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WorksheetsUSHC 3 to North and South Advantages
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
What did Abraham Lincoln declare, early in his presidency, as his primary goal as President?
To enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
To preserve the Union
To end slavery throughout the entire country
To encourage sectionalism
Which Supreme Court decision created the need for a constitutional amendment that would grant citizenship to formerly enslaved persons?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
McCulloch v. Maryland
Worcester v. Georgia
Marbury v. Madison
Which of the following was a major cause of early Confederate battle victories during the Civil War?
Industrial output
Foreign assistance
Immigrant population
Military leadership
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Ft. Wagner
Ft. Sumter
Lexington and Concord
Gettysburg
Which situation was the most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln's election to the Presidency in 1860?
Kansas and Nebraska joined the Union as free states.
A constitutional amendment was adopted to end slavery.
Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.
Several Southern states seceded from the Union.
Which of these led to Northern suspicion that Southern interests had too much influence on the federal government?
(Choose 2 that apply)
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Northern support and sympathy for John Brown
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case
Read the following list:
-Nullification Crisis
-Kansas-Nebraska Act
-Dred Scott Decision
-Election of Lincoln(1860)
Which category would best include all of these events?
Foreign policy initiatives
Government polices toward Native Americans
Consequences of Manifest Destiny
Causes of sectional conflict
How were Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and the Grimke Sisters all similar?
They all supported the abolitionist movement.
They all supported the passage of Black Codes.
They all supported the nullification theory of States' Rights.
They all supported the plantation system in the South.
What effect did Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the emergence of the Republican Party, and John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry have on the South?
White Southerners increasingly distrusted the intentions of Northerners.
Southerners gained seats in the United States Congress.
Slavery was no longer an issue as new states were added to the Union.
There was a dramatic rise in Southern abolitionism.
Lincoln once stated, “I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky.” Which of the following statements BEST explains his statement?
Kentucky had already freed its slaves prior to events at Fort Sumter.
Kentucky was key to maintaining political and economic ties with foreign countries.
Lincoln felt Kentucky was key to the success of the Anaconda Plan.
Lincoln had a strong desire to keep the border states in the Union.
“I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say — I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.” ...
Which abolitionist leader is best associated with the quote above?
John Brown
David Walker
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
The phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe violent clashes between which two groups?
Pro-slavery and ant-slavery groups
Spanish landowners and new American settlers
Chinese and Irish railroad workers
Native Americans and white settlers
What were the rulings of the Dred Scott Case? (Choose 3 that apply)
Enslaved people were not citizens and had no legal rights.
Slavery could only be limited only by local courts.
Enslaved people could not be taken from their owner without due process of law.
Slavery could not be prohibited in the territories.
Enslaved people could only sue for freedom only if their owners were violent.
