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2019 Civil War Review #3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Dred Scott decision 
a)
angered northerners because it allowed people to decide about slavery through popular sovereignty
b)
angered northerners because it allowed the spread of slavery 
c)
calmed northerners because it allowed people to decide about slavery through popular sovereignty
d)
calmed northerners because it allowed the spread of slavery 
2.
The idea that a state could nullify (cancel) a law led to what other idea about state’s rights?
a)
Secession
b)
Abolition
c)
Sectionalism
d)
Protective Tariffs
3.

This Amendment holds that, "No Citizen shall be denied the right to vote based on race color or previous condition of servitude." (VOTE)

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

4.
As Lincoln took office his top priority was:
a)
Ending Slavery
b)
Preserving the Union
c)
Expanding the Confderacy
d)
Expanding exports to France
5.
The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was to
a)
prevent slaves from having group gatherings or meetings.
b)
prevent slaves from testifying against whites in court trials.
c)
require slaves that had run away to go back to their owners.
d)
require slaves to have citizenship papers in order to obtain jobs.
6.

What piece of legislation allowed California to join the Union as a free state and strengthened the Fugitive Slave Law?

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

MIssouri Compromise

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Great Compromise

7.
The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it --
a)
allowed the Confederate army to seize Washington D.C.
b)
broke the Union blockade along the Gulf of Mexico
c)
enabled the Confederate army to seek French assistance
d)
gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River
8.
What was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War?
a)
unified popular support for the war effort
b)
superior military leadership
c)
economic aid from Great Britain and France
d)
greater human and economic resources
9.
What advantage did the South have the North during the Civil War?
a)
greater manufacturing
b)
more effective navy
c)
better government
d)
more capable military leaders
10.

Which newspaper headline might have appeared during the Civil War (1861-1865)?

a)

"John Brown captured in raid on Harpers Ferry"

b)

Supreme Court issues Dred Scott Decision"

c)

"Lincoln ends slavery in rebellion states."

d)

"Former slaves given the right to vote."

11.
Which event was the immediate cause of the secession of several Southern states from the Union in 1860?
a)
The Dred Scott decision by the U.S. Supreme Court
b)
The election of President Abraham LIncoln
c)
The enactment of the Missouri Compromise
d)
The raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry by John Brown
12.
Ulysses S. Grant was to the Union as ___________ was to the Confederacy
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Abraham Lincoln
13.

In the Dred Scott decision, it was decided that:

a)

African Americans can not be citizens

b)

There cannot be slaves in free states

c)

Slavery is illegal

d)

Maine would be free, Missouri would be slave state

14.

Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Secession

15.

Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.

a)

foreign goods

b)

slaves

c)

milk and eggs

d)

labor

16.

Kansas earned this nickname as a result of the violence that broke out over disagreements for the expansion of slavery.

a)

Pottowatomie massacre

b)

The Jayhawk State

c)

Bleeding Kansas

d)

Kansas United

17.
How did the Federal Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott case?
a)
In favor of Dred Scott
b)
Against Dred Scott
18.
I Signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
a)
Abraham Lincoln 
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Ulysses S. Grant 
d)
Henry Clay  
19.

I burned the city of Atlanta, and destroyed much of the south on my March to the Sea

a)

Stonewall Jackson

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

William T. Sherman

d)

Abraham Lincon

20.

18th president of the U.S.

a)
b)
c)

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