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Standard 3 Review

Total questions: 87

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where was the Missouri Compromise line?
a)
36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
b)
46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
c)
56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
d)
66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
2.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
3.

David Wilmot authored the "Wilmot Proviso" which was

a)

An amendment to the Constitution to end slavery.

b)

A proposal to keep all western territories free from slavery or "free soil".

c)

An agreement to allow Missouri in as a free state but prohibit future states from entering above the 36°30′ line.

d)

The documentation to annex Texas as a state.

4.

The Oregon Territory was divided at the:

a)

36°30′

b)

18th parallel

c)

54°40'

d)

38th parallel

5.

What event propelled the populating of California and lead to it becoming a state quicker?

a)

Yukon Gold Rush

b)

The Gold Rush

c)

The Missouri Compromise

d)

The Compromise of 1850

6.

Which of the following is NOT a condition of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California joins as a free state.

b)

Maine was admitted as a free state.

c)

Ended selling of slaves in Washington D.C.

d)

A new Fugitive Slave Act was passed.

7.

Which congressional action is described?

California becomes a free state.

Strict fugitive slave laws adopted

banned slave trading in Washington D.C.

New Southwest states vote to have slavery

a)

Tariff of Abomination

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

d)

Missouri Compromise of 1820

8.

The California Gold Rush led to which of the following?

a)

Dred Scott Decision

b)

Kansas Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1850

9.

What was referred to as the "peculiar institution"?

a)

slavery

b)

textile mills

c)

the industrial revolution

d)

popular sovereignty

10.
He wanted to ban slavery in all of the Mexican-American War territory
a)
James Tallmadge
b)
David Wilmot
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Jesse Thomas
11.
Which compromise prevented contentious debates about slavery in the House of Representatives?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Gag Rule
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Crittenden Compromise
12.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
a)
Being popular in the world
b)
People voting and having a say in the governments decisions
c)
People voting
d)
The act of the 20th admendment and it’s rules.
13.
Where where was Popular Sovereignty founded?
a)
Georgia
b)
New York
c)
Kansas
d)
Pennsylvania
14.

Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory

b)

Residents could vote on the issue of slavery

c)

Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

d)

Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

15.

Which of the following best describes the "Pottawatomie Massacre"?

a)

Proslavery settlers attacked the antislavery town of Lawrence

b)

The proslavery town of Spencerville was attacked by the Cherokee

c)

John Brown and his sons attacked the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry

d)

John Brown and his sons murdered five proslavery settlers in Kansas

16.

Which of the following describes "Bleeding Kansas"?

a)

A violent slave uprising led by Joseph Cinque

b)

Violence in Kansas between proslavery and antislavery settlers prior to the Civil War

c)

The turning point of the Civil War, in which Robert E. Lee's army was routed from Kansas

d)

The devastation caused by a tornado in Kansas in 1854, which killed 55 people

17.

Which member of Congress gave a speech criticizing the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Senator Stephen Douglas

b)

Senator Andrew Butler

c)

Senator Charles Sumner

d)

Congressman Preston Brooks

18.
Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in _______.
a)
Douglas's defeat in his re-election bid
b)
The collapse of the already weakened Whig party
c)
The disappearance of the Democratic party
d)
The secession of several southern states
19.
The new Republican Party ______.
a)
Drew support from many southerners
b)
Was dedicated to a ban on the extension of slavery
c)
Supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Enjoyed victory in the Presidential election of 1856
20.

Free soil means _____________, while abolition means ______________

a)

All slaves should eventually be freed; slavery should immediately end

b)

Slavery should only be allowed to exist where it currently does and not be allowed to spread; slavery should end immediately

c)

Slaves should be able to work towards their freedom; slavery should end, but only if voted on by the people of the state.

d)

Slavery should note expand unless the free people of the state vote for it to; slavery should end with the passage of an amendment

21.

Why did Free Soilers not want slavery to expand into the territories?

a)

They were morally opposed to slavery

b)

They believed it would take away jobs from whites

c)

They believed that the territories should be a place where Whites and Blacks can make a living

d)

Slavery gave an unfair advantage to slaves

22.
Dred Scott was famous for ___________. 
a)
being sued by someone else
b)
suing for his freedom
c)
being in the military
d)
being a famous doctor
23.
Dred Scott took his case to _________. 
a)
the state court
b)
the north
c)
the supreme court
d)
the south
24.
What was Dred Scott's reasoning for being free?
a)
He had lived in free territory
b)
He deserved it
c)
He had worked enough to earn his freedom
d)
His owner said he could
25.
The Dred Scott case made what Compromise unconstitutional.  
a)
The Compromise of 1850
b)
The Great Compromise
c)
The 3/5th Compromise
d)
The Missouri Compromise
26.

Abraham Lincoln was:

a)

a free soiler

b)

an abolitionist

c)

pro-slavery

d)

an eastern industrialist who opposed slavery

27.
The Election of 1860 was won by the...
a)
Republican Party
b)
Northern Democratic Party
c)
Southern Democratic Party
d)
Constitutional Union Party
28.
The issue __ created a break in the Democratic Party during the 1860 presidential election.
a)
slavery
b)
populous
c)
Republican
d)
secession
29.
After the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency, the Southern states debated the question of __, or withdrawing from the Union.
a)
secession
b)
populous
c)
slavery
d)
federalist
30.

Southern forces removed the federal forces from ___________ , in the Charleston Harbor, as the first major act of secession and began the Civil War

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Fort Jackson

c)

Fort McHenry

d)

Fort Donelson

31.

Which of the following IS NOT an advantage the Union had during the Civil War?

a)

Industry

b)

Slavery

c)

Manpower

d)

Navy

e)

three times the railroad

32.
What invention solved the problem of the difficult and time-consuming process of removing seeds from short-staple cotton?
a)
Seed Separator
b)
Cotton Reaper
c)
Steel plow
d)
Cotton Gin
33.

What strategy did the Union use to disrupt southern trade at the ports?

a)

blockade

b)

siege warfare

c)

military prisons

d)

tariffs

34.

Mexican War hero, Winfield Scott, devised a plan to blockade the Confederacy and split it at the Mississippi River and and take the Confederate capital of Richmond. It was called:

a)

The Confederate Blockade

b)

The Anaconda Plan

c)

The Gettysburg Address

d)

The Confederate Siege

35.

Two times the Confederate forces invaded the North and were defeated:

a)

Bull Run and The Wilderness

b)

Antietam and Gettysburg

c)

Yorktown and Saratoga

d)

Fort Sumter and Fort McHenry

36.

The head of the entire Confederate Army was:

a)

PGT Beauregard

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

Albert Sidney Johnston

37.

The Confederacy had an advantage in __________________, while the Union had an advantage in_____________________.

a)

military leadership; political leadership

b)

political leadership; military leadership

38.

The president of the Confederacy was:

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Joseph Johnston

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

Jefferson Davis

39.

Abraham Lincoln made slavery the central focus of the Civil War by issuing the:

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

13th Amendment

d)

Writ of Haebus Corpus

40.
According to the Emancipation Proclamation slaves would only be set free in what parts of the country?
a)
Only the states still at war with the Union
b)
In the four loyal slave states
c)
Confederate lands already captured by the Union
d)
Kansas
41.

The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect on:

a)

January 1, 1863

b)

July 4, 1865

c)

December 25, 1862

d)

September 17, 1863

42.

Best-known African American regiment during the war

a)

Army of Northern Virginia

b)

Buffalo Soldiers

c)

The Lost Prophets

d)

54th Massachusetts

43.

The 54th Massachusetts lead an unsuccessful charge against the Confederate Forces at:

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Fort Wagner

c)

Bull Rull

d)

Gettysburg

44.

What was the basis of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

a)

That slavery was taking away from American pride.

b)

That African Americans' rights were protected by the Constitution.

c)

That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens.

d)

That slavery should be abolished immediately.

45.

Secessionists believed that:

a)

The federal government, under the leadership of President Lincoln would not allow slavery to expand into the territories

b)

Annexation of Cuba would be the best viable option for expanding slavery since President Lincoln was a free soiler.

c)

If southerners could get a proslavery vice president into the White House to counterbalance free soiler Abraham Lincoln, then all would be preserved.

d)

The state governments of the South had to petition to Congress for an extension of slavery into the territories.

46.

Which state led the secessionist movement?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Georgia

c)

Virginia

d)

Texas

47.

The seceding states formed the:

a)

The United States of Secession

b)

The Secessionist States of America

c)

The Confederate States of America

d)

The Confederate States of the South

48.

The first actual battle of the Civil War was:

a)

First Bull Run (southerner referred to it as Manassas)

b)

Antietam

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Vicksburg

49.

The significance of First Bull Run (Manassas) was:

a)

It ended the South's hopes of winning the War

b)

It proved that the South was a formidable (tough) army and the War was not going to be a quick war like everyone expected.

c)

It was the first time Blacks fought in a battle as a regiment in American history.

d)

It was the bloodiest single day in all of the War with over 22,000 dead, wounded or missing at the end of the day.

50.

Which of the following was the single bloodiest day of the War with over 22,000 killed, wounded or missing at the end of the day?

a)

Antietam

b)

First Bull Run

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Savannah

51.

Which battle in the West effectively split the Confederacy once and for all and made US Grant a war hero ultimately promoted to commander of the entire United States Army (Army of the Potomoc)?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Gettysburg

c)

The Wilderness

d)

The Peninsula Campaign

52.

US Grant laid siege to which city for six weeks, ultimately gaining control of the Mississippi River and breaking the Confederacy?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Cold Harbor

d)

Spotsylvania

53.

This battle was seen as the turning point of the War. After this battle the Confederacy never won any major battles and Robert E. Lee was seen as a failed General.

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Antietam

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Columbia

54.

As an act of total war, this city was burned to the ground and signaled the end of the War.

a)

Atlanta

b)

Sharpsburg

c)

Charleston

d)

Birmingham

55.

Which commander devised the idea of "total war"?

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

George McClellan

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

56.

Which of the following is an example of "total war"?

a)

March to the Sea

b)

Siege of Vicksburg

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Andersonville Prison Camp

57.

Lee's surrender to Grant came at:

a)

Appomattox Court House

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Atlanta

d)

Savannah

58.
What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?
a)
the American Missionary Association
b)
the Freedmen's Bureau
c)
the Ku Klux Klan
d)
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP
59.
Which constitutional amendment banned slavery?
a)
13th amendment
b)
14th amendment
c)
15th amendment
d)
16th amendment
60.
In the late 1800s, what strategy was used by landowners in the South to maintain  labor forces for their farms?
a)
using seasonal migrant workers to harvest and plant crops
b)
hiring immigrants who had been farmers in their home countries
c)
selling parts of their lands to investors from northern states
d)
entering into sharecropping agreements with former slaves
61.

The goal of reconstruction was to

a)

fully re-establish the South into political participation and to accept defeat and the emancipation of slaves

b)

fully rebuild the South with its bombed out and burned out cities and to accept defeat and gradually emancipate the slaves

c)

to force the southern states to accept federal aid as a compromise for ending slavery

d)

to give the South an opportunity to repair enough of their society to eventually be allowed back into the Union

62.

Radical Republicans believed in:

a)

punishing the South for secession

b)

Accepting the South back into the Union with much greater speed than previously believed

c)

making the southern states repay all of their financial debts before they were accepted back into the Union

d)

The South should never be readmitted

63.

To better enforce the Reconstruction Amendments, Congress passed the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 which:

a)

carved the South into five military districts

b)

disbanded the Confederate Army

c)

pushed forward the trials of those who served in the Confederate Army, which resulted in thousands being hanged for treason

d)

accepted former Confederate soldiers back into the Union Army.

64.

The Thirteenth Amendment:

a)

Abolished Slavery

b)

Made Black Citizens

c)

Gave Black males the right to vote

65.

The Fourteenth Amendment:

a)

Abolished Slavery

b)

Made Blacks citizens

c)

Gave Black males the right to vote

66.

The Fifteenth Amendment:

a)

Abolished slavery

b)

Made Blacks citizens

c)

Gave Black males the right to vote

67.

Groups, like the Ku Klux Klan, who engaged in violence to intimidate freedmen were:

a)

vigilante groups

b)

repatriation groups

c)

freedom fighters

d)

homeland security

68.

Southern states quickly passed _______________ to replace their old slave codes to keep Blacks in bondage

a)

Black Codes

b)

Reconstruction Amendments

c)

Military Reconstruction Act of 1867

d)

Iron Clad Oaths

69.

Andrew Johnson was chosen by Lincoln as a running mate because he was a southern Unionist. This

a)

balanced the ticket

b)

created great stress between he and Lincoln

c)

gave the South a voice in the White House

d)

ended when Johnson was impeached

70.

Blacks who left the South to travel West after the Civil War to start over were called:

a)

carpetbaggers

b)

exodusters

c)

vigilantes

d)

scalawags

71.

Which Black leader established the Tuskegee Institute as one of the premier centers for Black academia in the post Civil War era?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB DuBois

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Nat Turner

72.

Northerners who traveled South after the Civil War to dominate politics and business were derisively called:

a)

carpetbaggers

b)

vigilantes

c)

scalawags

d)

freedmen

73.

Southerners who often became Republicans and who were in favor of quick Reconstruction and teamed up with northerners were known as:

a)

carpetbaggers

b)

scalawags

c)

vigilantes

d)

freedmen's bureau

74.

The Freedmen's Bureau famously promised ____________________ to freedmen, but it never came to pass.

a)

"forty acres and mule"

b)

the right to vote

c)

"no more cotton pickin'"

d)

reparations at the first of every month

75.

As White southerners were readmitted to the Union, gained full access to politics and began to vote again, they vowed to _______________ southern governments, or return to power and save the South

a)

redeem

b)

repatriate

c)

reflect

d)

remonstrate

76.

Once White southerners regained political control of the South, they forged the ____________________, which meant that the entirety of the South was dominated by Democrats. (This lasted until the Civil Rights Era)

a)

Solid South

b)

Vigilantes

c)

Unbroken Dixie

d)

Compromise of 1877

77.

The Compromise of 1877 determined that:

a)

The presidential election of 1876 would stand and federal troops would withdraw from the South

b)

The presidential election of 1876 would not stand and federal troops would remain in the South

c)

US Grant would remain president for one more term and the South would get more seats in Congress

d)

The inauguration would be moved from March to January

78.

"Separate but Equal" was determined in which Supreme Court case?

a)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board

d)

Marbury v. Madison

79.

Poll taxes and literacy tests were ways that southern governments

a)

kept Blacks as second class citizens by denying them the right to vote

b)

allowed Blacks to fully participate in democracy for the first time since the passage of the Reconstruction amendments

c)

gave Blacks another avenue for voting

d)

were able to become fully involved with the federal government aftet the War

80.

Many Blacks migrated to the North:

a)

to escape Jim Crow

b)

to work in the factories in the North

c)

to work on farms

d)

to go back to where their families were originally from

81.

Which Black leader is associated with "accommodation" or gradualism towards Whites?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

WEB DuBois

d)

Ida Wells Barnett

82.

Which Black leader opposed "accommodation" or gradualism and advocated instant equality and for the "talented tenth" of well educated Black leaders?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB DuBois

c)

Ida Wells Barnett

d)

George Washington Carver

83.

In Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise" speech, he:

a)

suggested that he was willing to accept second class citizenship offered by Jim Crow laws like literacy tests and poll taxes, in exchange for jobs that would alleviate the poverty of Blacks.

b)

stated that literacy tests and poll taxes should be outlawed and that their mere existence showed that the Reconstruction Amendments were no more than appeasement to Radical Republicans

c)

gave a scathing rebuke of any accomodationists and claimed that by working with the White man, Blacks were doomed to never have any true freedom

d)

offered a repatriation plan to move Black to Africa

84.

WEB DuBois helped found which political and social rights organization?

a)

NAACP

b)

The First Responders

c)

The Freedmen's Bureau

d)

The Carpetbaggers Alliance

85.

Segregation by law is ______________________, segregation by practice, but not by law is ____________________

a)

de jure segregation; de facto segregation

b)

de facto segregation; de jure segregation

86.

Which Supreme Court case ended segregation and killed Jim Crow?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board

c)

Buck v. Bell

d)

Marbury v. Madison

87.

Which of the following IS NOT true about Ida Wells Barnett?

a)

she was a former slave

b)

she was a teacher who lost her job for speaking out against segregation in the Memphis school system she worked in

c)

spent most of her life campaigning for laws to end lynching

d)

helped found the NAACP and was an outspoken critic of WEB DuBois and "accomodationism"

e)

worked hand in hand with leaders like DuBois and Washington to ensure the safety of Blacks in the Jim Crow South.