U.S. History: Civil War and Compromises Quiz

Both the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 were intended to settle disputes over

• the spread of slavery

• territorial conflicts with Mexico

• tariffs on imports

• immigration from Europe

In 1832, why did South Carolina threaten to secede from the Union?

• South Carolina wanted to be a British colony once again

• South Carolina was displeased with the Tariff of 1832.

• South Carolina felt that its coast was not being defended by the navy.

• South Carolina disagreed with a proposed law to end slavery

On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. What was John Brown’s goal?

• to start a slave rebellion

• to fight against abolitionists

• to capture escaped slaves

• to overthrow the government

What component of the Compromise of 1850 benefited the South the most?

• California would be admitted as a free state

• No slavery in Washington D.C.

• Missouri would be admitted as a slave state

• Fugitive Slave Law was instituted

The Kansas Nebraska Act heightened the sectional crisis because it _____________________________.

• resulted in radical pro-slavery and antislavery settlers clashing in Kansas

• stimulated Southern emigration to the territories taken from Mexico

• repealed the Fugitive Slave Act

• made Kansas and Nebraska free states

Which Supreme Court case ruled that no African-American was a citizen and overturned the Missouri Compromise and thus increased tensions leading to the Civil War?

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Who was the Union General who’s “March to the Sea” after the Battle of Atlanta successfully broke the South’s will to fight?

• Stonewall Jackson

• William T. Sherman

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

Which constitutional right did Lincoln suspend during the Civil War?

• right to vote

• income taxes

• Habeas Corpus

• draft

Which factor provided a military advantage to the north during the U.S. Civil War?

• Southern merchant ships outnumbered those controlled by the North.

• Seventy percent of U.S. railroad tracks existed in southern territory.

• The North made an alliance with France for troops and other aid against the South.

• The North had a population advantage of 3.5 to 1 over the south.

When the Civil War began, Abraham Lincoln’s main goal was to ________________.

• Preserve the Union

• Punish the South

• Invade Canada

• Free the slaves