WorksheetsS.C. History Standard 8-4 Review
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 39mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
used as a way to attract new settlers; New settlers received 50 acres of land.
a)
headright system
b)
indentured servants
c)
manumission
d)
assimilation
2.
The Southern economy during the colonial and Antebellum ears was based on:
a)
shipbuilding
b)
iron works
c)
agriculture
d)
mining
3.
This lead to increased cotton production across South Carolina. It also lead to an increase in slavery.
a)
drought
b)
cotton gin
c)
boll weevil
d)
The Great Depression
4.
By 1860, South Carolina had the highest percentage of _____ in the nation.
a)
indentured servants
b)
slaves
c)
headright beneficiaries
d)
subsistence farmers
5.
A _____ is an agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit.
a)
culled crop
b)
cash crop
c)
truck crop
d)
subsistence crop
6.
In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin and South Carolina farmers had a new cash crop. As a result they planted more cotton and became more dependent on _____.
a)
indentured servants
b)
the Regulator Movement
c)
subsistence farming
d)
slave labor
7.
In 1810, South Carolina became the first state to give the vote to all _____.
a)
white males over the age of 21
b)
women over the age of 18
c)
white males over the age of 18
d)
freedmen over the age of 21
8.
a)
cotton farming spread
b)
Native American tribes grew rapidly in the South
9.
Which of the following had the greatest effect on the institution of slavery in the United States in the early 1800s?
a)
Demands of Southern textile manufacturers for cotton
b)
Introduction of crop rotation and fertilizers
c)
Use of more stringent techniques of slave control
d)
Invention of the cotton gin
10.
to send (goods or services) to another country for sale
a)
import
b)
export
c)
migrate
d)
immigrate
11.
a product brought into a country to be sold there
a)
import
b)
export
c)
migrate
d)
immigrate
12.
occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War
a)
oxymoron
b)
annihilate
c)
anachronism
d)
antebellum
13.
How did northern mill owners acquire great wealth indirectly due to slave labor.
a)
They sold slaves to southern cotton farmers.
b)
They bought cotton from southern farmers.
c)
They built slave ships.
d)
Slaves worked in the northern mills.
14.
in 1860, less than 10% of all immigrants to America lived in the South. Why?
a)
The South limited the number of immigrants they allowed in.
b)
Most northern states offered an immediate job for anyone moving in.
c)
Southern planters forced immigrants into slavery.
d)
The economy in the South was dominated by agriculture and did not provide enough jobs for immigrants.
15.
A farm that produces or makes everything the people need to live would be:
a)
self-sustaining
b)
substantial
c)
regulated
d)
nullified
16.
Many southerners justified slavery by arguing that the slaves…
a)
were not worked very hard.
b)
had many responsibilities that taught them leadership.
c)
were well compensated.
d)
were better cared for than factory workers in the North.
17.
A feeling that people have of being loyal to and proud of their country often with the belief that it is better and more important than other countries.
a)
socialism
b)
nationalism
c)
sectionalism
d)
federalism
18.
In national politics, _____ is loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
a)
socialism
b)
nationalism
c)
sectionalism
d)
federalism
19.
Which of the answers did not contribute to sectionalism between the North and the South before the Civil War?
a)
slavery
b)
control of the military
c)
state's rights
d)
tariffs
20.
Although both Northerners and Southerners supported the ratification of the Constitution, the different interests of the regions helped to create…
a)
the institution of slavery.
b)
the two-party political system.
c)
the National Bank.
d)
the Bill of Rights.
21.
A minority of southern whites owned slaves,
a)
and nonslaveholders dominated the political system in the state.
b)
but the slaveholding planters exercised power and influence far in excess of their numbers.
c)
and they treated the slaves as equals.
d)
so slavery was not very important to the southern economy.
22.
Southern slave owners were not willing to give up their slaves. However, they were afraid that the growing slave population would lead to what?
a)
overpopulation
b)
rebellions
c)
disease
d)
the end of slavery
23.
He was a freedman who planned a rebellion but was arrested before it took place.
a)
Denmark Vesey
b)
Charles Pinckney
c)
Francis Marion
d)
Strom Thurmond
24.
After the 1739 Stono Rebellion the South Carolina General Assembly passed...
a)
strict child labor laws.
b)
a women's rights law.
c)
new voting laws.
d)
strict slave codes.
25.
The largest slave rebellion in America prior to the Revolutionary War was the _____ Rebellion.
a)
Vesey
b)
Turner
c)
Stono
d)
Tubman
26.
Refers to the act of putting an end to something by law. It may refer to: ending slavery.
a)
sedition
b)
abolition
c)
secession
d)
concession
27.
the act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves
a)
capitalism
b)
submission
c)
manumission
d)
secession
28.
The “peculiar institution” was another way of saying…
a)
government.
b)
slavery.
c)
church.
d)
secret societies.
29.
Two famous female abolitionists from South Carolina
a)
Julia Peterkin & Modjeska Simpkins
b)
Eliza Pinckney & Mary Chesnut
c)
Rebecca Motte & Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Angelina & Sarah Grimke
30.
The _____ was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.
a)
pony express
b)
Oregon Trail
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Underground Railroad
31.
The most famous "conductor" of the Underground Railtoad
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Mary Boykin Chesnut
d)
Julia Peterkin
32.
The map represents the:
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
Nullification Crisis
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
The Missouri Compromise
33.
As a part of the Missouri Compromise, _____ was admitted as a slave state, _____ was admitted as a free state and no slavery could be in the territories above the _____ line.
a)
Missouri, Maine, 36'30'
b)
Maine, Missouri, 36'30'
c)
Missouri, California, Maginault
d)
California, Missouri, Maginault
34.
Why would upsetting the balance of free states and slave states cause a problem?
a)
It would provide a sanctuary for runaway slaves.
b)
It would give one side more power in Congress.
35.
a legal theory that a state has the right to invalidate any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional.
a)
secession
b)
nullification
c)
manumission
d)
quitrent
36.
A tax imposed on imported goods and services.
a)
quitrent
b)
export
c)
tariff
d)
treaty
37.
Why did the South object to the tariff of 1828?
a)
It hurt their economy.
b)
They had no say in Congress when it was passed.
c)
It threatened the institution of slavery.
d)
It caused the price of cotton to rise.
38.
The document was a protest against the Tariff of 1828, also known as the Tariff of Abominations. The document stated that if the tariff was not repealed, South Carolina would secede. It stated also a Doctrine of nullification.
a)
The Magna Carta
b)
The Tennis Court Oath
c)
The South Carolina Exposition and Protest
d)
The Wade-Davis Bill
39.
A doctrine and a strategy in which the rights of the individual states are protected by the U.S. Constitution from interference by the federal government.
a)
states' rights
b)
checks and balances
c)
the elastic clause
d)
delegated powers
40.
A threat by the state of South Carolina to secede if they could not nullify the Tariff of Abominations.
a)
The Stono Rebellion
b)
Shay's Rebellion
c)
The Nullification Crisis
d)
The Cuban Missile Crisis
41.
Who were the president and vice president of the United States at the start of the Nullification Crisis?
a)
Andrew Jackson & John C. Calhoun
b)
Andrew Jackson & Henry Clay
c)
Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson
d)
Abraham Lincoln & William Seward
42.
to withdraw from a political or religious alliance of union
a)
nullify
b)
secede
c)
void
d)
ratify
43.
Who was the first American politician to advocate the theory of nullification?
a)
John C. Calhoun
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Thomas Jefferson
44.
laws passed by the United States Congress in 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory
a)
the Alien and Sedition Acts
b)
the Fugitive Slave Laws
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
the 13th Amendment
45.
anti-slavery novel that was banned in the South
a)
The Jungle
b)
The Scarlet Letter
c)
The SC Exposition and Protest
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
46.
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
John Wilkes Booth
d)
Mary Boykin Chesnut
47.
Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin considered a cause of the Civil War?
a)
It exposed people to slavery who had never been around it.
b)
It was a code name for a slave rebellion.
c)
It was a stop on the Underground Railroad.
d)
It justified slavery in the South.
48.
What led to violence in Kansas in 1855?
a)
the repeal of the Compromise of 1850
b)
the election of Abraham Lincoln as president
c)
the verdict in Dred Scott v. Sandford
d)
the rivalry between proslavery and antislavery settlers
49.
This is the idea that political power belongs to the people—who should decide on banning or allowing slavery in places like Kansas
a)
Popular Will
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Sovereignty
d)
Popular vote
50.
The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property and could be taken anywhere by their owners
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Briggs v. Elliot
c)
Dred Scot v. Sandford
d)
Brown v. The Board of Education
51.
What was John Brown infamous for doing?
a)
leading slaves on the Underground Railroad
b)
publishing an abolitionist newspaper
c)
leading a slave rebellion
d)
assassinating the governor of South Carolina
52.
The secession of South Carolina from the United States in 1860 was prompted by
a)
John Brown's rebellion
b)
the election of Lincoln as the president
c)
the Dred Scott decision
d)
the Redeemers
53.
The idea that slavery should not be allowed to expand to the territories is…
a)
secession.
b)
abolitionism.
c)
free soil.
d)
popular sovereignty.
54.
South Carolinians who wanted to secede from the Union were
a)
Unionists
b)
Secessionists
c)
Cooperationists
d)
Scalawags
55.
South Carolinians who did not want to secede from the Union were
a)
Unionists
b)
Secessionists
c)
Cooperationists
d)
Scalawags
56.
South Carolinians who wanted to secede only if other states also seceded were called
a)
Unionists
b)
Secessionists
c)
Cooperationists
d)
Scalawags
57.
Nullification Crisis
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Election of 1860
a)
Causes of the Compromise of 1850
b)
Causes of the election of Abraham Lincoln
c)
Causes of the War of 1812
d)
Causes of the Civil War
58.
Take Richmond, Virginia
Gain control of the Mississippi River
Blockade the coast
Gain control of the Mississippi River
Blockade the coast
a)
Northern War strategy
b)
Southern War strategy
59.
A _____ is an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
a)
blockade
b)
secession
c)
proclamation
d)
confederacy
60.
Most of the fighting of the Civil War took place in _____ and ______.
a)
western North Carolina, along the Savannah River
b)
eastern Massachusetts, along the Potomac River
c)
Virginia and along the Mississippi River
d)
western Texas, along the Colorado River
61.
First battle of the Civil War
a)
Fort Moultrie
b)
Camden
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Gettysburg
62.
Who had more advantages going into the Civil War?
a)
The South
b)
The North (United States)
63.
The North captured Port Royal, S.C. and used it as a
a)
prisoner of war camp
b)
refueling station for blockade boats
c)
refuge for fleeing slaves
d)
military camp
64.
Which of the following was new technology used during the Civil War?
a)
The Hunley
b)
The hand grenade
c)
muskets
d)
flags
65.
An all black regiment that is famous for fighting at Fort Wagner, South Carolina.
a)
Doolittle's Raiders
b)
The 54th Massachusetts
c)
The Tuskegee Airmen
d)
The 101st Pennsylvannia
66.
This man was an escaped slave, a war Civil War hero, a ship's captain, and a U.S. Congressman.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Robert Smalls
c)
William Sherman
d)
Robert Anderson
67.
warfare that includes any and all civilian-associated resources and infrastructure as legitimate military targets
a)
quitrent
b)
guerilla
c)
total
d)
trench
68.
Which answer is the best title for the map?
a)
The Missouri Compromise
b)
Sherman's March to the Sea
c)
The Underground Railroad
d)
Lee's defense of Richmond
69.
During the Civil War, the Confederacy enacted its infamous “Twenty Negro Law,” which exempted persons owning twenty or more slaves from military service in the southern army. Who would have benefited from this law?
a)
slaves
b)
women
c)
wealthy plantation owners
d)
poor farmers
70.
Freed all slaves in the rebelling states during the Civil War
a)
13th Amendment
b)
The Wilmot Proviso
c)
The 14th Amendment
d)
The Emancipation Proclamation
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