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21-22 Test 4-1 - Culture and Causes of the Civil War

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which group from the colonial era were the first to speak out against slavery due to religious reasons?

a)

Quakers

b)

Catholics

c)

Puritans

d)

Pilgrims

2.

Which compromise from the Constitutional Convention decided that a certain percentage of slaves would be counted for representation as well as population?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Three-Fifths Compromise

c)

Great Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1850

3.

Which of the seven principles of the Constitution states that the people have power in government?

a)

Republicanism

b)

Limited Government

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Checks and Balances

4.

Which art movement focused on humans coexisting with nature?

a)

Cubism

b)

Modernism

c)

Impressionism

d)

Transcendentalism

5.

Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson were important contributors to which of the following?

a)

Visual Arts

b)

Literature

c)

Music

d)

Philosophy

6.

The Hudson River School was an art movement that depicts landscapes where:

a)

humans and nature could coexist peacefully.

b)

humans should despoil nature and make progress

c)

Americans should give land back to natives and return to Europe

d)

the U.S. should abolish slavery and allow all races to coexist peacefully

7.

_____ is loyalty to your section or region of the country or a desire to see that region prosper above the good of the country as a whole

a)

Nationalism

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Constitutionalism

d)

Abolition

8.

Which of the following is NOT true of Slaves in the U.S. before the Civil War?

a)

they faced separation from their family

b)

they were denied an education

c)

they were only taught basic job skills

d)

they could only vote if they could pay the poll tax

9.

Slave labor on the plantation system helped the South become major producers of _____, which was used in the _____of the North.

a)

cotton / factories

b)

tobacco / factories

c)

indigo / factories

d)

corn / factories

10.

When planting the same crop (cotton) on the same soil year after year the soil loses its nutrients and becomes unusable due to soil exhaustion. This was the primary reason for:

a)

the spread of slavery to the North

b)

the spread of slavery to the West

c)

the U.S. began establishing overseas colonies

d)

the U.S. taking land from Canada

11.

Which of the following is CORRECT about the Missouri Compromise

a)

Maine would enter the U.S. as a slave state

b)

it helped preserved the balance of power between northern and southern states

c)

Missouri would enter the U.S. as a free state

d)

Any new territory/state North of the 36-30 line would be open to slavery

12.

The _____ benefited from tariffs because it made imported goods more expensive, so American consumers purchased American-made goods instead. The _____ did not benefit from tariffs because when foreign nations like England bought less cotton from them they lost money.

a)

North / West

b)

South / North

c)

North / South

d)

West / South

13.

South Carolina claimed that the Tariff of Abomination was unconstitutional, and therefore, they had the right to reject it. When they threatened to secede, it almost caused a civil war. Which of the following was the name of this event?

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Nullification Crisis

14.

Supporters of the doctrine of Nullification and Secession misinterpreted this amendment, which gave rise to the idea that “States’ Rights” means states can pretty much do whatever they want.

a)

Tenth Amendment

b)

First Amendment

c)

Fifth Amendment

d)

Second Amendment

15.

Which of the following is TRUE about the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California would enter the U.S. as a slave state

b)

Slavery would be abolished in Washington D.C.

c)

Popular Sovereignty would be used to decide the issue of slavery in Oregon

d)

The Fugitive Slave law was enacted to help slave-owners catch runaway slaves

16.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the Fugitive Slave Law?

a)

It made it a crime to help runaway slaves

b)

It was partially in response to the Underground Railroad

c)

It satisfied Northerners

d)

It put runaway slaves and freedmen in danger of being forced into slavery

17.

Which of the following did NOT involve the expansion of slavery to the West?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Three-Fifths Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1850

18.

- Missouri Compromise

- Compromise of 1850

- Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which of the following is a possible effect of the above list?

a)

they can prevent a war

b)

the abolition of slavery

c)

women were given suffrage

19.

_____ wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, which encouraged northerners to support the Abolitionist movement, but angered southerners.

a)

Henry David Thoreau

b)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

20.

One important effect of the Supreme Court case of  Dred Scott v. Sandford, was that it declared the _____ unconstitutional.

a)

Three-Fifths Compromise

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Missouri Compromise

21.

The event that occurred between 1854-1859 in which fighting occurred between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces that led to bloodshed was known as:

a)

Raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia

b)

Bleeding Nebraska

c)

Bleeding Kansas

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford