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Pre Civil War Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To break away or withdraw, as Southern states did from the Union.

a)

Secede

b)

Annex

c)

Ratify

d)

Impeach

2.

The Northern states that remained part of the United States during the Civil War.

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

Territories

d)

Colonies

3.

The group of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union.

a)

Confederacy

b)

Union

c)

Allies

d)

Axis

4.

An agreement to keep the balance of free and slave states; Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine as a free state.

a)

Missouri Compromise (1820)

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

5.

A set of laws trying to ease tensions; included admitting California as a free state and a stricter Fugitive Slave Act.

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Fugitive Slave Law of 1793

6.

Violent conflicts between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas was referred to as....

a)

Bleeding Kansas

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

The Dred Scott Decision

d)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

7.

A secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.

a)

Underground Railroad

b)

Mason-Dixon Line

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Freedom Trail

8.

A former enslaved woman who helped many others escape via the Underground Railroad.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Ida B. Wells

9.

A former enslaved man who became a leading abolitionist speaker and writer.

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Booker T. Washington

10.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
11.
Which describes the economy of the South?
a)
plantations; dependent on slavery
b)
industry; not dependent on slavery
12.

* California became a free state

* Utah and New Mexico were created and given popular sovereignty

* ended the slave trade in Washington DC

* Forced a stronger Fugitive Slave Law

* Texas boundary resolved

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

State Taxation

13.
Which statement best describes the causes of the Civil War
a)
The North wanted their own slaves
b)
The south wanted slavery and states' rights
c)
the south wanted a strong federal government
d)
The North was angry about Lincoln's death
14.
The Compromise of 1850 admitted what state as a free state?
a)
Nevada
b)
Kansas
c)
Missouri
d)
California
15.

What change in technology allowed business owners to sell their goods in markets across the country?

a)

The Lowell System

b)

The growth of railroads

c)

The invention of the telegraph

d)

 The Arkwright System

16.

What unsettled region of the country caused many issues based on whether or not to allow slavery?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

17.

U.S. cities experienced rapid growth in the mid-1800s as a result of:

a)

 the rise of a new middle class

b)

 new factory jobs that attracted workers

c)

 the lack of available land in the west

d)

 changes in immigration laws

18.

The economy of the North was based on

a)

industry

b)

agriculture

c)

mining

d)

computer technology

19.

An abolitionist is a person who

a)

is in favor of slavery.

b)

is in favor of going to war.

c)

is greatly opposed to slavery.

d)

is greatly opposed to going to war.

20.

This individual sued his slave owner for his freedom but lost his case as was declared a slave for life.

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

21.

Which state seceded first?

a)

Virginia

b)

South Carolina

c)

New York

d)

Texas

22.

Abraham Lincoln was a Democrat.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that....

a)

slavery is outlawed in America

b)

Dred Scott was a free man

c)

enslaved people could not go to court

d)

freedmen had the right to vote

24.

What does Sectionalism mean?

a)

A loyalty to a belief in one's section/region of the U.S.

b)

A loyalty to a belief in one's house.

c)

An opposition to a belief in one's section/region of the U.S.

d)

A disagreement to a living in one's section/region of the U.S.

25.

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Harriet Beacher Stowe

c)

Robert E Lee

d)

Fredrick Douglas

26.

Why was the book written?

a)

To make a lot of money

b)

To fuel amnesty between the north and south

c)

To start the Civil War

d)

To help shape the public’s opinion of slavery

27.

Who led the raid on Harpers Ferry arsenal?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

John Brown

28.

What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harpers Ferry?

a)

to create a rebellion led by enslaved people that would bring an end to slavery

b)

to bring attention to the conflict between the North and the South

c)

to bring the two sides together to form a new compromise

d)

to create a revolution that would lead to a war between the states

29.

What was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case?

a)

that slavery diminished the national character

b)

that African American rights were protected by the Constitution

c)

that African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court

d)

that slavery should be abolished by executive order

30.

How did the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 impact Lincoln’s political future?

a)

He won the senate race in Illinois

b)

He became known throughout the nation

c)

He was seen as a poor candidate for public office

d)

He felt discouraged and removed himself from politics for a time

31.

Events & Acts: 1859 effort to arm slaves for a rebellion by seizing the federal arsenal of weapons at Harpers Ferry

a)

Dred Scott Decision

b)

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

c)

John Brown's Raid

d)

Wilmot Proviso

32.

People: became a national figure after a series of debates about slavery; elected President of the United States in 1860

a)

Dred Scott

b)

Roger Taney

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Stephen Douglas

e)

John Brown

33.

The series of safe houses used by escaped slaves to make it to safety in the North and Canada?

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Bobby Hopper Tunnel

d)

Reading Rainbow

34.

What does "abolish" mean?

a)

to get rid of slavery

b)

loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.

c)

to withdraw from the Union

35.
Who was the President of the Confederate State of America?
a)
Abraham Lincoln 
b)
Daniel Webster
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Robert E. Lee
36.
How were Kansas and Nebraska supposed to decide on slavery.
a)
popular sovereignty
b)
president decides
c)
Congress decides
d)
State legislatures decide.
37.

What states that the people could decide on slavery (majority rule)?

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

State's Rights

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Compromise

38.
I wrote the Compromise of 1850
a)
Uncle Daniel
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Levi Coffin
d)
Henry Clay