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Abolitionist Movement and Slavery Concepts

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Slavery was most common​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
on Southern plantations
in Northern factories
2.

As time went on, many people in the North wanted to​ (a)   slavery.

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abolish
profit from
3.

The growth of​ (a)   on a massive scale was not possible without the institution of slavery.

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cash crops
factories
4.

What was the goal of the abolitionist movement?

a)

to end slavery in the United States

b)

to give enslaved people the right to vote

c)

to help Southerners catch enslaved people who had escaped

d)

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

5.

Northern and Southern states were​ (a)   in the Senate.

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evenly balanced
unbalanced
6.

Northern and Southern states worried ​ (a)   would upset the Senate vote.

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new states
freed enslaved people
7.

What did slave codes do? (choose 2)

a)

made it illegal for enslaved people to meet together

b)

made it illegal to force enslaved people to do more work

c)

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

d)

made it illegal to teach enslaved people to read and write

8.

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

a)

area A

b)

area B

c)

area C

d)

area D

9.

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

a)

the end of slave trade in Washington

b)

a new strict fugitive slave law

c)

the admission of California to the Union as a free state

d)

a vote to decide if slavery was allowed in New Mexico

10.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was based in the idea of ​ (a)   .

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popular sovereignty
right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
11.

The violence grew so bad in Kansas that people called it​ ​ (a)   .

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Bleeding Kansas
Cut Throat Kansas
12.

____________ ____________ being elected president resulted in the start of the secession of the Southern states.

(a)  

13.

Add each word or phrase to the correct box.​ ​ ​

14.

Jefferson Davis was President of the (a)   .

15.

Jefferson Davis wanted to preserve the (a)   .

16.

Abraham Lincoln was the President of the _________ _________.

(a)  

17.

Abraham Lincoln wanted to preserve the (a)   .

18.

Both Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln commanded __ _____.

(a)  

19.

What statements best complete the graphic organizer? (choose 2)

a)

it kept formerly enslaved black men from being soldiers

b)

it allowed formerly enslaved black men to be soldiers

c)

Great Britain and France would not support the Confederacy.

d)

Great Britain and France joined Lincoln in his efforts to free enslaved people.

20.

​ (a)   is a federal holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.

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Juneteenth
Emancipation Day
21.

Slavery ended in Texas when Union troops arrived in Galveston, and ​ (a)   issued an order saying enslaved people in Texas were free.

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a Union general
Abraham Lincoln 
22.

What two statements best complete the graphic organizer?

a)

slavery should be expanded to new areas

b)

slavery brings too many new 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.

Who's name belongs in the center?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Sojourner Truth

24.

The Lincoln Memorial is located in​ (a)  

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Washington, D.C.
Richmond, V.A.
25.

The Lincoln Memorial has ​ (a)   that represent the number of states in the Union when Lincoln died.

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36 columns
36 lights
26.

Inside the Lincoln Memorial ​ (a)   are displayed.

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two of Lincoln's speeches
two battle maps of Union victories
27.

The Lincoln Memorial is a symbol of ​ (a)   .

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freedom
equality
28.

What statements correctly describe the 13th Amendment? (choose 2)

a)

it made Juneteenth a national holiday

b)

it was added to the Constitution 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