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CKLA Unit 9 Mid Domain Prep, Part 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

From which continent did many enslaved people come from during the early history of the United States?

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Antartica

d)

Africa

2.

What is an “Underground Railroad”?

a)

homes and businesses that took in escaped slaves

b)

a group of people who helped slaves escape to the North

c)

a person who works to end slavery

d)

a statement by Abraham Lincoln that promised freedom to slaves in the South

3.

What does the word “abolitionist” mean?

a)

a group of people who helped slaves escape to the North

b)

homes and businesses that took in escaped slaves

c)

a person who works to end slavery

d)

a person who works to make slavery

4.

Who was Harriet Tubman/Minty?

a)

an author

b)

took care of her mistress's baby when I was 6

c)

escaped from slavery on the Underground Railroad when I was older

d)

a doctor

5.

What was Harriet Tubman’s role on the Underground Railroad?

a)

conductor

b)

overseer

c)

stationmaster

d)

safehouse

6.

In the 1840s, slavery was most commonly found in the:

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

d)

East

7.

Who helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Robert E Lee

d)

Harriet Tubman

8.

Which states were apart of "The Union"?

a)

Northern states

b)

Southern states

c)

Eastern states

d)

Western states

9.

I was the group of northern states that thought it was wrong for the South to secede from the United States.

a)

the Confederacy

b)

a country

c)

the Union

d)

a continent

10.

The president during the Civil War was:

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

George Washington

d)

Donald Trump

11.

I was the group of southern states that seceded from the United States.

a)

the blue states

b)

the red states

c)

the Confederacy

d)

the Union

12.

Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:

a)

they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life

b)

they wanted a president who would support the abolition of slavery

c)

he wanted northern states to secede from the Union

d)

he had a plan to raise taxes

13.

One reason South Carolina chose to leave the Union was because:

a)

the other states refused to trade with South Carolina

b)

people in SC believed their state's rights were being denied

c)

our state was too far away from the state capital

d)

plantation owners were being forced to trade with northern businesses

14.

The firing on Fort Sumter took place because:

a)

The Union wanted to get control of the fort.

b)

The Confederacy wanted to destroy the fort.

c)

The Confederacy was upset that the U.S. still had control of a fort in the South.

d)

The Confederacy wanted to punish the soldiers there.

15.

What office were Lincoln and Douglas running for?

a)

U.S. Senate

b)

Representative

c)

President

d)

Vice President

16.

True or False: Abraham Lincoln believed that states should be able to decide whether to allow slavery

a)

True

b)

False

17.

When he was older, Abraham Lincoln became a _____.

a)
doctor
b)
lawyer
c)
teacher
d)
farmer
18.
Abraham Lincoln was the _____ president.
a)
10th
b)
6th
c)
16th
d)
1st
19.

Abraham Lincoln was president during the _____.

a)
Revolutionary War
b)
War of 1812
c)
Civil War
d)
Great War
20.

What is Lincoln most known for?

a)

His height

b)

His top hat

c)

His arguments against slavery and leading the Civil War

d)

Winning the Illinois debate agains Douglass