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CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION QUIZ D. JOSH

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Favoring interest of one section or region over the interest of the inter country is called:

a)

Sectionlism

b)

Protectionism

c)

Comunism

d)

Socialism

2.

Passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, it set high penalties for anyone who aided escaped slaves and compelled all law enforcement officers to participate in retrieving runaways. Strengthened the antislavery cause in the North.

a)

The Compromise Law

b)

Fugitive Slave Law

c)

The Stamps Act

d)

The Scaping Slave Law

3.

Proposed by Senator Douglas (Illinois) and advocated popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska territories (vote by people of territory whether they would be slave or free state). Douglas wanted it to facilitate the building of the transcontinental railroad on a central route through Illinois, thus benefitting his state economically. K/A Act passed but backfired terribly as extremes of both sides of slavery debate flooded into Kansas. Votes on constitutions were plagued with fraud and "Bleeding Kansas" begins as violence erupts between pro/anti-slavery groups.

a)

Kansas-IllinoisAct (1854)

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

c)

Kansas-Nebraska-Illinois Act (1854)

d)

Illinois Act (1854)

4.

Supreme Court decision which stated slaves were property, and ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. This case was:

a)

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

b)

Dred Sandford v. Scott Sandford(1857)

c)

Sandford v Sandford (1857)

d)

Scott v Scott (1857)

5.

Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation

a)

Secession

b)

Succession

c)

Extension

d)

Protection

6.

A belief that ultimate power resides in the people

a)

Parliament Sovereignty

b)

States Sovereignty

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Federal Sovereignty

7.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a:

a)

A political analysis of the consequences of US Civil War

b)

A novel published by harriet beecher stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral

c)

A law enacted in 1852 to allow the afro-american people to form their own churches

d)

A law enacted in 1852 to allow the afro-american people to vote

8.

This was a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North

a)

Underground River

b)

Underground Roads

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

Subways

9.

The interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power is

a)

Nation Blockade

b)

Sea Blockade

c)

Naval Blockade

d)

Boats Blockade

10.

The Strategy for the Union army by General Winfield Scott which involved choking off the main resources of the Confederate army (strangling it like an anaconda) Had 3 main goals: gain control of the Mississippi River (this would cut the Confederacy into 2 parts), blockade the Southern ports, and to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. This was called:

a)

The Anaconda Plan

b)

The Snake Plan

c)

The Piton Plan

d)

The Mississippi plan

11.

What Issues influenced the outcome of the election of 1852?

a)

The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law

b)

The Stamps Act

c)

The Revolutionary War

d)

The US Civil War

12.

Why did northern and southern Democrats support Franklin Pierce?

a)

Northerners supported him because he promised to annex Texas as a free state. Southerners supported him because he promised to annex Texas as a slave state.

b)

Northerners supported him because he agreed to uphold the Compromise of 1850. Southerners supported him because he agreed to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.

c)

Northerners supported him because of his participation in the Mexican-American War. Southerners supported him because his participation in the US Civil War

d)

Neither northern nor southern Democrats supported Franklin Pierce

13.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

a)

It allowed the organized annexation of new territory to the US

b)

It allowed the west US Expansion

c)

It divided the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase into 2 territories: Kansas and Nebraska. The issue of slavery was to be decided by popular sovereignty.

d)

It divided the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase into 2 territories: Kansas and Nebraska. The issue of slavery was to be decided by parliamentary sovereignty.

14.

Why did antislavery and pro-slavery groups encourage people to move to Kansas?

a)

Both groups wanted people to live in Florida so that they could cast their votes when the time came.

b)

Both groups wanted people to move out of Kansas so that they could cast their votes when the time came.

c)

Both groups wanted people to live in Kansas so that they could explode its agricultural potential

d)

Both groups wanted people to live in Kansas so that they could cast their votes when the time came.

15.

Why did northerners dislike the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Northerners opposed the act because they thought it was a plan to turn this land into free states.

b)

Northerners opposed the act because they thought it was a plan to turn this land into slave states.

c)

Northerners opposed the act because they thought it was a plan to give back this land to Mexico

d)

Northerners opposed the act because they thought it was a plan to turn this land into industrialized states

16.

What were some of the results of the intense division in Kansas?

a)

The Sack of Lawrence occurred and pro-slavery advocates burned most of the city of Lawrence, KS.

b)

Two opposing state legislatures were formed - one a pro-slavery legislature and the other an antislavery legislature.

c)

Kansas collapsed into civil war and 200 were killed. This event became known as "Bleeding Kansas".

d)

All of the above

17.

What was the Pottawatomie Massacre?

a)

The Pottawatomie Massacre was an Secessionist response to the Sack of Lawrence. Five pro-slavery supporters were dragged from their cabins and were killed with swords.

b)

The Pottawatomie Massacre was the turning point in the Civil War

c)

The Pottawatomie Massacre was an abolitionist response to the Sack of Lawrence. Five pro-slavery supporters were dragged from their cabins and were killed with swords.

d)

The Pottawatomie Massacre was a response to the Indian Act. Five indian supporters were dragged from their cabins and were killed with swords.

18.

How did Charles Sumner's views on "Bleeding Kansas" create conflict?

a)

Charles Sumner criticized abolitionist people in Kansas and insulted a abolitionist senator from South Carolina. In response, a relative of the South Carolina senator beat Charles Sumner with a cane until he was unconscious. It took 3 years before Sumner was well enough to return to the Senate. Southern senators supported the abolitionist senator's actions. This was yet another example of sectional division.

b)

Charles Sumner criticized pro-slavery people in Kansas and insulted a pro-slavery senator from South Carolina. In response, a relative of the South Carolina senator beat Charles Sumner with a cane until he was unconscious. It took 3 years before Sumner was well enough to return to the Senate. Southern senators supported the pro-slavery senator's actions. This was yet another example of sectional division.

c)

Charles Sumner criticized pro-slavery people in Texas and insulted a pro-slavery senator from North Carolina. In response, a relative of the South Carolina senator beat Charles Sumner with a cane until he was unconscious. It took 3 years before Sumner was well enough to return to the Senate. Southern senators supported the pro-slavery senator's actions. This was yet another example of sectional division.

d)

Charles Sumner supported pro-slavery people in Kansas and supported a pro-slavery senator from South Carolina. In response, a relative of the South Carolina senator beat Charles Sumner with a cane until he was unconscious. It took 3 years before Sumner was well enough to return to the Senate. Southern senators supported the pro-slavery senator's actions. This was yet another example of sectional division.