Worksheets5th 6wks review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
How did Frederick Douglass contribute as an abolitionist?
As an acquaintance to Lincoln, he helped sponsor and pass emancipation legislation.
As a free, rich, African American, he helped buy many slaves freedom.
As a former slave, he knew the harsh realities of slavery and spoke out against it.
As a free African American from the North, he knew
Dred Scott was a slave who returned to the South after living in the free state of Illinois. He sued for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled.....
against Scott, explaining that African Americans, free or slave, are not citizens. So they cannot sue in court.
against Scott, explaining that no African Americans can sue in court. Their owners or a white male could only sue and argue their case.
against Scott, explaining that he was free only when he lived in the North. Since he left back to the South, he was once again a slave.
for Scott, explaining that since he lived in a free state before, that he was finally free, no matter where he lives after.
Popular Sovereignty is.....
the belief that the powers of the federal and state governments are shared.
the belief that the people hold the powers of the government. The people have the ability to vote whether to allow slavery or not.
the belief that the people in the new territories can decide whether to accept slavery or not.
the belief that the people hold the powers of the government in their ability to vote.
The Election of 1860 that had Lincoln become president saw the issues within the Two party system. Republicans supported ________. Democrats supported ________.
Republicans supported the abolishment of slavery. Democrats supported the expansion of slavery.
Republicans supported the expansion of slavery. Democrats supported the abolishment of slavery.
Republicans supported the abolishment of slavery. Democrats were split on the issue, weakening the party on election day.
Republicans were split on the issue, weakening the party on election day. Democrats supported the expansion of slavery.
Identify the correct region with its correct economic significance.
North - large cities and manufacturing
South - trade centers for industry
Midwest - mining and ranching towns
West - large plantations of cottons
Which statement belongs in this category?
The South needed more supplies from foreign countries.
Abraham Lincoln becoming the Republican candidate for president.
The South had less people than the North.
The South favored states' rights. The North did not.
Tariffs were an underlying cause of the Civil War. So high tariffs __________.
helped the North because they had more immigrant workers.
helped the South because their taxes weren't as high as the North.
hurt the North because they didn't have any slaves.
hurt the South because they imported more foreign goods.
The first president of the Confederate States of America.
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Jefferson
Stephen Douglass
The first state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
North Carolina
Texas
Missouri
The first shots fired to begin the Civil War.
Richmond, VA
Lexington and Concord
Ft. Sumter, SC
Harper's Ferry, VA
The main issue that would divide the United States of America into Civil War.
economies
tariffs
slavery
sectionalism
A big reason the South needed slave labor.
They needed many fieldworkers and could not afford to pay so many.
They wanted to convert the barbarians to Christianity.
The U.S. government offered to send loans to those needing cotton workers.
Mexico and Canada had slaves, so why not the United States.
