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UNIT 3 COMMON ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This region supported the concept of states' rights to nullify laws and secede

a)

North

b)

South

2.

A network of people (abolotionists) and safe routes for runaway slaves to travel to freedom in the North and Canada was known as the

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

Northern Turnpike

3.

The first state to secede from the United States, or the Union was:

a)

Georgia D.

b)

South Carolina

c)

Virginia

d)

Alabama

4.

What were TWO goals on which Abraham Lincoln based his 1860 presidential campaign?

a)

keep the Union intact

b)

end government corruption

c)

raise taxes on the rich

d)

prevent the spread slavery

e)

nationalize major industries

5.

What made it necessary for runaway slaves to go to Canada instead of a free state for their freedom?

a)

Dred Scott Decision

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Three Fifths Compromise

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

6.

Which political party supported slavery, secession, and states' rights?

a)

Democrats

b)

Whigs

c)

Republicans

d)

Redcoats

7.

Which of the following was NOT a divisive issue between the North and the South that contributed to the Civil War?

a)

Slavery

b)

Women's Suffrage

c)

Tariffs

d)

States' Rights

8.

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

a)

States' Rights

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Alexander Stephens

d)

Compromise of 1850

e)

Nullification

9.

The Missouri Compromise was an agreement, between the northern and southern states, about

a)

States' rights

b)

The right to own slaves

c)

The return of runaway slaves to owners

d)

Slavery in the new states

10.

Southern states opposed Lincoln's election because

(multiple answers)

a)

He opposed slavery and wouldn't let it spread to the western territories

b)

He promised to protect Northern industry with high tariffs

c)

It would give the North and Republicans control of the governments

11.

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

a)

Protesting in the streets

b)

Nullification

c)

Secession

d)

Manifest Destiny

12.

Southern states opposed the Compromise of 1850 because:

a)

It created a high tariff on foreign goods

b)

California was admitted as a free state which gave the North control of Congress

c)

It allowed popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue in the western territories D. It created a high tariff on foreign goods

d)

It closed western territories to the spread of slavery

13.

Congress was able to settle the differences between the North and South by the method of _____________, which both sides giving up something.

a)

Court Cases

b)

Mediation

c)

Compromises

d)

Armed Rebellions