Social Studies 3.3.5 Test

What was the result of the Dred Scott decision, and how did it contribute to the conflict between the North and South?

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  The Dred Scott decision granted Dred Scott his freedom and ended slavery in the United States.

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  The Dred Scott decision declared that slavery was illegal in the territories and angered Southern slave owners.

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  The Dred Scott decision ruled that the federal government could not stop slavery in the territories, which made the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and increased tension between the North and South.

Match each person to the correct description.

• Harriet Tubman

• became well-known for speaking out against slavery and fighting for the rights of women

• Frederick Douglass

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  an escaped enslaved man who became a prominent abolitionist, writer, and speaker

• Sojourner Truth

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  became one of the most famous conductors of the Underground Railroad and made numerous trips to slaveholding states to rescue enslaved people

Who won the election of 1860 and became the sixteenth president of the United States?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen A. Douglas

• John C. Breckinridge

Sort the states into Union or Confederate states.

Groups:

(a) Union states

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(b) Confederate states

• Texas

• Pennsylvania

• South Carolina

• Maine

Who did the South choose as the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

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  John Bell

Sort the people into the correct categories.

Groups:

(a) Union

,

(b) Confederacy

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

What document was issued by Abraham Lincoln that declared that enslaved people in the Confederate states were free?

• The Gettysburg Address

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  The Emancipation Proclamation

• U.S. Constitution

What was considered the turning point of the Civil War?

• The Fall of Vicksburg

• The Gettysburg Address

• The Battle of Gettysburg

What marked the end of the Civil War?

• The Fall of Vicksburg

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  The Gettysburg Address

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  The Surrender at Appomattox Court House

Which of the following is true about medical care and technology during the Civil War?

• Diseases were rare and easily treatable.

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  The railroad was used to transport troops and supplies.

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  Most doctors and nurses had formal training before the war.