NEW
Font size
WorksheetsSectionalism to Secession U8 Test
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 9mins
The ___ was ultimately responsible for the spread of slavery .
cotton gin
steel plow
garment industry
sewing machine
Slaves were often mistreated by ___ on large plantations
tourists
fellow slaves
overseers
animals
The ___ Rebellion was a slave revolt in Virginia.
Haitian Slave
Glorious
Nat Turner
Pottawatomie Creek
Toussaint L'Ouverture led a slave revolt in ___.
Viriginia
France
Cuba
Haiti
After Henry Clay, ___ were led by Stephen Douglas.
compromises
rebellions
tours
treaties
The term Manifest Destiny was no longer used after the failure of adventurers in ___.
Guam
Central and South America
Canada
Asia
The idea of the right of a territory to decide for itself the question of slavery was called _____.
Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise
popular sovereignty
territorial majority
The ___ from Missouri raided Lawrence, Kansas.
"Missouri Migrants"
"Missouri Raiders"
"Border Ruffians"
"Border Busters"
______ were actually Sharp's Rifles.
"Border Ruffians"
"Brown's Blessings"
"Henry's Helpers"
"Beecher's Bibles"
In 1854, what secured property for the purpose of building a southern railroad?
Gadsden Purchase
Oregon Trail
Wilmot Proviso
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What secret agreement concerning Cuba was repudiated by Franklin Pierce?
Wilmot Proviso
Ostend Manifesto
Gadsden Purchase
Cuba Clause
Who led a raid at Pottawatomie Creek?
John Black
John Gray
John White
John Brown
Who was attacked on the Senate floor?
Charles Shumer
Charles Sumner
Charles Encharge
Charles Schultz
The ___ required citizens to help return escaped slaves.
black codes
Kansas-Nebraska Act
fugitive slave laws
Wilmot Proviso
Many Southerners viewed ___ as a(n) "positive good."
tariffs
railroads
slavery
abolition
Who was known as the leader of the Underground Railroad?
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
Who was elected U.S.President in 1856?
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglas
James Buchanan
___ lost his case in the Supreme Court.
John Emerson
Nat Turner
Dred Scott
John Brown
The first action of the Civil War was the bombardment of _________.
Harper's Ferry
Fort Sumter
Fort McHenry
Fort RIchardson
The first state to ___ was South Carolina.
secede
ratify
surrender
attack
Who was elected U.S. President in 1860?
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
Franklin Pierce
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
The Anaconda Plan was created by General _________ to suffocate the South into submission.
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Winfield Scott
William T. Sherman
The Mexican-American War led to __________ in the United States regarding new territories.
Manifest Destiny
protective tariffs
unsettled politics
absolute anarchy
The ___ made rifled muskets more accurate.
Minié ball
Sharp's rifle
fluted ramrod
engraved stock
The ___ made steel less expensive to produce.
Johnson Tariff
Wilmot Proviso
Almquist Oven
Bessemer Process
First Battle of Bull Run is also called the "______."
bloodiest battle
Second Battle of Ox Neck
First Battle of Manassas
First Battle of the Civil War
