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Unit 9 SS Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What caused tension between the North and South?
a)
Books about slavery
b)
Workers going on strike
c)
Women's rights to vote
d)
Taxes on imported goods
2.
One major cause of the Civil War was a disagreement about -
a)
allowing free states into the Union
b)
the right of states to practice slavery
c)
the fugitive slave act
d)
allowing former slaves to become citizens
3.
Which of the following contributed to the Civil War?
a)
the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
b)
the Dred Scott decision
c)
the raid at Harper's Ferry
d)
all of the above
4.
What marked the beginning of the Civil War?
a)
South Carolina seceding from the Union
b)
Confederate soldiers firing on Fort Sumter
c)
Abraham Lincoln being elected president
d)
Jefferson Davis being elected president of the Confederacy
5.
The invention of the cotton gin increased the need for-
a)
immigrants
b)
trade ports
c)
textile factories
d)
enslaved people
6.
How was the land in the North used compared to how it was used in the South?
a)
North-large plantations
South-mining
b)
North-large farms
South-factories
c)
North-factories
South-large farms and plantations
d)
North-shipbuilding
South-small cotton farms
7.
How were settlement patterns changing in the early 1800s?
a)
most lived in large urban centers
b)
urban areas of the North were rapidly increasing
c)
southerners moved to the North
d)
northern populations decreased as people moved west
8.
Which geographic factors contributed to why plantations were established in the South?
a)
mild winters and warm summers
b)
protection from hurricanes
c)
large amounts of snow
d)
heavy rainfall
9.
The location of most cities depended on what?
a)
mild winters
b)
access to sea ports
c)
location to gold mines
d)
distance from hurricanes
10.
The plantation system grew because of the demand for-
a)
sugar
b)
cotton
c)
tobacco
d)
peanuts
11.
Abraham Lincoln showed how __________ he was by delivering the Gettysburg Address.
a)
honest
b)
religious
c)
inspirational
d)
decisive
12.
Harriet Tubman was-
a)
skilled at diplomacy
b)
able to compromise
c)
courageous in action
d)
generous with wealth
13.
When Johnny Comes Marching Home was a popular song after the Civil War because-
a)
people were needed to continue running factories
b)
slaves were able to escape the South
c)
families were separated for a long time during the war
d)
immigrants came to America to serve in the army