Free Printable Development of the North and the South

1.

Which section of the U.S. favored strong state rights?

a)

The Western frontier

b)

The industrialized North

c)

The West Coast

d)

The agrarian South

2.

This Supreme Court case infuriated many Northerners denying due process to African Americans?

a)

The Texas / New Mexican border dispute was fixed

b)

California entered as a free state

c)

The slave trade was banned in Washington D.C.

d)

The Fugitive Slave Act

3.

What was NOT a cause of the Civil War?

a)

Racism only existed in the South

b)

Sectionalism

c)

State's rights vs. federal supremacy

d)

Slavery

4.

Which was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

The slave trade was banned in Washington D.C.

b)

A line separating between free & slave states

c)

A stronger fugitive slave law

d)

California became a "free" state

5.

The agrarian-based Southern economy relied on this for increased profits?

a)

Socialism

b)

Cotton Gin

c)

Slavery

d)

Manifest Destiny

6.

Promoting the interest of a section or region (Such as the North and the South) instead of the entire country.

a)

Civil war

b)

Federalism

c)

Regionalism

d)

Sectionalism

7.

How could the pre-war Northern economy be categorized?

a)

Industrial

b)

Socialist

c)

Agrarian

d)

Farming based

8.

After Lincoln was elected this state became the first to secede from the Union?

a)

Mississippi

b)

South Carolina

c)

Virgina

d)

Alabama

9.

Why were presidents reluctant to annex Texas? (Best Answer)

a)

Because the land was bad

b)

They were afraid of Mexico

c)

They didn't think it was constitutional

d)

It would upset the balance of free & slave states

10.

This concept of extending across North America escalated the debate over spreading slavery?

a)

Federalism

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Eastern Expansion

d)

Imperialism

11.

This is the concept in which the national and state governments share power?

a)

Democracy

b)

Socialism

c)

Federalism

d)

Communism

12.

Read the following passage from Abraham Lincoln’s “House Divided” speech (1858) to answer the two questions below the reading.

"A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved -- I do not expect the house to fall --but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new -- North as well as South

The tone of this passage could be described as:

a)

Angry

b)

Concerned

c)

Confused

d)

Sad

13.

"A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved -- I do not expect the house to fall --but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new -- North as well as South

In this passage from Abraham Lincoln’s “House Divided” speech (1858) what is it that divides the house?

a)

Geography

b)

The tariff

c)

Family rivalries

d)

Slavery

14.

What two West Coast states voted Republican in the Election of 1860?

a)

New Mexico and Utah Territory

b)

California and Oregon

c)

Minnesota and Iowa

d)

Washington and Nebraska Territory

15.

Which statement below is TRUE based on the Bar graph?

a)

The North had less wealth than the South

b)

The North had more large farms then the South

c)

The South had a much larger population than the North

d)

The North had about 80% of the factories

16.

Match each definition with a Vocabulary word:

having to do with farming

a)

Slavery

b)

Agrarian

c)

Abolition

d)

Sectionalism

e)

Industrialization

17.

Match each definition with a Vocabulary word.

The movement to end slavery

a)

Slavery

b)

Agrarian

c)

Abolition

d)

Sectionalism

e)

Industrialization

18.

Match each definition with a Vocabulary word.*

to change an economy to rely more on manufacturing and less on farming

a)

Slavery

b)

Agrarian

c)

Abolition

d)

Sectionalism

e)

Industrialization

19.

Match each definition with a Vocabulary word:

the condition of being owned by another person and being made to work without wages

a)

Slavery

b)

Agrarian

c)

Abolition

d)

Sectionalism

e)

Industrialization

20.

Match each definition with a Vocabulary word:

Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole

a)

Slavery

b)

Agrarian

c)

Abolition

d)

Sectionalism

e)

Industrialization

Development of the North and the South

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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