Unit 7 Exam Review

In 1861 a civil war began between northern and southern states of the United States. A major reason for this conflict was a disagreement about —

• the admission of free states into the union

• the right of states to maintain the practice of slavery

• the return of fugitive enslaved people to slaveholders

• the extension of citizenship rights to formerly enslaved people

The expansion of slavery into western territories result in growing sectionalism because it —

• pushed American Indians from their land

• expanded federal control over public lands

• increased the power of the federal government

• threatened to upset the balance of power in Congress

Study the diagram. Which event best completes this diagram?

• Civil war

• Manifest Destiny

• American Revolution

• Westward Expansion

Study the map. What was the most significant cause of the division shown on this map?

• the Civil War

• Popular sovereignty

• Westward expansion

• the expansion of slavery

What was the effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• It gave Congress the power to legalize slavery.

• It allowed the U.S. president to legalize slavery.

• It let the people vote whether to legalize slavery.

• It told states to decide whether to legalize slavery.

Which quotation addresses the main conflict that led to the Civil War?

• brought forth on this continent a new nation

• that all men are created equal

• never forget what they did here

• shall not perish from earth

The Republican candidate who won the presidential election of 1860 was —

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen A. Douglas

• John C. Breckinridge

• John Bell

Did the Confederate States of America use the song "Dixie's Land"?

• to promote their cause

• to inspire the enemy

• to have entertainment for the army

• to boost record sales

What song composed by Daniel Decatur Emmett is this excerpt from?

• Dixie Land

• Yankee Doodle

• The Southern Soldier Boy

• The Star-Spangled Banner

Use the following paragraphs from Week 19 to answer the question.

" The southern states did not approve of Abraham Lincoln for president. Nine southern

states did not have his name on the ballot. The state governments of these nine statesthreatened that if Lincoln was elected president, they would leave the Union.

Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was elected president in November 1860. Within a few days of

the election results, the two senators from South Carolina resigned. On Dec. 20, 1860, the

South Carolina state legislature met. They voted 169 to 0 for “the union now subsisting

between South Carolina and other States, under the name of ‘The United States of America,’

is hereby dissolved.” Why did the results of the 1860 election cause concern in the South?"

Based on these paragraphs, why did the results of the 1860 election cause concern in the

South?

Answer explanation

Key Ideas

* Abraham Lincoln was elected president.

* He was seen as unfriendly toward slavery.

* Southern states worried he would try to make slavery illegal across the South.