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Sectionalism

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following controlled the government and society in the south prior to the Civil War?

a)

big business owners

b)

big plantation owners

c)

slaves

d)

politicians

2.

The North was different from the South because it was more _______________.

a)

industrialized

b)

agricultural

c)

populated

d)

wealthy

3.

The term “free state” means:

a)

people were free to do what they what

b)

people were free to start businesses (free enterprise)

c)

slavery was not allowed

d)

slavery was free labor.

4.

While traveling on the underground railroad slaves followed

a)

stars and the moon

b)

train tracks

c)

a path in the dirt

d)

a road

5.

The Dred Scott decision angered which group?

a)

Southerners

b)

Business owners

c)

Abolitionists

d)

Plantation owners

6.

Who won the election of 1860?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

John Brown

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Frederick Douglas

7.

Most people arrested under the fugitive slave law were going to be sent back to the South even if they were not slaves because:

a)

the law did not require proof that they were actually slaves.

b)

they volunteered to return to the South.

c)

they were given fair trials to prove their status.

d)

the law only applied to criminals.

8.

The courts were unfair

a)

The courts were unfair

b)

African Americans could not ask for a jury trial or testify on his or her behalf.

c)

Police always arrested the correct person

d)

They wanted to return to the south.

9.

Which event occurred first?

a)

Abraham Lincoln dies

b)

The Civil War ends

10.

This poster announces a special meeting. Who would have most likely put up this poster during the Antebellum Era?

a)

an abolitionist

b)

a plantation owner

c)

a southern politician

d)

a slave trader

11.

This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by -

a)

writing Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star

c)

organizing the Underground Railroad

d)

becoming the first African-American senator

12.

This anti-slavery newspaper was started by Frederick Douglass. Which movement does this newspaper support?

a)

Worker's Rights

b)

Women's Suffrage

c)

Abolition

d)

Civil Rights

13.

An abolitionist supported which of the following causes?

a)

outlawing alcohol

b)

limiting slavery to southern states

c)

ending slavery

d)

ending women's suffrage

14.

Who was a notable female figure in the Abolitionist Movement?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Mary Wollstonecraft

15.
In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?
a)
Dred Scott Decision
b)
Compromise of 1820
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
Compromise of 1850
16.
In the Fugitive Slave Act, it was ILLEGAL for a northerner to let a runaway slave go free
a)
True 
b)
False
17.
What officially abolished slavery in the US?
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Surrender of Robert E. Lee
c)
13th Amendment
d)
14th Amendment
18.

Who was a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

19.
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution ______________________.
a)
Free Speech
b)
Abolished Slavery
c)
Voting rights