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Social Studies Chapter 8 Test Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Slavery was most common in ​ ​

a)
on Southern plantations
b)

in Northern Factories

2.

As time went on, many people in the North wanted to ​​_______ slavery.

a)

profit from

b)

abolish

3.

The growth of ______  on a massive scale was not possible without the institution of slavery.

a)

cash crops

b)

factories

4.


What was the goal of the abolitionist movement?

a)

To give enslaved people the right to vote

b)

to end slavery in the United States

c)

to help Southerners catch enslaved people who had escaped

d)

to allow slavery to spread to into new U.S. territories

5.

Northern and Southern states were _____ in the Sentate.

a)

evenly balanced

b)

new states

c)

old states

d)

oddly balanced

6.

What did slave codes do? (Choose 2)

a)

They made it illegal for enslaved people to meet together

b)

They made it illegal to force enslaved people to do more work.

c)

They made it illegal to teah enslaved people to read and write.

d)

They made it illegal for enslaved people to be taken to western states.

7.

In which area was slavery prohibited by the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

a)

Area A

b)

Area B

c)

Area C

d)

Area D

8.

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 made Northerners very angry?

a)

a new strict fugitive slave law

b)

the end of slave trade in Washington D.C.

c)

the admission of California to the Union as a free state

d)

a vote to decide if slavery was allowed in New Mexico

9.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was based in the idea of

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Bleeding Kanas

10.

The violence grew so bad in Kansas that people called it

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Bleeding Kanas

11.

Which event directly resulted in the start of the secession of Southern states?

a)

Congress passed the Kanas-Nebraska Act.

b)

Abraham Lincoln was elected president.

c)

Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

d)

John Brown attempted to raid Harpers Ferry.

12.

According to the map key, which word or phrase best matches Box 1?

a)

Territories

b)

Border States

c)

Slave States

d)

Free States

13.

According to the map key, which word or phrase best matches Box 2?

a)

Territories

b)

Border States

c)

Slave States

d)

Free States

14.

According to the map key, which word or phrase best matches Box 3?

a)

Territories

b)

Border States

c)

Slave States

d)

Free States

15.

According to the map key, which word or phrase best matches Box 4?

a)

Territories

b)

Border States

c)

Slave States

d)

Free States

16.

Select each word or phrase to complete the information missing about

Jeferson Davis.

a)

Union

b)

United States

c)

an army

d)

Confederacy

e)

state's rights

17.

Select each word or phrase to complete the missin information about both of the historical figures

a)

Union

b)

United States

c)

an army

d)

state's rights

e)

Confederacy

18.

Select each word or phrase to complete the missing information about Abraham Lincoln

a)

Union

b)

United States

c)

an army

d)

state's rights

e)

Confederacy

19.


Which statements best complete the graphic organizer? (Choose 2)

a)

It allowed formerly enslaved black men to be soldiers.

b)

It kept formerly enslaved black men from being soldiers.

c)

Great Britain and France would not support the Confederacy.

d)

Great Britian and France joined Lincoln in his effforts to free enslaved people.

20.


__________ is a federal holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.

a)

a Union General

b)

Juneteenth

21.

Slavery ended in Texas when Union troops arrived in Galveston, and _________

issued an order saying enslaved people in Texas were free.

a)

A Union General

b)

Juneteenth

22.

Which two statements best complete the graphic organizer? 

a)

Slavery should be expanded to new areas.

b)

Slavery brings too many people into the country.

c)

Slavery should be ended, and all enslaved people should be freed.

d)

Slavery is a violation of the principle of democracy that all people are created equal.

23.

Which person's name belongs in the center of the graphic organizer?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Frederick Douglas

d)

Sojourner Truth

24.

The Lincoln Memorial is located in ___________.

a)

New Mexico

b)

Washinton D.C.

c)

New Orleans

d)

France

25.

The building has ________

 that represent the number of states in the Union when Lincoln died.

a)

36 columns

b)

6 columns

c)

16 columns

d)

0 columns

26.

 _________ are displayed inside the building.

a)

One of Lincolns speeches

b)

Two of Lincolns speeches

27.

The Lincoln Memorial is a symbol of ________ for all Americans.

a)

Freedom

b)

Justice

28.


Which statements correctly describe the 13th Amendment? (Choose 2)

a)

It made Juneteenth a national hoilday

b)

It was added to the Constituion after the Civil War.

c)

It banned slavery in the United States and all its territories.

d)

It made it illegal to deny people the right to vote because they had been enslaved.