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Ch. 17 - Sectionalism

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 2hrs 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is known as the Great Compromiser?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Henry Clay
2.

Which controversial law stated that runaway slaves should be returned to their owners?

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Dred Scott Decision

d)

Slaveholder Law

3.

How was "Uncle Tom's Cabin" received in the South? (more than one applies)

a)

Southerners felt that it was not an accurate portrayal.

b)

It was banned in the South

c)

Southerners appreciated the inside look of their society.

d)

Southerners accepted the book.

4.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book to show the cruelties of slavery. What was it called?
a)
12 Years a Slave
b)
Ain't I a Woman
c)
The Slave Codes
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
5.

1857 ruling declared slaves are property, not citizens and it declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.

a)

Dred Scott v Sandford

b)

McCulloch v Maryland

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Gibbons v. Ogden

6.

Kansas was named "Bleeding Kansas" because _____________.

a)

the ground bled.

b)

the dirt was dark red.

c)

many people lost their lives after the vote.

d)

The first battle of the Civil War took place there.

7.
Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, how would Kansas and Nebraska decide if they were a free or slave state?
a)
follow the Missouri Compromise
b)
President would decide
c)
Governors would decide
d)
popular sovereignty
8.

Why did southern states begin to secede after Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860?

a)

Southern states believed Lincoln would abolish slavery

b)

Southerners believed Lincoln was pro-slavery

c)

Southern states didn't like Abraham Lincoln as a person

d)

Southern states believed in the same things as Lincoln

9.
Sectionalism?
a)
loyalty to the interest of your own region 
b)
to withdraw or break away from a a nation
c)
favoring the interests of the country
d)
an official expression of opinion by a group
10.
Secede?
a)
something use to plant in the dirt
b)
loyalty to the interest of your own region 
c)
to withdraw or break away from a nation
d)
the separation or isolation of a race
11.
Southerners justified secession with the theory of
a)
Constitutional rights
b)
Sectionalism
c)
States' rights
d)
the 1st Amendment
12.
Who was Harriet Tubman?  
a)
She led many slaves to the Underground Railroad.  
b)
She started the Underground Railroad.  
c)
She died being a slave in 1913.  
d)
A woman born in Africa.
13.
People who campaigned to end slavery were called ____.
a)
conformists
b)
rebels
c)
abolitionists
d)
yankees
14.
What was the IMPACT of the Dred Scott Decision?
a)
Slavery was technically LEGAL in all states
b)
Slavery was technically ILLEGAL in all states
c)
The Missouri Compromise stayed the same
d)
There was no impact
15.

Which compromise is being described below?

-Kept the balance of free and slave states

- Missouri is a slave state

- Maine is a free state

- New states above the 36'30' were free

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

1850 Compromise

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

The Great Compromise

16.

Which compromise is being described below?

- California is a free state

- Ban the slave trade in D.C.

- Utah and New Mexico decide on slavery by popular sovereignty

- Includes the Fugitive Slave Law

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

1850 Compromise

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

The Great Compromise

17.

Which compromise is being described below?

- Decide on slavery by popular sovereignty

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

1850 Compromise

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

The Great Compromise

18.
Which state was the first to secede?
a)
South Carolina
b)
Texas
c)
Virginia
d)
Georgia
19.
Where was the location of the first battle of the Civil War?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Harper's Ferry
c)
Bleeding Kansas
d)
Missouri
20.
Which event most directly caused the southern states to secede?
a)
Election of 1860
b)
The Dred Scott Decision
c)
Raid on Harper's Ferry
d)
The Fugitive Slave Law
21.

Abolitionist, John Brown, used violence to support his cause in which two events/locations?

a)

Harpers Ferry

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Kansas

d)

Missouri

22.

In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, which candidate stated that they would accept slavery where it existed, but did not want it to expand west?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen A. Douglas

23.

Following the Lincoln-Douglas debates, which candidate won the 1858 Senate race?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen A. Douglas

24.

Which failed agreement called for a ban of slavery in territory gained from Mexico?

a)

Wilmot Proviso

b)

Crittenden Plan

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Compromise of 1850

25.

Which failed series of amendments was a last ditch effort to prevent secession by attempting to reinstate the 36'30' line and protect slavery.

a)

Wilmot Proviso

b)

Crittenden Plan

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

26.

In the Dred Scott case, which amendment was used to protect Southerners right to property and due process?

a)

3rd Amendment

b)

5th Amendment

c)

7th Amendment

d)

10th Amendment

27.

Which of the following describes the 1860 election? (select all that are true)

a)

The Democratic party split.

b)

Sectionalism divided the electoral votes.

c)

The Constitutional Union candidate won the popular vote.

d)

Stephen Douglas swept the Southern states.

28.

Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court giving the Dred Scott decision?

a)

John Marshall

b)

Roger Taney

c)

Stephen A. Douglas

d)

Henry Clay

29.
How many states seceded from the Union?
a)
11
b)
4
c)
7
d)
14
30.
What were slaves legally considered?
a)
People
b)
Property
c)
Citizens
d)
Children
31.
Many Southern leaders argued that they had voluntarily joined the Union as ___________________ states and had the right to leave the Union, if they chose.
a)
Sovereign
b)
Fundamental
c)
Collapsed
d)
Abolitionist
32.
Who was an abolitionist, and wrote an anti-slavery newspaper, "The Liberator"?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
John Brown
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Frederick Douglas
33.

The Southern states that seceded formed the

a)

Confederate States of America

b)

Southern Confederation

c)

Union

d)

Border States

34.

Who was elected president of the Confederacy?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

35.

Which political party was formed from members that split off from other existing political parties that opposed slavery?

a)

Free-Soilers

b)

Republican

c)

Know-Nothing/American

d)

Democrat

36.

Which prompted Jefferson Davis to order an attack on Fort Sumter?

a)

Lincoln was sending supplies to the fort

b)

Lincoln was sending more troops to the fort

c)

The North was raising an army

d)

John Brown was leading an attack on the fort.

37.

On which date did the Civil War begin?

a)

April 9, 1865

b)

April 12, 1861

c)

December 20, 1860

d)

February 12, 1861