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Slavery, Early Compromise, and the Civil War Practice

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A strong supporter of abolitionism, I changed my name after I became convinced that God had called me to spread the message of abolitionism and gender equality. Who am I?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

2.

Among my list of accomplishments, would being the only president in the WWE Hall of Fame and signing the "Emancipation Proclamation". Who am I?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

George Washington

d)

Abraham Lincoln

3.

While I would later become president of the United States, I would the United States to victory in the Civil War by finally getting the Confederates to surrender. Who am I?

a)

George B. McClellan

b)

Ulysses Grant

c)

George Meade

d)

James Longstreet

4.

My methods have led many modern historians to call me a terrorist after my involvement in "Bleeding Kansas" and the Raid on Harpers Ferry. Who am I?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

William T. Sherman

c)

John Brown

d)

Abraham Lincoln

5.

Among my most memorable accomplishments, I would "make Georgia howl" with my march to Savannah marking the first use of "total war" in American history. Who am I?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses Grant

c)

William Sherman

d)

George Meade

6.

A strong African-American abolitionist, I would later support Civil Rights and would become among the most famous abolitionist of the era. Who am I?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Robert Smalls

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

7.

A Northern Democrat, I engaged Lincoln in series of debates in 1858 in which I defended my position of popular sovereignty. I would later run for president in 1860 and lose. Who am I?

a)

John Pope

b)

John Breckinridge

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Stephen Douglas

8.

The publisher of The Liberator, I would be a vocal and provocative speaker for abolitionism. I would also recruit other future abolitionist to the abolitionist cause, such as Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass. Who am I?

a)

William Seward

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Edward Stanton

d)

Abraham Lincoln

9.

Secession is the idea that state can do what?

a)

Join the Union

b)

Inherit powers form the Federal Government

c)

Leave the Union

d)

Have its own military

10.

The Middle Passage, which transported African enslaved people the Americas, was a part of what trade?

a)

Circular Trade

b)

Square Deal

c)

Linear Trade

d)

Triangle Trade

11.

An agricultural product that is grown only for profit is known as a what?

a)

Green Back

b)

Moneybender

c)

Cash Crop

d)

Green Gold

12.

All of the follow crops were grown by Southern plantations except which of the following?

a)

Rice

b)

Indigo

c)

Cotton

d)

Wheat

13.

Abolitionism is the movement to end what?

a)

Slavery

b)

Racism

c)

Imprisonment

d)

Industrialization

14.

The Cotton Gin helped expand what major industry in the South during the early 1800s?

a)

Wheat

b)

Cotton

c)

Rice

d)

Tobacco

15.

The large farms in the South that relied on enslaved labor and usually grew cash crops are known as what?

a)

Villa

b)

Plantation

c)

Village

d)

Manufactory

16.

The American Colonization Society, which advocated for the resettlement of freed enslaved people back to Africa and compensation for slave owners, was an example of what type of Abolitionism in the United States?

a)

Colonist

b)

Immediate

c)

Gradual

d)

Temporary

17.

Habeas Corpus is the Civil Liberty that requires that people be given an explanation for being what?

a)

Arrested

b)

Searched

c)

Summoned for Jury Duty

d)

Taxed

18.

In the United States, states that abolished slavery prior to the Civil War were known as what states?

a)

Abolitionist

b)

Free Soil

c)

Charterist

d)

Free

19.

A total war is a war that views what two things as valid targets during wartime?

a)

Civilians

b)

Airplanes

c)

Non-Military Resources

d)

Wild Animals

20.

Many abolitionist cam from what major region in the United States?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Northwest

d)

Center

21.

Conscription is when people are forced to serve in what?

a)

Marching Band

b)

Jury Duty

c)

Armed Forces

d)

Airplane Company

22.

All of the following were parts of the Missouri Compromise except what?

a)

Ban Domestic Slave Trade

b)

Maine entered the Union as a Free State

c)

Ban on Slavery in Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30° parallel

d)

Missouri entered the Union as a Slave State

23.

The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1858 would eventually lead to what major crisis?

a)

Kansas-Missouri War of 1858

b)

The Assassination of James Buchanan

c)

Bleeding Nebraska

d)

Bleeding Kansas

24.

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required Northerners to return what to the South?

a)

Child Hostages

b)

Southern Criminals

c)

Any suspected run-away enslaved person

d)

Stolen Cotton

25.

The idea that the white settlers of a territory could decide whether to allow or ban slavery in their state was known as what?

a)

White Man's Burden

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Free Sovereignty

d)

Freedom and Votes

26.

Who won the presidential election in 1860

a)

Stephen Douglas

b)

Sheev Palpatine

c)

John Breckinridge

d)

Abraham Lincoln

27.

In 1859, John Brown led a raid on what federal armor that would lead to his execution?

a)

Carlisle

b)

Leesburg

c)

Harpers Ferry

d)

Baltimore

28.

The core question of the Dred Scott V. Sandford case was what simple legal idea?

a)

Once Free, Always Free

b)

State's Rights

c)

Nullification

d)

Once Enslaved, Always Enslaved

29.

All of the following were a part of the Compromise of 1850 except what?

a)

Promise to Declare War on Canada in 5 years

b)

California enters the United States as a Free State

c)

Popular Sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah territories

d)

Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

30.

What major court case ruled that African-Americans were not citizens of the United States?

a)

Plessy V. Ferguson

b)

Brown V. Board of Education

c)

Scott V. Sandford

d)

Nixon V. United States

31.

The main cause of the American Civil War was what?

a)

State's Rights

b)

Economics

c)

Slavery

d)

Federal Centralization

32.

Prior to the Civil War, many soldiers were employed as what?

a)

Farmers

b)

Mechanics

c)

Musicians

d)

Factory Workers

33.

The Emancipation Proclamation only applied to what part of the United States?

a)

All States

b)

All New States

c)

States in Rebellion

d)

Across the United States

34.

While the United States had an overwhelming advantage in the Civil War the Confederacy's only advantage at the start of the war was in what?

a)

Food Production

b)

Manpower

c)

Cotton Production

d)

Terrain

35.

During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln suspended what major civil liberty?

a)

Habeas Corpus

b)

Right to Privacy

c)

Freedom of Speech

d)

Freedom of Assembly

36.

What major party split in the presidential election of 1860?

a)

Communist

b)

Democratic

c)

Republican

d)

Whig

37.

The Attack on Fort Sumter marked the beginning of what war?

a)

World War I

b)

War of 1812

c)

Civil War

d)

Spanish-American War

38.

One of the major turning points of the Civil War was what major Union victory?

a)

Shiloh

b)

Missionary Ridge

c)

Petersburg

d)

Gettysburg

39.

What military action during the Civil War would be the first instance of "Total War" in American history?

a)

Morgan's Raid

b)

Overland Campaign

c)

Sherman's March to the Sea

d)

Peninsula Campaign

40.

What major Union victory marked the turning point in the Western Theater of the Civil War?

a)

Chattanooga

b)

Fort Donelson

c)

Shiloh

d)

Vicksburg