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Sectionalism to Secession U8 Test

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ___ was ultimately responsible for the spread of slavery .

a)

cotton gin

b)

steel plow

c)

garment industry

d)

sewing machine

2.

Slaves were often mistreated by ___ on large plantations

a)

tourists

b)

fellow slaves

c)

overseers

d)

animals

3.

The ___ Rebellion was a slave revolt in Virginia.

a)

Haitian Slave

b)

Glorious

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Pottawatomie Creek

4.

Toussaint L'Ouverture led a slave revolt in ___.

a)

Viriginia

b)

France

c)

Cuba

d)

Haiti

5.

After Henry Clay, ___ were led by Stephen Douglas.

a)

compromises

b)

rebellions

c)

tours

d)

treaties

6.

The term Manifest Destiny was no longer used after the failure of adventurers in ___.

a)

Guam

b)

Central and South America

c)

Canada

d)

Asia

7.

The idea of the right of a territory to decide for itself the question of slavery was called _____.

a)

Wilmot Proviso

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

popular sovereignty

d)

territorial majority

8.

The ___ from Missouri raided Lawrence, Kansas.

a)

"Missouri Migrants"

b)

"Missouri Raiders"

c)

"Border Ruffians"

d)

"Border Busters"

9.

______ were actually Sharp's Rifles.

a)

"Border Ruffians"

b)

"Brown's Blessings"

c)

"Henry's Helpers"

d)

"Beecher's Bibles"

10.

In 1854, what secured property for the purpose of building a southern railroad?

a)

Gadsden Purchase

b)

Oregon Trail

c)

Wilmot Proviso

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

11.

What secret agreement concerning Cuba was repudiated by Franklin Pierce?

a)

Wilmot Proviso

b)

Ostend Manifesto

c)

Gadsden Purchase

d)

Cuba Clause

12.

Who led a raid at Pottawatomie Creek?

a)

John Black

b)

John Gray

c)

John White

d)

John Brown

13.

Who was attacked on the Senate floor?

a)

Charles Shumer

b)

Charles Sumner

c)

Charles Encharge

d)

Charles Schultz

14.

The ___ required citizens to help return escaped slaves.

a)

black codes

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

fugitive slave laws

d)

Wilmot Proviso

15.

Many Southerners viewed ___ as a(n) "positive good."

a)

tariffs

b)

railroads

c)

slavery

d)

abolition

16.

Who was known as the leader of the Underground Railroad?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Nat Turner

17.

Who was elected U.S.President in 1856?

a)

Stephen Douglas

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Frederick Douglas

d)

James Buchanan

18.

___ lost his case in the Supreme Court.

a)

John Emerson

b)

Nat Turner

c)

Dred Scott

d)

John Brown

19.

The first action of the Civil War was the bombardment of _________.

a)

Harper's Ferry

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Fort McHenry

d)

Fort RIchardson

20.

The first state to ___ was South Carolina.

a)

secede

b)

ratify

c)

surrender

d)

attack

21.

Who was elected U.S. President in 1860?

a)

Stephen Douglas

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

James Buchanan

d)

Franklin Pierce

22.

Who was the President of the Confederacy?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Stephen Douglas

d)

Abraham Lincoln

23.

The Anaconda Plan was created by General _________ to suffocate the South into submission.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Winfield Scott

d)

William T. Sherman

24.

The Mexican-American War led to __________ in the United States regarding new territories.

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

protective tariffs

c)

unsettled politics

d)

absolute anarchy

25.

The ___ made rifled muskets more accurate.

a)

Minié ball

b)

Sharp's rifle

c)

fluted ramrod

d)

engraved stock

26.

The ___ made steel less expensive to produce.

a)

Johnson Tariff

b)

Wilmot Proviso

c)

Almquist Oven

d)

Bessemer Process

27.

First Battle of Bull Run is also called the "______."

a)

bloodiest battle

b)

Second Battle of Ox Neck

c)

First Battle of Manassas

d)

First Battle of the Civil War