WorksheetsHEART Bell Ringers
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
The 14th Amendment...
erased race as a condition fro U.S. citizenship.
overturned the Dred Scott decision.
applied the Bill of Rights to the states and not the Federal Government alone.
shifted power to protect citizens' rights to the national level.
all of the above.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation because...
he believed the president had the right to abolish slavery.
he wanted to openly recruit black soldiers.
he accepted the arguments of Frederick Douglass.
William Seward influenced him to do so.
Which of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation is NOT correct?
It immediately freed slaves living in the United States.
It freed slaves only in the Confederacy or in areas of active rebellion.
It was established in part because slave labor was helping the Confederate cause.
It led to the creation of all-black units in the Union army.
Andrew Jackson's view of the presidency emphasized...
strengthening the power of the states.
strong Cabinet leadership.
populist policy through executive leadership.
Andrew Johnson escaped removal from the presidency because...
the public expressed anger over the methods used to impeach him.
the Constitution required the Senate to convict him and that did not occur.
Neither house could muster a majority vote.
none of the above.
In the years after the acceptance of the Constitution strong differences in American political views were...
overshadowed by feelings of nationalism.
strengthened by sectionalism.
diminished by the desires of most to succeed economically.
thwarted by strong leadership.
all of the above.
the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case in 1857 effectively repealed the...
Willmot Proviso.
Missouri Compromise.
Fugitive Slave Act.
3/5ths Compromise.
