WorksheetsAPUSH Chapter 12
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Irish workers in the 1840's tended to be....
a)
Protestant Presbyterian faith
b)
Catholic
c)
Farmers in the midwest
d)
financially stable
2.
Easiest place for slaves to escape without being recaptured was
a)
Canada
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Africa
d)
Spanish Florida
3.
Why did William Lloyd Garrison burn a copy of the U.S. Constitution?
a)
It limited the power of the states
b)
It didn't protect individual civil liberties
c)
Gave Executive branch too much power
d)
It protected slavery
4.
The Seneca Falls Convention focused on
a)
Women's rights
b)
Issues and concerns of the Iroquois
c)
Abolitionism
d)
secession from the Union
5.
After the California Gold Rush, Chinese immigrants found themselves....
a)
Back in China
b)
laying tracks for Union Pacific railroads
c)
laying tracks for Central Pacific railroads
d)
joining Irish workers in the labor union
6.
After 1830, slaveholders began to describe slavery as
a)
A necessary evil
b)
An unfortunate institution
c)
a positive good that benefited slaves
d)
An unprofitable institution going into distinction
7.
The opportunity for a slave to create a community and personal identity of their own, took place in ...
a)
small farm with 1-2 slaves
b)
large plantation
c)
At the master's church service
d)
where a meeting with free blacks took place
8.
What was the Know Nothing Party?
a)
An anti-immigrant group that formed after the wreckage of the Whig party
b)
People that didn't vote or pay attention to politics
c)
The group of politicians that advertised the
d)
African American voters
9.
Who wrote The Liberator?
a)
Edmund Ruffin
b)
Sarah Grimke
c)
Fredrick Douglas
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
10.
What was the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
a)
Resolutions calling for full equality and the right to vote for women.
b)
Deceleration to try and fix the opinions of politicians
11.
in 1852, the US population stood at...
a)
13 million
b)
17 million
c)
23 million
d)
34 million
12.
(According to Fredrick Douglas) A white mans power to enslave a black man lay in...
a)
Using a strict force
b)
Patrolling the slaves
c)
Keeping the slaves ignorant
d)
Teaching biblical obedience
13.
Without a teacher, how might a slave learn to read?
a)
From other illiterate slaves
b)
By sneaking into a schoolhouse
c)
From other white children
d)
From masters sunday church service
14.
(According to Fitzhugh) Like women and Children, Negroes require...
a)
An education to be responsible
b)
Role models to learn from
c)
Biblical guidance for leadership
d)
Masters to protect and govern
15.
Northern industrialist were cruel in that they didn't...
a)
Offer immigrants wages for their labor
b)
Provide steady work
c)
Take care of the children and elderly parents of the workers
d)
Feed their workers adequately
16.
A deprivation that women faced with the Seneca Falls Convention was...
a)
A lack of moral influence within the family home
b)
The lack of enfranchisement
c)
Lack of religious inspiration
d)
Lack of employment
17.
The Declarations of Sentiments and Resolutions argued that women did not have professions in theology, medicine, and law because...
a)
They lacked motivation
b)
They lacked interest
c)
They lacked educational opportunity
d)
They chose not to enter those fields
18.
According to the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, a women is civilly dead when...
a)
She remains single
b)
She gets married
c)
She inherits property
d)
She is born
19.
What was the main reason that Irish immigrants left Ireland and came to America
a)
The Great Famine of 1845-50
b)
Freedom of Religion in America
c)
Job oppurtunities
d)
Better wages
20.
What did the Committee of Vigilance do?
a)
A group of vigilantes asserting law and order
b)
Committee of cops working on vigilante cases
c)
Committee of vigilante supporters
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