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WorksheetsUNIT 3 COMMON ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
This region supported the concept of states' rights to nullify laws and secede
North
South
A network of people (abolotionists) and safe routes for runaway slaves to travel to freedom in the North and Canada was known as the
Transcontinental Railroad
Trail of Tears
Underground Railroad
Northern Turnpike
The first state to secede from the United States, or the Union was:
Georgia D.
South Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
What were TWO goals on which Abraham Lincoln based his 1860 presidential campaign?
keep the Union intact
end government corruption
raise taxes on the rich
prevent the spread slavery
nationalize major industries
What made it necessary for runaway slaves to go to Canada instead of a free state for their freedom?
Dred Scott Decision
Missouri Compromise
Three Fifths Compromise
Fugitive Slave Act
Which political party supported slavery, secession, and states' rights?
Democrats
Whigs
Republicans
Redcoats
Which of the following was NOT a divisive issue between the North and the South that contributed to the Civil War?
Slavery
Women's Suffrage
Tariffs
States' Rights
The belief that a state had the right to nullify federal laws, secede from the Union, and decide whether to allow slavery in the state
States' Rights
Missouri Compromise
Alexander Stephens
Compromise of 1850
Nullification
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement, between the northern and southern states, about
States' rights
The right to own slaves
The return of runaway slaves to owners
Slavery in the new states
Southern states opposed Lincoln's election because
(multiple answers)
He opposed slavery and wouldn't let it spread to the western territories
He promised to protect Northern industry with high tariffs
It would give the North and Republicans control of the governments
What political concept, popularized by John C. Calhoun in the 1830s, did opponents of the Compromise of 1850 embrace to show their displeasure with the agreement
Protesting in the streets
Nullification
Secession
Manifest Destiny
Southern states opposed the Compromise of 1850 because:
It created a high tariff on foreign goods
California was admitted as a free state which gave the North control of Congress
It allowed popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue in the western territories D. It created a high tariff on foreign goods
It closed western territories to the spread of slavery
Congress was able to settle the differences between the North and South by the method of _____________, which both sides giving up something.
Court Cases
Mediation
Compromises
Armed Rebellions
