes were strengthened following the Denmark Vesey plot?

• The international slave trade ended.
• Many slaves were being smuggled into South Carolina.
• Strict rules showed pride in slave ownership.
• There was an increased sense of fear among whites.

Why did the federal government force Natives westward?

• Natives were best suited for inland living.
• Native lands could be used for economic gain.
• Natives had threatened to destroy eastern lands.
• Native lands had been ruined by slash and burn.

What does the term sectionalism mean?

• Loyalty to a particular region instead of the nation as a whole.
• Loyalty to the nation instead of a particular region.
• Loyalty to the section of the nation instead of the region.
• Loyalty to the foreign countries that buy exports instead of the U.S.

What was the Southern point of view about the expansion of slavery?

• They feared that if slavery could not expand then eventually slavery would be outlawed.
• They feared that if slavery expanded into the territories that the slave trade would increase.
• They feared that if slavery could not expand then eventually slaves would leave plantations.
• They feared the expansion of slavery.

Why were Southern slaveholders worried about the Northern states' control of the House of Representatives?

• They were worried because the North could try to outlaw slavery.
• They were worried that the North could control all judicial power.
• They were worried the North would pass laws limiting migration to the South.
• They were worried the North would try to end industrial development in the South.

Which of the following would be an argument made against abolitionist claims?

• Slaves were taken care of better than factory workers.
• Slaves were able to travel freely.
• Slaves could marry and enter into legal contracts.
• Slaves could choose their jobs on a plantation.

What did the Indian Removal Act give the government the ability to do?

• Force out all Native Americans immediately
• Give Indians new territory out west in exchange for their territory in the land east of the Mississippi River
• Give Indians new territory in South Carolina
• Give colonists new territory in Oklahoma

What was the Trail of Tears?

• The forced removal of Native Tribes East of the Mississippi River to modern day Oklahoma.
• A river in Oklahoma.
• The path taken by the US military to Georgia.
• The forced removal of Native tribes west of the Mississippi to modern day South Carolina.

How did John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry further increase sectionalism in the southern states?

• Southerners encouraged John Brown's pro-slavery actions and supported his raid.
• Southerners feared that abolitionists and freed slaves were a danger to them.
• Northerners claimed Brown's actions violated the Dred Scott decision.
• Northerners were shocked by the violence of Brown's raid and demanded his execution.