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WorksheetsMCAP Review #5
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 21mins
What is the definition of popular sovereignty
citizens of a territory would vote on whether or not slavery would be permitted
an idea accepted by many people
voting to send a representative to Congress
voting to elect a President
Who led the anti-slavery fighters in Bleeding Kansas?
Which of the following is not true about John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?
He wanted to arm slaves to revolt against their masters
He and his followers attacked a Federal arsenal
He was killed in the raid from friendly fire by one of his sons
He was hanged for committing treason
What was ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
the court ruled that Dred Scott was a free man
the court ruled that slavery was illegal in southern states
the court ruled that slavery was illegal in the United States
the court ruled that African Americans-enslaved or free-were not citizens of the United States
What did Dred Scott argue was the reason for his freedom?
He had lived in free territory.
His natural rights protected his freedom.
He had worked enough to earn his freedom
His owner gave permission for freedom.
The decision made in Dred Scott v. Sanford greatly influenced the election of ______________ becoming President in 1860.
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
James Polk
Henry Clay
The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to
end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians
encourage manufacturing in the west
increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections
settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories
During the Election of 1860...
The Republican party was split over slavery.
Whigs won easily
The Democratic party was split over slavery
Abraham Lincoln won over 80% of the popular vote
How are the North and the South different?
The North has many factories
The South economy is based on cotton
The North had big cities and the South had small towns
All are correct
Why were Southerners upset that Lincoln won the Presidency?
Southerners believed their way of life was in danger.
Lincoln was against slavery
both
What was the South's response to the results of the Election of 1860?
They waited until the next political cycle to do anything
Most seceded from the Union, and launched the Confederate States of America
They were not happy, but they stuck it out
They engaged in serious debates with Republican and Northern Democratic leaders
Had slaves
North
South
Had factories with many workers
North
South
Their political party was the Republicans who were against slavery
North
South
Argued for State's Rights
North
South
Economy was based off of agriculture and slave labor
North
South
Had more people to fight in the war
North
South
Less railroads, less people to fight in the war, better leadership
North
South
King Cotton Diplomacy
North
South
Anaconda Plan; Naval Blockade
North
South
More railroads, more supplies, poor leadership
North
South
Used in times of major wars. Randomly selects men from the country to go to war in a lottery style system.
Secede / Seccession
Blockade
Draft / Conscription
Emancipation Proclamation
Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under Union control.
Laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery.
Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army.
All of the above
Why did President Lincoln wait to issue the proclamation until after the northern victory at Antietam?
It was a complicated document and it took him a long time to write.
He was waiting for the states to ratify it.
He was waiting on the Supreme Court to say it was okay.
He wanted strong support for the proclamation from the people and felt that the timing was right after this major victory in the Civil War.
What is the name of the Supreme Court Case is which Abraham Lincoln tried to suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus?
Mculloch v. Maryland
Ex parte Merryman
Plessy v. Ferguson
Marbury v. MAdison
These riots occurred in cities throughout
the South and involved hungry women and men invading and looting
various shops and stores.
Draft Riot
Bread Riot
Inflation
Increase in Industry
__________ is the rate at which the value of a currency
is falling and, consequently, the general level of prices
for goods and services is rising.
Draft Riot
Bread Riot
Inflation
Increase in Industry
During and after the Civil War the North’s factory
system grew which lead to more goods and more money
for the nation.
Draft Riot
Bread Riot
Inflation
Increase in Industry
Manhattan________ were violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan,
widely regarded as the culmination of white working-class
discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to
draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War.
Draft Riots
Bread Riot
Inflation
Increase in Industry
An organization founded to help newly freed African Americans gain access to education and health care
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Freedman's Bureau
13th Amendment
*Declared slaves to be free from any former servitude
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Freedman's Bureau
13th Amendment
Ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former enslaved people—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Freedman's Bureau
13th Amendment
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Freedman's Bureau
13th Amendment
Actions taken by Southern activists to keep blacks from voting and experiencing citizenship included...
Black Codes
Klu Klux Klan
Sharecropping
All of them
In Plessy v. Ferguson the Supreme Court ruling said that _________ but __________ was Constitutional, essentially legalizing segregation.
separate; equal
fair; balanced
equal; different
separate; different
