WorksheetsSectionalism
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of the following controlled the government and society in the south prior to the Civil War?
big business owners
big plantation owners
slaves
politicians
The North was different from the South because it was more _______________.
industrialized
agricultural
populated
wealthy
The term “free state” means:
people were free to do what they what
people were free to start businesses (free enterprise)
slavery was not allowed
slavery was free labor.
While traveling on the underground railroad slaves followed
stars and the moon
train tracks
a path in the dirt
a road
The Dred Scott decision angered which group?
Southerners
Business owners
Abolitionists
Plantation owners
Who won the election of 1860?
Donald Trump
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglas
Most people arrested under the fugitive slave law were going to be sent back to the South even if they were not slaves because:
the law did not require proof that they were actually slaves.
they volunteered to return to the South.
they were given fair trials to prove their status.
the law only applied to criminals.
The courts were unfair
The courts were unfair
African Americans could not ask for a jury trial or testify on his or her behalf.
Police always arrested the correct person
They wanted to return to the south.
Which event occurred first?
Abraham Lincoln dies
The Civil War ends
This poster announces a special meeting. Who would have most likely put up this poster during the Antebellum Era?
an abolitionist
a plantation owner
a southern politician
a slave trader
This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by -
writing Uncle Tom's Cabin
publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star
organizing the Underground Railroad
becoming the first African-American senator
This anti-slavery newspaper was started by Frederick Douglass. Which movement does this newspaper support?
Worker's Rights
Women's Suffrage
Abolition
Civil Rights
An abolitionist supported which of the following causes?
outlawing alcohol
limiting slavery to southern states
ending slavery
ending women's suffrage
Who was a notable female figure in the Abolitionist Movement?
Clara Barton
Harriet Tubman
Susan B. Anthony
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who was a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Harriet Tubman
Ulysses S. Grant
