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WorksheetsCivil War Core Lesson One
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a tariff?
a)
A tax on exported goods
b)
A tax on imported goods
c)
a person that arrests people
d)
a high priced item
2.
What are states' rights?
a)
the rights of the people of a state
b)
federal government should make all the decisions
c)
states, not the federal government, should make the decisions
d)
who knows
3.
What are states' rights?
a)
the rights of the people of a state
b)
federal government should make all the decisions
c)
states, not the federal government, should make the decisions
d)
who knows
4.
What Southerner argued against tariffs and argued for states' rights?
a)
Washington
b)
John C. Calhoun
c)
William Garrison
d)
Sojourner Truth
5.
What is sectionalism?
a)
Being separated from the rest
b)
Sectioning off the country
c)
Loyalty to one part of the country
d)
Being sectioned to the north
6.
What is an abolitionist?
a)
someone who joined the movement to end slavery
b)
someone who wanted to abolish states rights
c)
someone who wanted to start slavery
d)
someone who wanted to abolish the country
7.
Did the North or the South believe secession was the only way to protect their states' rights?
a)
North
b)
South
8.
What is the name of the eleven Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 1861?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
c)
The Southerners
d)
Republicans
9.
Was Abraham Lincoln FOR slavery or against it?
a)
FOR
b)
AGAINST
10.
Who did Lincoln run against in 1858 for Senate?
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
John Breckinridge
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