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Prelude to Civil War: Unit 2 SSUSH6 - SSUSH10

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are associated with the Compromise of 1850? (more than 1 answer)

a)

Fugitive Slave Law

b)

Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C.

c)

Missouri added as a slave state

d)

California admitted as a free state

2.

The westward expansion in the picture is an example of

a)

North America

b)

Industrialization

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

American Colonial growth

3.

The goal to expand trade to the interior of the U.S. using canals and roads is a result of

a)

Erie Canal

b)

Suffrage Rights

c)

Tariffs

d)

American System

4.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended which of the following wars

a)

Mexican-American War

b)

Civil War

c)

Spanish-American War

d)

War of 1812

5.

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.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

6.

A state determining if it will be Pro or Anti slavery is associated with which of the following

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Abolition Act

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

7.

While suing for his freedom, the courts determined free or enslaved blacks were not citizens and ruled the Missouri Compromised unconstitutional.

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Dred Scott

c)

Denmark Vesey

d)

Frederick Douglass

8.

Identify the Abolitionist (more than 1)

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Fredrick Douglas

c)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

d)

William L. Garrison

9.

This battle is considered the start of the Civil War.

a)

Battle of Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Shiloh

c)

Battle of Bull Run

d)

Battle of Chancellorsville

10.

General that used Total War in Georgia

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Ulysses S Grant

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

11.

John Brown is associated with which of the following (more than 1 answer)

a)

Abolition movement

b)

General for the confederacy

c)

Harper's Ferry

d)

Bleeding Kansas

12.

The secession of South Carolina from the Union in 1860 was prompted by

a)

the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.

b)

the threat of the Congress to abolish slavery.

c)

refusal of Congress to pass the Fugitive Slave Law.

d)

the invasion of South Carolina by Union forces at Ft. Sumter.

13.

The idea of standardize Public education is credited to whom

a)

Dortha Dix

b)

Horace Mann

c)

Henry Clay

d)

James k. Polk

14.

Who was President during the War of 1812?

a)

James Monroe

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

James Madison

d)

Thomas Jefferson

15.

Which treaty ended the war of 1812

a)

Treaty of Greenville

b)

Treaty of Ghent

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Adam-Onis

16.

The act of seizing sailors on American ships and forcing them to serve in the British Navy.

a)

Impressment

b)

Blockade

c)

War-Hawks

d)

Secede

17.
Which is NOT a cause of the War of 1812?
a)
British impressment of American sailors
b)
British searching and seizing of American ships
c)
British giving guns and ammunition to Native Americans
d)
British burning down Washington D.C.
18.

What two states were added to the Union in order to keep free and slave representation even?

a)

Florida and Wyoming

b)

Kansas and Nebraska

c)

Maine and Missouri

d)

Utah and New Mexico

19.

In what war did America's victory open the western territory of North America all the way to the Pacific Ocean?

a)

The Revolutionary War

b)

The War of 1812

c)

The Civil War

d)

The Mexican American War

20.

Which provision was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California admitted as a slave state

b)

Fugitive Slave Act

c)

End of slave auctions and sale in D.C.

d)

Popular sovereignty for the Utah and New Mexico territories

21.

What was Douglas's solution that would allow the people in the territories to determine whether they would be slave or free?

a)

Habeas Corpus

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Divine Right

d)

Manifest Destiny

22.

What previous compromise was overturned as a result of the passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act?

a)

The Tenth Amendment

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

The Connecticut Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1850

23.

What piece of legislation led to the violence in Kansas?

a)

Compromise of 1820

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Fugitive Slave Act

d)

Kansas Nebraska Act

24.

Which individual introduced the Kansas Nebraska Act to Congress?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Stephen Douglas

25.

Who was the Chief Justice that ruled against Dred Scott's Freedom?

a)

John Marshall

b)

Roger Taney

c)

Samuel Chase

d)

Hugo Black

26.

From which foreign nation did the United States purchase Louisiana?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Great Britain

d)

Haiti

27.

Your allegiance to than region (north, south, and west) is stronger than to the nation .

a)

Sectionalism

b)

American System

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Monroe Doctrine

28.

What state was the first to secede from the Union?

a)

Texas

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

d)

Virginia

29.

What event occurred right before the southern states started to secede?

a)

Lincoln won the presidential election

b)

Slavery was outlawed in the North

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1850

30.

What state was destroyed in Sherman's "March to the Sea"?

a)

Texas

b)

Tennessee

c)

Maryland

d)

Georgia

31.

As the Civil War began, the South had the advantage of...

a)

superior military leadership

b)

enormous industrial capabilities

c)

a complex railroad network

d)

a large population

32.

This man was the Commander of the Confederate Army (South) of Virginia during the Civil War.

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

George Washington

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Abraham Lincoln

33.

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.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Robert E. Lee

34.

He was the President of the Confederate States of America and the Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Army.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Robert E. Lee

35.

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.

a)

Antietam

b)

Shiloh

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Vicksburg

36.

three day battle that was a turning point in the war

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Sherman's March

c)

Shiloh

d)

Appomattox Courthouse

37.

used the strategy of "total war"

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Sherman's March

c)

Shiloh

d)

Appomattox Courthouse

38.

Lee surrenders to Grant, ending the war

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Sherman's March

c)

Shiloh

d)

Appomattox Courthouse

39.

What impact did Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction?

a)

They opposed the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment.

b)

They encouraged the freedmen(former slaves) to exercise their new political rights.

c)

They persuaded President Johnson to pardon former Confederate leaders.

d)

They believed freedmen(former slaves) should not be given freedoms

40.
What name was given to a terrorist group that used violence to keep African-Americans from having equal rights in the South?
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Black Codes
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Ku Klux Klan
41.

What plan required at least 10% of the voting population to take the loyalty oath before setting up a state government?

a)

Wade-Davis Bill

b)

Johnson's plan

c)

Stevens' plan

d)

Lincoln's plan

42.

What was the Congressional (radical republican) Plan for Reconstruction?

a)

Put southern states under military governments until the 14th and 15th Amendments were ratified.

b)

Southern states could re-enter into the Union immediately

c)

All males had to take a loyalty oath

d)

No southern states could re-enter the Union.

43.
The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?
a)
Bureau of Parks and Recreation
b)
Free Food Bureau
c)
Jobs and Education Bureau
d)
Freedman's Bureau
44.

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.

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Dred Scott v Sandford

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1877

45.
All of the following resulted from the end of Reconstruction EXCEPT:
a)
Ku Klux Klan is founded
b)
Jim Crow laws were passed to segregate blacks from whites and place other limits on their rights. 
c)
Sharecropping becomes the dominant economy in the South
d)
Blacks continued to enjoy increased freedoms and equality
46.

Which of the following best defines the term Reconstruction?

a)

The amendment that outlawed slavery

b)

The time period (1865-1877) when former confederate states were reintegrated into the country.

c)

The amendment that guaranteed citizenship to newly freed enslaved people and gave them equal protection.

d)

Strict states laws passed after the Civil War.