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Story of US Division

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Erie canal had significant impact because it

a)

created trade between the North and South

b)

opened up trade and commerce between Midwest and the East Coast

c)

created further division between the North and South

2.

The cotton gin created more demand for

a)

railroads

b)

immigrant workers

c)

workers in southern factories

d)

slaves to work in cotton fields

3.

Resistance to slavery occurred in many ways including

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

the Underground Railroad

c)

13th Amendment

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

4.

This law required people in the North report runaway slaves.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

Underground Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

5.

Abolitionist

a)

A person who wants to end slavery

b)

An artificial waterway used to make transportation of goods and people more efficient

c)

A person who wanted to spread slavery to all parts of the USA

d)

A name for a plantation owner in the south

6.

What does the word SECEDE mean? (Ex: Louisiana seceded from the Union in 1861)

a)

Leave or separate

b)

Join

c)

To allow slavery

d)

To outlaw slavery

7.

What was Abraham Lincoln's primary objective when he became president?

a)

End all slavery everywhere

b)

Stop the spread of slavery into the North

c)

Punish the south

d)

Keep the country together

8.

________ was known as the "Moses" of her time, as she led her people to the promised land.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Phyllis Wheatley

9.

How are the Northern and Southern economies tied together?

a)

The north provides raw materials to the south where they are manufactured into finished products

b)

The northern and southern economies are not actually tied together

c)

The north ships finished goods that were manufactured in the south across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe

d)

The north manufactures raw materials it receives from the south into finished products

10.

What is John Brown's goal when he attacks Harper's Ferry?

a)

He wants to destroy the town that he despises

b)

He wants to get revenge on the slaves that ran away from his plantation

c)

He wants to free some of the slaves that live there

d)

He wants to arm southern slaves and start a slave rebellion