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WorksheetsUSI.9 a,b,c and Vocab Review
Total questions: 81
Worksheet time: 41mins
The North was mainly an _____ society in which people held jobs.
urban
rural
suburban
The South was primarily an ______ society in which people lived in small villages and on farms and plantations.
urban
rural / agricultural
suburban
A tariff is ___.
a Civil War Sheriff
a long battle or attack
a tax on imports (goods from other countries)
The North favored tariffs because ___.
it would make goods cheaper
it would increase imports
it would protect factory owners and workers from foreign competition
The South opposed tariffs because ___.
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
it would increase the price of manufactured goods
it would increase imports
it would protect farmers from foreign competition
England might stop buying American cotton
Which statement best describes the South's beliefs about the power of government according to the Constitution?
The National Government is supreme over State governments
State governments should have more power than the National Government (States' Rights)
The National and State Governments should have equal power
Which statement best describes the North's beliefs about the power of government according to the Constitution?
The National Government is supreme over State governments
State governments should have more power than the National Government (States' Rights)
The National and State Governments should have equal power
Which statement best describes the North's beliefs about slavery?
It was necessary to keep Northern textile mills running
The Northern economy would be destroyed if slavery ended
Slavery was morally wrong and violated the principles of democracy
Which statement best describes the South's beliefs about slavery?
Slavery should not expand to any new Western territory
The Southern economy would be destroyed if slavery ended
Slavery was morally wrong and violated the principles of democracy
Which major issues divided the Nation?
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
Cultural Differences
Constitutional Differences
Economic Differences
Slavery
Tensions over the issue of slavery increased as ___.
new territories opened up in the West
Southerners began promoting slavery in the North
the US lost the Mexican-American War
Once a territory had 60,000 people, it could apply to become a state. This was difficult because ___.
most territories would never get 60,000 people to live there
adding new states would upset the balance of power in Congress
most people did not want the US to expand to the West
The South feared the North would take control of Congress and began proclaiming ____ as a way to protect their way of life.
Southern secession
national supremacy
states' rights
Which of the following statements are true?
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
The South believed the individual states should have more power than the national government (Congress).
The North believed the individual states should have more power than the national government (Congress).
The South believed the national government has more authority/power.
The North believed the national government has more authority/power.
Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision allowed Missouri to join the Union as a slave state and Maine to join as a free state?
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision created an imaginary line below Missouri's Southern border and said no territory above this line could allow slaver?
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision allowed California to join the Union as a free state?
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision divided the Mexican Cession into two Southwest territories, and allowed these two territories to vote on the issue of slavery?
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision made stricter fugitive slave laws, requiring the North to return runaway slaves to the South?
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision gave popular sovereignty to the people in the Kansas and Nebraska territories?
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision said slaves were not citizens, but property, and could be taken into any state or territory by their masters?
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision canceled out all pre-war compromises by opening up all of the US and its territories to slavery?
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Why did the Southern states start to secede and form the Confederate States of America?
A Constitutional amendment banned slavery
Abraham Lincoln was elected president
The Supreme Court prevented slavery from spreading to the West
___ believed that the United States was one nation, a union, that could not be separated or divided.
the founding fathers
Abraham Lincoln and many Northerners
Most Southerners
___ believed that states had freely created and joined the Union and could freely leave it.
A majority of all U.S. Citizens
Abraham Lincoln and many Northerners
Most Southerners
What happened after several states seceded from the Union that caused the other Southern states to secede and marked the beginning of the Civil War.
Lincoln was elected president
the Dred Scott Decision
the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter
Northernmost slave states that stayed in the Union (did not secede with the South) are known as ___.
Union States
Union Border States
Confederate States
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri are ___.
Union States
Union Border States
Confederate States
California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin were ___.
Union States
Union Border States
Confederate States
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia were ___.
Union States
Union Border States
Confederate States
Several counties in one state refused to secede from the Union and later formed the new state of ___ in 1863.
Missouri
Kentucky
Maryland
Delaware
West Virginia
Which map shows the Union?
Which map shows the Union Border States?
Which map shows the Confederate States?
Border States ___.
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
stayed in the Union
joined the Confederacy
had slaves
made slavery illegal
Definition: a war between people in the same country
popular sovereignty
states' rights
civil war
Definition: the idea that the states, not the national government, should have the final say on laws that affect them
popular sovereignty
states' rights
civil war
Definition: the right to decide by vote whether to allow slavery in a place
popular sovereignty
states' rights
civil war
Key Words/Phrases: vote to decide, majority rules, slavery ok or not
popular sovereignty
states' rights
civil war
Key Words/Phrases: fight, control, same country
popular sovereignty
states' rights
civil war
Key Words/Phrases:
more power to states, weak national government, Anti-Federalists
popular sovereignty
states' rights
civil war
popular sovereignty
states' rights
civil war
popular sovereignty
states' rights
civil war
popular sovereignty
states' rights
civil war
Definition: a term describing anything coming from or related to a city
urban
address
exposure
Definition: a short speech
urban
address
exposure
Definition: a short speech
urban
address
exposure
Definition: a condition that results from being outside in extreme weather for a long time
urban
address
exposure
Key Words/Phrases: unprotected, extreme weather, frost bite, heat stroke
urban
address
exposure
Key Words/Phrases: brief talk, short speech, Gettysburg ___
urban
address
exposure
Key Words/Phrases:
city, industrial, large population
urban
address
exposure
urban
address
exposure
urban
address
exposure
urban
address
exposure
Definition: a person who is running away to avoid being captured
fugitive
siege
emancipation
Definition: freedom from someone else's control or power
fugitive
siege
emancipation
Definition: a long-lasting attack where soldiers surround an area in order to try to take control of it
fugitive
siege
emancipation
Key Words/Phrases: long battle/attack, blockade, surround, Vicksburg
fugitive
siege
emancipation
Key Words/Phrases: liberty, freedom, relase, ___Proclamation
fugitive
siege
emancipation
Key Words/Phrases: runaway, escapee, escaped, avoid capture
fugitive
siege
emancipation
fugitive
siege
emancipation
fugitive
siege
emancipation
fugitive
siege
emancipation
Definition: to leave
secede
preserve
repel
Definition: to keep (something) in its original state or in good condition
secede
preserve
repel
Definition: to force (an enemy, attacker, etc.) to stop an attack and turn away
secede
preserve
repel
Key Words/Phrases:
stop an attack, resist, push back, bug repellent
secede
preserve
repel
Key Words/Phrases:
keep together, keep original, protect, uphold
secede
preserve
repel
Key Words/Phrases:
leave, separate from, break away
secede
preserve
repel
secede
preserve
repel
secede
preserve
repel
secede
preserve
repel
Definition: to cause someone to fight or compete against another person
pit
discriminate
segregate
Definition: to treat a person or group of people unfairly because they are different
pit
discriminate
segregate
Definition: keeping people of one race or culture separate from other people
pit
discriminate
segregate
Key Words/Phrases:
separate, keep apart, isolate
pit
discriminate
segregate
Key Words/Phrases:
treat unfairly, show prejudice, treat differently
pit
discriminate
segregate
Key Words/Phrases:
opposing sides, fight against, go after
pit
discriminate
segregate
pit
discriminate
segregate
pit
discriminate
segregate
pit
discriminate
segregate
