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Pre-Civil War Conflicts!!!
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A review of some of the main causes of the American Civil War
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1
"Manifest Destiny" implied to Americans that God wanted to spread WHAT across the land?
The Christian Religion
Slavery
Manufacturing
Liberty & Self-Government
2
On the day of this exam you are definitely going to...
Skip School
Fail
Vomit
Pass
3
In 1850, which territory applied for statehood as a FREE state?
California
Texas
Kansas
Utah
4
Who did the Fugitive Slave Act also REQUIRE to hand over or turn in runaway slaves if found?
All of these
Abolitionists and Quakers
Police Officers
Any and all Northern Citizens
5
T or F? In the American South, most white land-owners used slaves to produce crops?
False
True
6
The very WORST part of the 1850 Compromise was:
It suddenly made free blacks NON- Citizens
Southern Senators could no longer bring slaves to Washington
Slave catchers could now go into the North capturing runaway
Southerners couldn't bring slaves with them to seek for gold
7
How many slaves joined John Brown & his gang when they seized Harpers Ferry's Federal Arsenal?
0
160
6
60
8
As purely a symbolic act, the Compromise of 1850 also made slavery illegal in:
Richmond, Virginia
Utah
Washington DC
New Mexico
9
Because the West offered such fertile soil
perfect
for farming, THIS question quickly arose:
How are we going to ship our products back and forth?
Should we spread the institution of Slavery to the west?
What kinds of crops can we grow?
How are we going to remove all of the Native Americans?
10
In 1819 there were 11 Free and 11 Slave states. Which NEW state threatened to end the balance?
Missour
Arkansas
Maine
Iowa
11
What was the problem with letting California into the Union as a FREE state at this time?
Southern plantation owners would get all the gold
It would create an imbalance between Free and Slave states
It did not create any problems
It was both above and below the 36th parallel
12
One of the MAJOR impacts that the Nat Turner Rebellion had on slavery was:
More than 100 innocent slaves were murdered
Led to laws forbidding the education of slaves
Rising fear and paranoia that other slaves may revolt
Greater restrictions on slaves' freedom to travel.
13
True or False? John Brown was sorry for what he had done.
False
True
14
What was one amazingly great thing that early explorers (like Lewis & Clark) found in the West?
The Rocky Mountains
Fertile Growing Land
Lots and Lots of Grizzly Bears
Lots of Native Americans
15
What on factor did Southern whites
blame
for helping to cause the Nat Turner rebellion?
Freedom of slaves to meet or travel in unsupervised
All of these things
His ability to read and write
Freedom for slaves to hold their own Church services
16
Dred Scott believed that he was being held as a slave against his will because:
He felt that slavery was abhorrent to God
He had paid her for his freedom but she refused to free him
He had been taken to (and left in) Free States & territories
He had married a free black woman
17
Dred Scott finally took his case all the way to:
The Intergalactic Court of Zork
Indiana Supreme Court
Miltary Court at Fort Snelling
United States Supreme Court
18
In 1854, Sen. Stephen Douglas introduced a legislation to change the Missouri Compromise called
The California Compromise
The Stephen Douglas Act
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Kansas- Nebraska Act
19
The 1820 Compromise let Missouri in as
slave
state. What FREE state was admitted for balance?
Massachusetts
Maine
Iowa
Wisconsin
20
In the end, the Chief Justice denied Dred Scott's case and decided that:
Taylor Blow should pay ALL of Emerson's legal fees
Dred Scott should be returned to Fort Snelling
Slavery should be allowed in ALL states and territories
NO black man or woman in the U.S. was actually a citizen
21
The Kansas-Nebraska Act did which of the following?
Allowed settlers in new territories to decide on slavery.
All of these things.
Caused Abolitionists and Pro-Slavery supporters to fight.
Ended the Missouri Compromise for good.
22
In 1849, something BIG happened that made the Missouri Compromise 36th parallel obsolete. What?
The discovery of CHEESECAKE
The discovery of ELECTRICITY
The discovery of GOLD
The War with Mexico
23
The new law that allowed slave catchers to operate LEGALLY in the North was called:
The Dred Scott Decision
The Slave Catcher Act
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Compromise Act of 1851
24
By 1820, 11 Northern states no longer allowed slavery. How many did the South have?
0
14
7
11
25
In the Missouri Compromise, THIS line was drawn to limit slavery only to territories below it:
18th Parallel
101st Parallel
25th Parallel
36 Parallel
26
Federal judges who "signed off" on setting a FREE black person free earned how much?
$10
$50
$5
$1
27
In 1846, this man SUED his owner to gain his freedom.
Dred Scott
Nat Turner
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
28
As an early "cause" of the Civil War, the Missouri Compromise did THIS for the first time ever?
Divided it into North and South
Allowed slaves to be safe and free above the 36th parallel
Angered the Northerners about slavery.
Allowed two states into the Union on the same day.
29
When John Brown told Frederick Douglass about his plan to lead a Slave Revolt, Douglass said:
"You will never get out alive."
You're going to cause a Civil War if you do it.
This will work & it may cause the South to change its mind.
"I like this plan. Can I join in?"
30
Which of these things did John Brown NOT do to try to end slavery?
Gave money to help pay for Abolitionist literature
Gave farm land to runaway slaves
Participated in the Underground Railroad
Ran for office to become a State Senator
31
In 1831, this Virginia slave led a bloody massacre of white men, women, and children.
Frederick Douglass
Dred Scott
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
32
In the North, the economy depended largely on:
Farming and Agriculture
Factories and Manufacturing
Shipping and Trade
All ove these
33
The term "Popular Sovereignty" means:
Being a popular king or ruler.
Making laws for the people to follow.
Passing laws that the people like.
Letting people decide for themselves on important issues.
34
The 19th century belief that America should expand its territory from coast to coast is called
American Expansionism
Manifest Destiny
American Idealism
Territorial Domination
35
The BEST way to pass this "Quest" next class is to:
Cheat
Guess the answers
Pray
Study
36
The two explorers that President Thomas Jefferson sent in 1803 to "open up the West" were:
Adams & Hamilton
Lewis & Clark
Nat Turner and Dred Scott
Brian and Stewie
37
Federal judges who "signed off" on sending a fugitive slave back to the south earned how much?
$10 per slave
$50 per slave
$5 per slave
$1 per slave
38
True or False? The majority of people that flooded to California to find gold were Southerners.
True
False
39
In the South, the economy depended largely on:
Factories and Manufacturing
Farming and Agriculture
All of these
Shipping and Trade
40
How many U.S. Senators is each state allowed to have?
1
2
Depends on the population size.
3
41
As a compromise, the South was now allowed to bring slavery to:
The Northwest
Southern California
Washington DC
Territory they had won in the war with Mexico
42
T or F? The Fugitive Slave Act gave free blacks the right to a trial- but not escaped slaves.
True
False
43
Unfortunately, the majority of Supreme Court Justices that heard the Dred Scott case were:
Women
Friends of President Hamilton
Slave owners or from slave owning families
From the North
