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WorksheetsPrelude to Civil War: Unit 2 SSUSH6 - SSUSH10
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 38mins
Which of the following are associated with the Compromise of 1850? (more than 1 answer)
Fugitive Slave Law
Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C.
Missouri added as a slave state
California admitted as a free state
The westward expansion in the picture is an example of
North America
Industrialization
Manifest Destiny
American Colonial growth
The goal to expand trade to the interior of the U.S. using canals and roads is a result of
Erie Canal
Suffrage Rights
Tariffs
American System
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended which of the following wars
Mexican-American War
Civil War
Spanish-American War
War of 1812
This legislation stated: Maine would be added to US as a free state, FUTURE states North of the 36/30 line would be free states and South would be slave states.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
A state determining if it will be Pro or Anti slavery is associated with which of the following
Missouri Compromise
Abolition Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
While suing for his freedom, the courts determined free or enslaved blacks were not citizens and ruled the Missouri Compromised unconstitutional.
Nat Turner
Dred Scott
Denmark Vesey
Frederick Douglass
Identify the Abolitionist (more than 1)
Jefferson Davis
Fredrick Douglas
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
William L. Garrison
This battle is considered the start of the Civil War.
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Chancellorsville
General that used Total War in Georgia
William T. Sherman
Ulysses S Grant
Robert E. Lee
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
John Brown is associated with which of the following (more than 1 answer)
Abolition movement
General for the confederacy
Harper's Ferry
Bleeding Kansas
The secession of South Carolina from the Union in 1860 was prompted by
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
the threat of the Congress to abolish slavery.
refusal of Congress to pass the Fugitive Slave Law.
the invasion of South Carolina by Union forces at Ft. Sumter.
The idea of standardize Public education is credited to whom
Dortha Dix
Horace Mann
Henry Clay
James k. Polk
Who was President during the War of 1812?
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Which treaty ended the war of 1812
Treaty of Greenville
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Adam-Onis
The act of seizing sailors on American ships and forcing them to serve in the British Navy.
Impressment
Blockade
War-Hawks
Secede
What two states were added to the Union in order to keep free and slave representation even?
Florida and Wyoming
Kansas and Nebraska
Maine and Missouri
Utah and New Mexico
In what war did America's victory open the western territory of North America all the way to the Pacific Ocean?
The Revolutionary War
The War of 1812
The Civil War
The Mexican American War
Which provision was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850?
California admitted as a slave state
Fugitive Slave Act
End of slave auctions and sale in D.C.
Popular sovereignty for the Utah and New Mexico territories
What was Douglas's solution that would allow the people in the territories to determine whether they would be slave or free?
Habeas Corpus
Popular Sovereignty
Divine Right
Manifest Destiny
What previous compromise was overturned as a result of the passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act?
The Tenth Amendment
The Missouri Compromise
The Connecticut Compromise
Compromise of 1850
What piece of legislation led to the violence in Kansas?
Compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas Nebraska Act
Which individual introduced the Kansas Nebraska Act to Congress?
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Douglas
Who was the Chief Justice that ruled against Dred Scott's Freedom?
John Marshall
Roger Taney
Samuel Chase
Hugo Black
From which foreign nation did the United States purchase Louisiana?
Spain
France
Great Britain
Haiti
Your allegiance to than region (north, south, and west) is stronger than to the nation .
Sectionalism
American System
Missouri Compromise
Monroe Doctrine
What state was the first to secede from the Union?
Texas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
What event occurred right before the southern states started to secede?
Lincoln won the presidential election
Slavery was outlawed in the North
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
What state was destroyed in Sherman's "March to the Sea"?
Texas
Tennessee
Maryland
Georgia
As the Civil War began, the South had the advantage of...
superior military leadership
enormous industrial capabilities
a complex railroad network
a large population
This man was the Commander of the Confederate Army (South) of Virginia during the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
George Washington
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
He was elected the 16th President of the U.S. in 1860. In 1862 he issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring all slaves in the Confederate states to be free. His Gettysburg Address honored all the soldiers who had lost their lives in the war.
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
He was the President of the Confederate States of America and the Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Army.
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Battles: One of only 2 major battles fought in the North; Confederate General Robert E. Lee invaded Maryland but the Union victory forced Lee back to the South; the bloodiest one day battle in American history.
Antietam
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
three day battle that was a turning point in the war
Gettysburg
Sherman's March
Shiloh
Appomattox Courthouse
used the strategy of "total war"
Gettysburg
Sherman's March
Shiloh
Appomattox Courthouse
Lee surrenders to Grant, ending the war
Gettysburg
Sherman's March
Shiloh
Appomattox Courthouse
What impact did Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction?
They opposed the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment.
They encouraged the freedmen(former slaves) to exercise their new political rights.
They persuaded President Johnson to pardon former Confederate leaders.
They believed freedmen(former slaves) should not be given freedoms
What plan required at least 10% of the voting population to take the loyalty oath before setting up a state government?
Wade-Davis Bill
Johnson's plan
Stevens' plan
Lincoln's plan
What was the Congressional (radical republican) Plan for Reconstruction?
Put southern states under military governments until the 14th and 15th Amendments were ratified.
Southern states could re-enter into the Union immediately
All males had to take a loyalty oath
No southern states could re-enter the Union.
After the election of 1876, a bargain was stuck that allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to become president if the federal government would removed troops from the southern states, thus ending Reconstruction.
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott v Sandford
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1877
Which of the following best defines the term Reconstruction?
The amendment that outlawed slavery
The time period (1865-1877) when former confederate states were reintegrated into the country.
The amendment that guaranteed citizenship to newly freed enslaved people and gave them equal protection.
Strict states laws passed after the Civil War.
