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WorksheetsUnit 6: A House Divided
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Congressman Preston Brooks (SC-D) attacked congressman Charles Sumner (MA-R) by beating him with a cane for what purpose?
a)
To get back at him for degrading the Democratic Party
To get back at him for degrading the Democratic Party
b)
Defending his uncles honor
c)
For putting down slavery
d)
Defending his father’s honor
2.
Based on this image what is the ending result?
a)
Abraham Lincoln wins the Presidential election and SC secedes
b)
Abraham Lincoln wins the seat in the Senate for his state
c)
Southerners just deal with Lincoln’s victory
d)
Abraham Lincoln gains many new political enemies
3.
In the Compromise of 1877 Hayes would be elected president if both parties would agree on a compromise that involved Union troops being removed from the South and the construction of?
a)
New railways from the North to the South
b)
Thousands more Telegraph lines
c)
A Southern Transcontinental Railroad
d)
State legislative buildings in the South because of their destruction during the Civil War
4.
What did the effect did Uncle Tom's Cabin have on America?
a)
People wanted too learn how to read
b)
Northerners saw the inhumanity of slavery
c)
Northerners became more sympathetic towards slave owners
d)
Americans lost interest in the abolitionists movement
5.
What was the main cause of "Bleeding Kansas?"
a)
Slavery should not continue
b)
An increase in taxes caused a rebellion
c)
Kansas should be a free state or a slave state
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act was not passed in legislation
6.
All of the following motivated Carpetbaggers to move South except?
a)
Farming opportunities
b)
Take advantage of the struggling economy
c)
Southern hospility
d)
Political power and kindness
7.
What pieces of legislation was passed in 1850 to combat the actions taking place in the image?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Fugitive Slave Act
8.
Abraham Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus in some states during the Civil War, because of this people could be imprisoned without trial, what people were predominantly imprisoned?
a)
Northern Democrats
b)
Copperheads
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Scalawags
9.
What party was against Lincolns Ten percent Plan? and Why?
a)
Democrats, they didnt agree with the punishment
b)
Radical Republican, they believed the consequences were not strong enough
c)
Whigs, they didnt like Lincoln
d)
Free Soils, they wanted to expand Slavery
10.
What effect did the Dred Scott Case have on African Americans?
a)
It made slaves property
b)
It abolished slavery
c)
African Americans are not citizens
d)
Freed slaves
11.
What advantage did the Union have over the Confederates?
a)
Robert E. Lee was their general
b)
They had the home field advantage
c)
The Union had a small population
d)
The Union had a navy to block southern ports
12.
After what battle did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Antietam
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
13.
What rebellion was the bloodiest rebellion in the south that resulted in 60 dead whites, strengthened slavery laws, and the execution of an astounding amount of slaves and free blacks?
a)
The Stono Rebellion
b)
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
c)
Gabriel Prosser's Rebellion
d)
Louisiana Revolt
14.
As a part of the Compromise of 1850, what state was the south willing to give up in return for the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Law?
a)
California
b)
Nebraska
c)
Oklahoma
d)
Kansas
15.
What was the goal of the Free Soil Party?
a)
To prohibit slavery from expanding into the western territories
b)
To give out free land to farmers so they will expand their plantations
c)
To support the growth of slavery in the south and west so slave owning states would have more of a say in the government
d)
To give free soil to farmers to promote growth of the economy based on increased farming
16.
What piece of legislation allowed the black groups, such as the 54th Massachusetts regiment, to join the Union Army?
a)
The Abolition of Slavery Act
b)
The Emancipation Proclimation
c)
The Black Codes
d)
The 13th Amendment
17.
Why were some southerners called scalawags?
a)
Because they wanted to move north
b)
Because they were republicans living around a lot of democrats
c)
Because they were republicans living around a lot of democrats
d)
Because they moved south from the north
18.
What was the union plan that caused the confederacy to start failing and made them start running out of supplies during the Civil War?
a)
The Anaconda Plan
b)
Gorilla Warfare
c)
Defensive Plan
d)
The Serpent Plan
19.
Who was/were stopping the African Americans from voting after the Civil War?
a)
Black Codes
b)
Klu Klux Klan
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Robert E. Lee
20.
What law was suppose to stop slavery from expanding to the new territories acquired from the Mexico?
a)
Emancipation proclamation
b)
Compromise of 1858
c)
Compromise of 1877
d)
The Wilmot Proviso
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