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USI.9 a,b,c and Vocab Review

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The North was mainly an _____ society in which people held jobs.

a)

urban

b)

rural

c)

suburban

2.

The South was primarily an ______ society in which people lived in small villages and on farms and plantations.

a)

urban

b)

rural / agricultural

c)

suburban

3.

A tariff is ___.

a)

a Civil War Sheriff

b)

a long battle or attack

c)

a tax on imports (goods from other countries)

4.

The North favored tariffs because ___.

a)

it would make goods cheaper

b)

it would increase imports

c)

it would protect factory owners and workers from foreign competition

5.

The South opposed tariffs because ___.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a)

it would increase the price of manufactured goods

b)

it would increase imports

c)

it would protect farmers from foreign competition

d)

England might stop buying American cotton

6.

Which statement best describes the South's beliefs about the power of government according to the Constitution?

a)

The National Government is supreme over State governments

b)

State governments should have more power than the National Government (States' Rights)

c)

The National and State Governments should have equal power

7.

Which statement best describes the North's beliefs about the power of government according to the Constitution?

a)

The National Government is supreme over State governments

b)

State governments should have more power than the National Government (States' Rights)

c)

The National and State Governments should have equal power

8.

Which statement best describes the North's beliefs about slavery?

a)

It was necessary to keep Northern textile mills running

b)

The Northern economy would be destroyed if slavery ended

c)

Slavery was morally wrong and violated the principles of democracy

9.

Which statement best describes the South's beliefs about slavery?

a)

Slavery should not expand to any new Western territory

b)

The Southern economy would be destroyed if slavery ended

c)

Slavery was morally wrong and violated the principles of democracy

10.

Which major issues divided the Nation?

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a)

Cultural Differences

b)

Constitutional Differences

c)

Economic Differences

d)

Slavery

11.

Tensions over the issue of slavery increased as ___.

a)

new territories opened up in the West

b)

Southerners began promoting slavery in the North

c)

the US lost the Mexican-American War

12.

Once a territory had 60,000 people, it could apply to become a state. This was difficult because ___.

a)

most territories would never get 60,000 people to live there

b)

adding new states would upset the balance of power in Congress

c)

most people did not want the US to expand to the West

13.

The South feared the North would take control of Congress and began proclaiming ____ as a way to protect their way of life.

a)

Southern secession

b)

national supremacy

c)

states' rights

14.

Which of the following statements are true?

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a)

The South believed the individual states should have more power than the national government (Congress).

b)

The North believed the individual states should have more power than the national government (Congress).

c)

The South believed the national government has more authority/power.

d)

The North believed the national government has more authority/power.

15.

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?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Missouri Compromise

16.

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?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Missouri Compromise

17.

Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision allowed California to join the Union as a free state?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Missouri Compromise

18.

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?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Missouri Compromise

19.

Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision made stricter fugitive slave laws, requiring the North to return runaway slaves to the South?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Missouri Compromise

20.

Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision gave popular sovereignty to the people in the Kansas and Nebraska territories?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Missouri Compromise

21.

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?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Missouri Compromise

22.

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?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Missouri Compromise

23.

Why did the Southern states start to secede and form the Confederate States of America?

a)

A Constitutional amendment banned slavery

b)

Abraham Lincoln was elected president

c)

The Supreme Court prevented slavery from spreading to the West

24.

___ believed that the United States was one nation, a union, that could not be separated or divided.

a)

the founding fathers

b)

Abraham Lincoln and many Northerners

c)

Most Southerners

25.

___ believed that states had freely created and joined the Union and could freely leave it.

a)

A majority of all U.S. Citizens

b)

Abraham Lincoln and many Northerners

c)

Most Southerners

26.

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.

a)

Lincoln was elected president

b)

the Dred Scott Decision

c)

the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter

27.

Northernmost slave states that stayed in the Union (did not secede with the South) are known as ___.

a)

Union States

b)

Union Border States

c)

Confederate States

28.

Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri are ___.

a)

Union States

b)

Union Border States

c)

Confederate States

29.

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 ___.

a)

Union States

b)

Union Border States

c)

Confederate States

30.

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia were ___.

a)

Union States

b)

Union Border States

c)

Confederate States

31.

Several counties in one state refused to secede from the Union and later formed the new state of ___ in 1863.

a)

Missouri

b)

Kentucky

c)

Maryland

d)

Delaware

e)

West Virginia

32.

Which map shows the Union?

a)
b)
c)
33.

Which map shows the Union Border States?

a)
b)
c)
34.

Which map shows the Confederate States?

a)
b)
c)
35.

Border States ___.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a)

stayed in the Union

b)

joined the Confederacy

c)

had slaves

d)

made slavery illegal

36.

Definition: a war between people in the same country

a)

popular sovereignty

b)

states' rights

c)

civil war

37.

Definition: the idea that the states, not the national government, should have the final say on laws that affect them

a)

popular sovereignty

b)

states' rights

c)

civil war

38.

Definition: the right to decide by vote whether to allow slavery in a place

a)

popular sovereignty

b)

states' rights

c)

civil war

39.

Key Words/Phrases: vote to decide, majority rules, slavery ok or not

a)

popular sovereignty

b)

states' rights

c)

civil war

40.

Key Words/Phrases: fight, control, same country

a)

popular sovereignty

b)

states' rights

c)

civil war

41.

Key Words/Phrases:

more power to states, weak national government, Anti-Federalists

a)

popular sovereignty

b)

states' rights

c)

civil war

42.
a)

popular sovereignty

b)

states' rights

c)

civil war

43.
a)

popular sovereignty

b)

states' rights

c)

civil war

44.
a)

popular sovereignty

b)

states' rights

c)

civil war

45.

Definition: a term describing anything coming from or related to a city

a)

urban

b)

address

c)

exposure

46.

Definition: a short speech

a)

urban

b)

address

c)

exposure

47.

Definition: a short speech

a)

urban

b)

address

c)

exposure

48.

Definition: a condition that results from being outside in extreme weather for a long time

a)

urban

b)

address

c)

exposure

49.

Key Words/Phrases: unprotected, extreme weather, frost bite, heat stroke

a)

urban

b)

address

c)

exposure

50.

Key Words/Phrases: brief talk, short speech, Gettysburg ___

a)

urban

b)

address

c)

exposure

51.

Key Words/Phrases:

city, industrial, large population

a)

urban

b)

address

c)

exposure

52.
a)

urban

b)

address

c)

exposure

53.
a)

urban

b)

address

c)

exposure

54.
a)

urban

b)

address

c)

exposure

55.

Definition: a person who is running away to avoid being captured

a)

fugitive

b)

siege

c)

emancipation

56.

Definition: freedom from someone else's control or power

a)

fugitive

b)

siege

c)

emancipation

57.

Definition: a long-lasting attack where soldiers surround an area in order to try to take control of it

a)

fugitive

b)

siege

c)

emancipation

58.

Key Words/Phrases: long battle/attack, blockade, surround, Vicksburg

a)

fugitive

b)

siege

c)

emancipation

59.

Key Words/Phrases: liberty, freedom, relase, ___Proclamation

a)

fugitive

b)

siege

c)

emancipation

60.

Key Words/Phrases: runaway, escapee, escaped, avoid capture

a)

fugitive

b)

siege

c)

emancipation

61.
a)

fugitive

b)

siege

c)

emancipation

62.
a)

fugitive

b)

siege

c)

emancipation

63.
a)

fugitive

b)

siege

c)

emancipation

64.

Definition: to leave

a)

secede

b)

preserve

c)

repel

65.

Definition: to keep (something) in its original state or in good condition

a)

secede

b)

preserve

c)

repel

66.

Definition: to force (an enemy, attacker, etc.) to stop an attack and turn away

a)

secede

b)

preserve

c)

repel

67.

Key Words/Phrases:

stop an attack, resist, push back, bug repellent

a)

secede

b)

preserve

c)

repel

68.

Key Words/Phrases:

keep together, keep original, protect, uphold

a)

secede

b)

preserve

c)

repel

69.

Key Words/Phrases:

leave, separate from, break away

a)

secede

b)

preserve

c)

repel

70.
a)

secede

b)

preserve

c)

repel

71.
a)

secede

b)

preserve

c)

repel

72.
a)

secede

b)

preserve

c)

repel

73.

Definition: to cause someone to fight or compete against another person

a)

pit

b)

discriminate

c)

segregate

74.

Definition: to treat a person or group of people unfairly because they are different

a)

pit

b)

discriminate

c)

segregate

75.

Definition: keeping people of one race or culture separate from other people

a)

pit

b)

discriminate

c)

segregate

76.

Key Words/Phrases:

separate, keep apart, isolate

a)

pit

b)

discriminate

c)

segregate

77.

Key Words/Phrases:

treat unfairly, show prejudice, treat differently

a)

pit

b)

discriminate

c)

segregate

78.

Key Words/Phrases:

opposing sides, fight against, go after

a)

pit

b)

discriminate

c)

segregate

79.
a)

pit

b)

discriminate

c)

segregate

80.
a)

pit

b)

discriminate

c)

segregate

81.
a)

pit

b)

discriminate

c)

segregate