Unit 5 - The U.S. Prior to the Civil War

The North's economy was based mainly on ______.

• manufacturing

• farming

• slave trade

• gold

What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper started by William Llyod Garrison?

• The North Star

• The Liberator

• Abolitionist Post

• New York Times

Congress passed _____ on imported goods, helping Northern factories but causing high prices in the south.

• laws

• tickets

• tariffs

• checks

______ ______ was an abolitionist who also brought attention to the need for women's rights.

• Sacajawea

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Abraham Lincoln

The South's economy was mostly based on ______ and Southerners lived in ____ areas.

• industry, urban

• gold, mining

• agriculture, rural

The ______ ______ stated territories could choose whether or not to allow slavery or not.

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Louisiana Purchase

• Manifest Destiny

____ _____ was an escaped slave who spoke out against slavery.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Beacher Stowe

• Frederick Douglas

• John Brown

The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the two territories the right to _____

• abolish slavery

• choose to allow slavery or not

• join the confederacy

• remain territories

Which battle marked the beginning of the Civil War

• Battle of Fort Moudin

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Fort Collins

Which was NOT a candidate in the presidential Election of 1812

• John Bell

• John Adams

• John Breckinridge

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglass