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DCMS: Compromise & Conflict Assessment

Total questions: 115

Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The economy in the South was based on which of these?
a)
Mining
b)
Banking
c)
Agriculture
d)
Shipbuilding
2.
Why were textile mills built near rivers?
a)
Rivers provided power to operate the mills.
b)
Rivers provided transportation for employees of the mills.
c)
Textile mills were built near population centers.
d)
Textile mills provided cloth for factories near the rivers.
3.
Unlike the North, why did Southerners invest little money in mills and factories?
a)
They did not buy manufactured goods.
b)
They put their money in land and slaves.
c)
They thought mills and factories caused pollution.
d)
They preferred the lifestyle of small family farmers.
4.
By 1850, which of these was the most efficient way to move goods in the North?
a)
by railroad
b)
by steamboat
c)
by canal boat
d)
by stagecoach
5.

Why did the South oppose laws to provide federal money for internal improvements, such as roads and canals?

a)
They thought taxes would need to be raised.
b)
They thought these improvements were dangerous.
c)
They thought these improvements were unnecessary.
d)
They thought these improvements would benefit only Northern states.
6.

(Infer)Who were the MAIN political leaders in the South in the mid-19th century?

a)

Factory Owners

b)

Wealthy Plantation Owners

c)

Religious Leaders

d)

Educated Lawyers

7.
What was life like for free African Americans in the North?
a)
They were given special privileges.
b)
They were encouraged to move to the South.
c)
They were not treated as equal to other citizens.
d)
They had the same rights as all other citizens.
8.

Which of these is one reason that U.S. immigrants settled in the North?

a)
It offered free land.
b)
It offered jobs in mills and factories.
c)
They were attracted by the good climate.
d)
They were attracted by the railroad system.
9.

This machine revolutionized the sale of cotton in the South and actually increased the practice of enslaving people for labor...

a)

pulley system

b)

cotton gin

c)

steam boat

d)

assembly line

10.

What impact did the cotton gin have on slavery?

a)

it resulted in a decrease in the number of slaves

b)

it had little to no effect on slavery

c)

it made slave life easier

d)

it led to the exponential growth of slavery

11.

True/False: The cotton gin led to the increase in both the number and size of cotton farms and plantations.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

How did growing cotton benefit states in the Upper South that did not grow it the most?

a)

They sold tobacco to slaves in the Deep South.

b)

They sold food to the the Deep South to feed slaves.

c)

They sold slaves to the Deep South to produce cotton.

d)

They bought cotton to use in their textile mills.

13.

How did cotton and slavery benefit Northern states?

a)

They sold tobacco to slaves in the South.

b)

They sold food to the the South to feed slaves.

c)

They imported slaves to sell to the South to produce cotton.

d)

They bought cotton to use in their textile mills.

14.

Because of cotton farming in the South,

a)

other cash crops were not necessary

b)

tobacco was no longer produced

c)

slavery became an institution in the South

d)

there was no development of industry

15.
The growing importance of cotton to the South created an economy and society dominated by
a)
Managers and professional people
b)
Small farmers
c)
Industrial leaders
d)
Large landowners
16.
Planters in the South increased their use of slave labor to supply more cotton to the northern___.
a)
critics of slavery
b)
textile industry
c)
unequal treatement
d)
system of slavery
17.
The _______ was widely accepted in the South by southern whites although most southern farmers were not slave owners.
a)
critics of slavery
b)
textile industry
c)
unequal treatment
d)
system of slavery
18.
African Americans, whether free or enslaved, were subject to ____.
a)
critics of slavery
b)
textile industry
c)
unequal treatment
d)
system of slavery
19.
According to the circle graph, about what fraction of the Southern population in 1860 was non-slaveholding whites?
a)
about 1/4
b)
about 1/3
c)
about 1/2
d)
about 2/3
20.
What were slaves legally considered?
a)
People
b)
Property
c)
Citizens
d)
Children
21.
Which of the following is a true statement?
a)
The North was not involved in slavery at all
b)
Northern factories depended on Southern cotton
c)
There were as many slaves in the North as there were in the South
d)
All of these are true
22.

Why did cities grow slowly in the South?

a)

Roads were poor

b)

The economy was based on agriculture

c)

The region was not heavily populated

d)

All answer choices are correct

23.

True or False: all slaves lived on plantations

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Secession

25.

According to the Missouri Compromise, every state north of Missouri's 36°30′ border had to be what kind of state?

a)

Frontier

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Free State

d)

Slave State

26.

Who is the slave or former slave that lost his case, then won his case, then lost his case and then took his case all the way to the Federal Supreme Court and lost his case trying to gain his freedom?

a)

Plessy Ferguson

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Stephen Douglas

27.

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court...

a)

avoided controversy by ruling that Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court.

b)

ruled that slaves could sue in federal court only if their masters allowed them to do so.

c)

ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property.

d)

ruled that a slave that had been transported to a free state or territory was a free citizen of the Untied States.

28.

An abolitionist supported which of the following causes?

a)

outlawing alcohol

b)

limiting slavery to southern states

c)

ending slavery

d)

ending women's suffrage

29.

Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.

a)

foreign goods

b)

slaves

c)

milk and eggs

d)

labor

30.

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

The West

31.

In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?

a)

Dred Scott Decision

b)

Fugitive Slave Law

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Missouri Compromise

32.

What was the secret organization that helped slaves to escape to freedom?

a)

Underground Railroad

b)

American Temperance Union

c)

Seneca Falls Convention

d)

National Road

33.
Taxes placed on imported goods, often to raise prices and thus protect domestic producers. "Manufacturers, workers, and farmers seek to ensure their prosperity through these taxes on imports...."
a)
Nullification
b)
Sectionalism
c)
Tariffs
d)
Compromises
34.
This law required that northern states forcibly returned escaped slaves to their owners.
a)
Returned Property Ordinance
b)
Fugitive Slave Law
c)
Underground Railroad
d)
Bounty Hunters Alliance
35.
An agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed one state to enter the Union as a slave state and another to enter as a free state and outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of 36°30´ latitude.
a)
Compromise of 1820
b)
Peace Agreement of 1820
c)
Clay Compromise Agreement
d)
Secession
36.
(1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries, (4) federal assumption of Texas debt, (5) slave trade abolished in DC, and (6) new fugitive slave law; advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas
a)
Compromise of 1820
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
The New Deal
d)
Compromise of 1850
37.
Well-known abolitionist. used violence to stop slavery immediately, involved in the Pottawatomie Massacre, he was tried, convicted of treason and hung after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)
a)
John Brown
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Daniel Webster
38.
Notion that the people of a territory should determine if they want to be a slave state or a free state by voting.
a)
Secession
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Nullification
d)
Abolition
39.
South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification
a)
John C. Calhoun
b)
Frederick Douglas
c)
James Farmer
d)
Henry Clay
40.
A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional
a)
submission
b)
secession
c)
nullification
d)
partition
41.

An alleged planned slave rebellion resulting in harsher slave codes; it fueled the abolitionist movement in the North and caused Southern opponets of slavery to be less vocal.

a)

Bleeding Kansas

b)

John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry

c)

Denmark Vesey Plot

d)

Stono Rebellion

42.

to withdraw or leave the Union

a)

nullify

b)

secede

c)

ratify

d)

levy

43.

depended on trade, industry, and immigrant labor

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

44.

loyalty to one’s own region rather than the country as a whole

a)

secitonalism

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

nationalsim

d)

patriotism

45.

depended on agriculture, cash crops, and slave labor

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

46.

When was the Antebellum Period in the U.S.?

a)

Between the American Revolution and the War of 1812

b)

During the Civil War

c)

After the Civil War

d)

Between the War of 1812 and Civil War

47.

A person that wants to end slavery is called what:

a)

Emancipationist

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Antebellum

d)

Overseer

48.

Which of these is true of the Antebellum North

a)

Their economy was based on agriculture

b)

Most people lived on small farms

c)

Their economy was based o trade and industry

d)

They relied on slave labor

49.

Which of these is true of the Antebellum South?

a)

They had a growing immigrant poplulation

b)

Economy based on agriculture and slavery

c)

Most people lived in cities and towns

d)

All of these

50.

Which of these is NOT a major impact the cotton gin had on the south?

a)

Helped cotton to become a cash crop

b)

Led to the increased use of slaves

c)

Led to fewer slaves being needed

d)

Allowed cotton to be processed faster

51.

Which of these is true about slavery in the Antebellum South?

a)

Most people owned slaves

b)

Most people did not own slaves

c)

Most slave owners owned more than 50 slaves

d)

Most slave owners owned more than 100 slaves

52.

Why did slaves reject the type of Christianity preached by whites?

a)

They could not read the Bible

b)

It taught them to be content with their lives

c)

They preferred African religions

d)

Slaves were not religious

53.

Which slave revolt was led by a freed slave in Charleston that hoped to escape to Haiti?

a)

Nat Turner's Rebellion

b)

Denmark Vesey Plot

c)

John Brown's Raid

d)

The Grimke Rebellion

54.

Which of these is NOT true of about the abolitionist movement in the U.S.?

a)

It helped to worsen the sectionalism in America

b)

There were abolitionists in both the North and the South

c)

The abolitionist movement was not widely accepted in the U.S.

d)

All abolitionists lived in Northern states

55.

What was important about the 36 30' line of latitude?

a)

It created the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico

b)

It became the northern boundary for slave states under the Missouri Compromise

c)

It became the official boundary between the North and South

d)

It was the boundary line between Kansas and Nebraska

56.

The first two MAIN political parties resulted from arguments between _________________ and Jefferson.

a)

Washington

b)

Madison

c)

Burr

d)

Hamilton

57.

Jefferson's party was the ____________________________.

a)

Democratic-Republicans

b)

Federalists

c)

Whigs

d)

Tories

58.

Hamilton's party was the ___________________________.

a)

Democrats

b)

Democratic-Republicans

c)

Federalists

d)

Whigs

59.

What type of people supported Jefferson & the Democratic-Republican party?

a)

farmers

b)

bankers

c)

wealthy elite

d)

businessmen

60.

What type of people supported Hamilton & the Federalist party?

a)

farmers

b)

women

c)

ranchers

d)

bankers

61.

What party wanted a STRICT interpretation of the Constitution?

a)

Democratic-Republicans

b)

Federalists

c)

Whigs

d)

Democratic

62.

___________________________ are taxes on imported goods (goods brought into our country).

a)

Excise taxes

b)

Tariffs

c)

Property taxes

d)

Goods taxes

63.

Of the choices here, _______________ means relating to American.

a)

Domestic

b)

Import

c)

Tariff

d)

Revenue

64.

What party worried about the federal government becoming too big and powerful.

a)

Democratic-Republicans

b)

Whigs

c)

Federalists

d)

Tories

65.
This is when each side gets a little of what each wants;  they meet in the middle.
a)
sectionalism
b)
nullification
c)
compromise
d)
region
66.
This is a large area of land
a)
region
b)
federalism
c)
tariff
d)
Missouri Compromise
67.

This means loyalty to your region or state, rather than the whole country.

a)
tariff
b)
federalism
c)
states' rights
d)
sectionalism
68.

This is when a state refusing to follow a federal law. The states' are claiming to be the most powerful in this action.

a)
compromise
b)
states' rights
c)
tariff
d)
nullification
69.

Define Nullify:

a)

to cancel

b)

the right to vote

c)

to withdraw from the Union

d)

to leave

70.

What does secession mean?

a)

to join

b)

to acquire

c)

to leave

d)

to change

71.

Those who supported secession from the UNION believed that the Union was a compact between __________.

a)

the people

b)

the states

c)

government

d)

north and south

72.

In the 1830s, South Carolina threatened to secede over the issue of

a)

slavery

b)

the Missouri Compromise

c)

the national bank

d)

tariffs

73.

What was the stance of the Republican party regarding slavery?

a)

It should be abolished.

b)

The federal government had no power over slavery.

c)

Slavery should not be allowed to expand to western territories.

d)

The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

74.

Thomas Jefferson seemed to support the idea of secession when he supported the idea of _________?

a)

sectionalism

b)

federalism

c)

tariffs

d)

states' rights

75.

What issued bitterly divided the north and south?

a)

Should slavery be allowed in new states formed from western territories.

b)

The War of 1812

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

Republicanism

76.

True or False: People have only been migrating for the last 2000 years.

a)

True

b)

False

77.

Vandi was born in Sierra Leone and moved to the US permanently at age six. Vandi is a(n) ________.

a)

immigrant to the US and an emigrant from Sierra Leone

b)

emigrant from the US and an immigrant to Sierra Leone

c)

immigrant to both the US and Sierra Leone

d)

refugee and a migrant from the US

78.

Vandi’s family left Sierra Leone because of war. The war was a(n) ________.

a)

political pull factor

b)

environmental push factor

c)

political push factor

d)

environmental pull factor

79.

Which of the following could be a pull factor?

a)

a destructive earthquake in Haiti

b)

a strong education system in South Korea

c)

a lack of jobs in Greece

d)

a large number of refugees from Rwanda

80.

Which of the following is a false statement?

a)

Voluntary migration can be very difficult.

b)

Many Native Americans were forced to migrate in the 1800s.

c)

There are no refugees in the world today.

d)

Many US immigrants passed through the immigration station on Ellis Island.

81.

Natalie left Bosnia in 1993. At the time, the country was at war and she faced discrimination due to her ethnicity. Based on this information, Natalie was a(n) ________.

a)

immigrant to Bosnia

b)

Serbian emigrant

c)

seasonal migrant

d)

refugee

82.

Which of the following is an example of forced migration?

a)

Africans brought to the US as slaves

b)

A family moving to the US from Mexico in search of work

c)

Europeans establishing colonies in the New World

d)

People leaving Benin for better farming conditions

83.

The Trail of Tears was a(n) ________.

a)

path many immigrants took across the Atlantic

b)

forced migration of Irish-Americans in the 1900s

c)

forced migration of the Cherokee nation

d)

path people took when they did not pass inspection at Ellis Island

84.

Between 1892 and 1954, ________ was a sign of welcome to many immigrants to the US.

a)

the Golden Gate Bridge

b)

the Washington Monument

c)

the Sears Tower

d)

the Statue of Liberty

85.

Which of the following is an example of seasonal migration?

a)

refugees who fled Russia due to religious persecution

b)

a man who moves to California every summer to harvest crops and lives in Mexico through the winter

c)

a child who lived in a tenement building until he was 18 and then moved to a farm

d)

a woman who moved inland after a hurricane

86.
The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property and not citizens when this person sued for freedom.
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. Dubois
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Dred Scott
87.
What was the immediate effect, in terms of slavery, during the Civil War after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued? 
a)

Nothing really. It was a proclamation not a law.

b)
Freed all Slaves
c)
Only freed slaves in the South
d)
Only freed slaves in Border States
88.
This caused widespread fear in the South about the future of slavery
a)
Election of Jefferson Davis
b)
Tariffs
c)
Election of Abraham Lincoln
d)
Death of Stonewall Jackson
89.
The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Williams
c)
Fort Western
d)
Fort Apache
90.
What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Blockade Plan
91.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
b)
It made slavery more important to the South.
c)
It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
d)
It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.
92.

What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War and delayed the North in building up their army?

a)
heavy industrial development
b)
a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
c)
superior military leadership
d)
an alliance with Britain and France
93.

What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?

a)

to abolish slavery

b)

to end British control of the Western territories

c)

to make a profit selling war supplies

d)

to preserve the Union

94.
The North wanted to control the Mississippi River so that
a)
it could control the movement of trade and goods
b)
it was a natural division to “split the South”
c)
it was an easier invasion route to the South than by land
d)
all of the above
95.

Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army.

a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
96.
The place where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Sherman's March to Sea
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
97.
The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
98.

Who gave the Gettysburg Address speech?

a)

John Adams

b)

Ulysess S. Grant

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Victoria Alexander

99.
What was the main cause of the Civil War? 
a)
Debate over slavery
b)
Debate over land ownership
c)
Debate over religion
d)
Debate over taxes
100.
The Emancipation Proclamation  
a)
freed all of the slaves in the Union.
b)
freed the slaves in the Confederate States that were still in a state of rebellion against the Union.
c)
freed all of the black soldiers and gave them a piece of farmland.
d)
freed all of the slaves Union.
101.
This person was the President of the Confederate States of America. 
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
John Brown
102.

13th Amendment did what?

a)

Abolished slavery in the South

b)

Abolished slavery

c)

Granted citizenship

d)

Granted voting rights to black men

103.

This abolitionist wrote the powerful novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

a)

Ida Wells-Barnett

b)

W.E.B. Dubois

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

104.

Who would argue this:

"The high tariff on foreign goods will force us to buy manufactured goods from the northern states instead of the cheaper ones from Britain. We end up paying more!"

a)

John C. Calhoun (SC)

Nullifier

States' Rights

b)

Daniel Webster (MA)

Unionist

Federal Rights

105.

Who would argue this:

"It is unconstitutional to pass a tariff that only benefits one part of the country while it hurts the other."

a)

John C. Calhoun (SC)

Nullifier

States' Rights

b)

Daniel Webster (MA)

Unionist

Federal Rights

106.

Who would argue this:

"We need to discourage the purchase of foreign goods with a high tariff so we can promote American industry."

a)

John C. Calhoun (SC)

Nullifier

States' Rights

b)

Daniel Webster (MA)

Unionist

Federal Rights

107.

Who would argue this:

"The tariff is obviously created to favor the interests of the northern factory system only. The factory owners get rich at our expense."

a)

John C. Calhoun (SC)

Nullifier

States' Rights

b)

Daniel Webster (MA)

Unionist

Federal Rights

108.

Who would argue this:

"Even if a tariff makes American goods more expensive, it is better in the long run for the American economy to buy the goods made by American workers."

a)

John C. Calhoun (SC)

Nullifier

States' Rights

b)

Daniel Webster (MA)

Unionist

Federal Rights

109.

Who would argue this:

"Attempts to collect tariffs within the border of our state will be viewed as a federal invasion and we will secede from the Union."

a)

John C. Calhoun SC)

Nullifier

States' Rights

b)

Daniel Webster (MA)

Unionist

Federal Rights

110.

Who would argue this:

"If each state can accept or nullify laws as it pleases, the result will be chaos. The Union will fall apart like a rope of sand."

a)

John C. Calhoun (SC)

Nullifier

States' Rights

b)

Daniel Webster (MA)

Unionist

Federal Rights

111.

Who would argue this:

"If a state thinks a law goes against the Constitution, it can nullify that law."

a)

John C. Calhoun (SC)

Nullifier

States' Rights

b)

Daniel Webster (MA)

Unionist

Federal Rights

112.

Who would argue this:

"States have the ultimate power. This is so the states can protect the rights of the people from the national government."

a)

John C. Calhoun (SC)

Nullifier

States' Rights

b)

Daniel Webster (MA)

Unionist

Federal Rights

113.

Who would argue this:

"The Constitution is the supreme law of the land - states cannot nullify a law or secede from the Union.

a)

John C. Calhoun (SC)

Nullifier

States' Rights

b)

Daniel Webster (MA)

Unionist

Federal Rights

114.

Who would argue this:

"Nullification and secession will lead this county to civil war."

a)

John C. Calhoun (SC)

Nullifier

States' Rights

b)

Daniel Webster (MA)

Unionist

Federal Rights

115.

Who would argue this:

"The states agreed to the Constitution, so they can also decide to secede if they feel their rights are being taken away."

a)

John C. Calhoun (SC)

Nullifier

States' Rights

b)

Daniel Webster (MA)

Unionist

Federal Rights

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