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iCivics: Civil War to Civil Rights (Chap. 1-3)

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person who is held as the property of another person

a)

Slave

b)

Indentured Servant

c)

Maid

d)

Butler

2.

The practice of owning human beings

a)

Plantations

b)

Slavery

c)

Colonies

d)

Farm Labor

3.

A "necessary evil"

a)

Something we want but don't need

b)

Something we need even though we don't like it (Ex: HW, the Dentist)

c)

Something we have but don't want

d)

Mr. King's Civics Class

4.

When the Constitution was adopted, it said this:

a)

Congress could make slavery illegal right away

b)

Congress could make slavery illegal in 20 years

c)

Congress had to wait 20 years to make it illegal to import slaves

d)

Congress had to wait 50 years to make it illegal to import slaves

5.

When the Constitution was adopted, it said this:

a)

Slaves who escaped to a state where slavery was illegal were free

b)

Slaves who escaped to a state where slavery was illegal were free if they stayed there for 2 years

c)

Slaves who escaped to a state where slavery was illegal did not become free - they had to be returned

d)

Slaves were free once they crossed the border into a free state

6.

When the Constitution was adopted it said this:

a)

To calculate a states population, slaves counted as 2/3 of a person

b)

To calculate a states population, slaves counted as 3/4 of a person

c)

To calculate a states population, slaves counted as whole person

d)

To calculate a states population, slaves counted as 3/5 of a person

7.

Southern states wanted to count slaves toward their populations because:

a)

It gave them more votes & power in the Senate

b)

The state with the highest population got to pick the President

c)

It gave them more votes & power in the House of Representatives

d)

States got more Senators

8.

People who wanted to end slavery permanently (abolish it)

a)

Abolitionists

b)

Southerners

c)

Northerners

d)

Congress

9.

This man lived in both free and slave states and sued for his freedom

a)

Dred Scott

b)

Nat Turner

c)

Wendell Phililps

d)

Harriet Tubman

10.

This man led a slave revolt in Virginia, ultimately leading to laws making illegal to teach black people to read and write.

a)

Dred Scott

b)

Nat Turner

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Wendell Phillips

11.

In response to Nat Turners Rebellion, Virginia:

a)

passed a law that made slavery illegal

b)

passed a law that made slave meetings illegal

c)

passed a law making it illegal to teach black people to read and write

d)

passed a law creating schools for slaves

12.

The Dred Scott case went all the way to the Supreme Court. They ruled:

a)

black people were not citizens and had no right to sue in the first place

b)

Dred Scott should be free because he traveled to free states

c)

Dred Scott should become a lawyer

d)

black people were citizens and slavery should be illegal

13.

The Missouri Compromise (select all that apply):

a)

added California as a free state

b)

added Missouri as a slave state

c)

added Maine as a free state

d)

mapped out which future territory of the U.S. will be free and slave states

14.

The Compromise of 1850: (select all that apply)

a)

added California as a free state

b)

allowed territories of New Mexico and Utah to decide for themselves

c)

banned slave trading in Washington, D.C.

d)

added Texas as a slave state

15.

The Fugitive Slave Act:

a)

penalized slave hunters for traveling into free states

b)

taxed slave owners who had more than 50 slaves

c)

penalized citizens for helping runaway slaves and required them to cooperate returning slaves to their owners

d)

made slave hunting illegal

16.

Separation or breaking away, as in the Southern states broke away for the United States to begin the Civil War

a)

Succession

b)

Secession

c)

Confederates

d)

Constitution

17.

Issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation:

a)

declared ALL slaves free

b)

declared all slaves in states in the North free

c)

declared all slaves in the South were free

d)

declared the Civil War was over

18.

The period of rebuilding after the Civil War is known as:

a)

Rebuilding

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Southern Clean-Up

d)

Recongression

19.

Passed by Congress in 1865; outlawed slavery in the United States

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

20.

Passed by Congress in 1868, this amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born in the U.S.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

21.

Passed by Congress in 1868, this amendment also gave all citizens the right to due process and equal protection under the law.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

22.

Passed by Congress in 1870, this amendment gave all men the right to vote regardless of their race or whether they had been held as slaves previously.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

23.

The 14th Amendment says that the government must treat all people the same way. This idea is called:

a)

Due Process

b)

Secession

c)

Equal Protection

d)

Recontruction

24.

The 14th Amendment guarantees fair treatment by the government & comes in two types: substantive (what the law says) and procedural (how the law is enforced):

a)

Due Process

b)

Secession

c)

Equal Protection

d)

Reconstruction

25.

Select all the correct terms that apply to the North (Union):

a)

President: Abraham Lincoln

b)

President: Jefferson Davis

c)

Capital: Washington, D.C.

d)

Capital: Richmond, VA.

26.

Select all the correct terms that apply to the South (Confederates):

a)

President: Abraham Lincoln

b)

President: Jefferson Davis

c)

Capital: Richmond, VA

d)

Soldier Nickname: Johnny Reb (Rebels)