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Ch 15.4 QUIZ

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Henry Clay

d)

John C. Calhoun

e)

Eli Whitney

2.

His name did not appear on the election ballots in 10 southern states.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Henry Clay

d)

John C. Calhoun

e)

Eli Whitney

3.

He won the 1860 Presidential election.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Henry Clay

d)

John C. Calhoun

e)

Eli Whitney

4.

The site of the first battle of the American Civil War

a)

Fort McHenry

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Washington D.C.

e)

Richmond, VA

5.

This was the party platform of the Republican Party during the 1860 election.

a)

Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, Free Men

b)

Fifty Four Forty or Fight

c)

slavery can exist where it is, but government should ban slavery from new territories

d)

the complete abolition of slavery in the entire United States

6.

He was a former slave; sued for his freedom

a)

Dred Scott

b)

Millard Fillmore

c)

Stephen A. Douglas

d)

Roger Taney

7.

a person who dies for a cause

a)

abolitionist

b)

martyr

c)

citizen

d)

sovereignty

8.

an arsenal is a ...

a)

courtroom

b)

storage site for weapons

c)

bridge

d)

platform for a debate

9.

he was nicknamed the "Little Giant"

a)

Roger B. Tawney

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

John Brown

d)

Stephen A. Douglas

10.

The idea that each state or territory should

decide on the issue of slavery independently was known as...

a)

the Dred Scott decision

b)

popular sovereignty

c)

laissez-faire

d)

the Fifth Amendment