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Many southern states seceded from the United States based on their belief in...
The Missouri Compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
States' Rights
The Monroe Doctrine
2
Not many factories were built in the South because...
southerners did not pay their workers
southerners did not buy machine-made goods
southerners thought women should work from home
southerners used their money on slaves and land
3
What event pushed South Carolina to secede?
Missouri Compromise
Election of 1860
Dred Scott Case
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
4
The Dred Scott decision did all of the following EXCEPT
allowed slavery into all territories
Gave Dred Scott his freedom
struck down the Missouri Compromise
decided that slaves were not considered citizens
5
Americans that were abolitionists wanted to end...
immigration
slavery
suffrage
imprisonment
6
What percentage of electoral votes did Abraham Lincoln receive?
20%
40%
80%
60%
7
Which of the following events did not lead to the Civil War?
Manifest Destiny
Election of 1860
Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Missouri Compromise
8
What percentage of electoral votes did Bell receive?
18%
40%
29%
13%
9
The causes of the Civil War were...
the North invading the South
differences in economies of the North and South
slavery
the issues of state's rights
10
What was the name of the President of the Confederate States of America?
Nat Turner
Jefferson Davis
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
11
Generally the main fear of slaves was...
being disrespected by their elders
being beaten by their master
being sold away from family
being caught as they tried to run away
12
What is a "driver?"
A slave that works in the fields
An overseer, but also a slave
A house slave
Someone that sells slaves
13
Who began the raid on Harper's Ferry?
Abraham Lincoln
Dred Scott
Charles Sumner
John Brown
14
Who was the attacker on Charles Sumner?
Dred Scott
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Preston Brooks
John Brown
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Slavery was more common in the South than the North because...
land was suitable for cash crops which needed more labor
Southerners had more money to buy slaves
the south allowed slavery
there were more ports in the South to bring in slave ships
16
The Second Great Awakening inspired the following reform movements EXCEPT...
Women's suffrage
Prisons
Education
Immigration
17
California entered the United States as a ________________ state.
Free
Slave
18
What was Nat Turner's role in the causes of the Civil War?
He took part in the Lincoln/Douglas debates
He sued to be free, because he lived in a free state
He helped along the Underground Railroad
He started a slave rebellion
19
What percentage of electoral votes did Breckenridge receive?
26%
24%
22%
20%
20
What was the actual event that began the Civil War?
Firing on Fort Sumter
Fugitive Slave Act
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Compromise of 1850
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What was the southern goal for the Civil War?
Independence
To hold the United States together
22
How did the cotton gin effect the lives of slaves?
It stopped the slave trade
It increased the amount of slaves in the US
It made slaves work easier
It made it so the US needed less slaves
23
Many white southerners that did not own slaves supported slavery because...
the Southern economy needed slave labor
the leaders of the South were all slaveholders
they thought they might own slaves one day
the Constitution did not ban slavery in southern states
24
What does it mean to reform?
A belief that states have the right to choose
To compromise
To change for the better
Hatred or intolerance of another race
25
Who wrote
Uncle Tom's Cabin
?
Ernest Hemingway
Upton Sinclair
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mark Twain
26
What were the two states added to the United States with the Missouri Compromise?
Maine and Oregon
Missouri and California
Missouri and Florida
Missouri and Maine
27
The Dred Scott decision stated...
Slaves were allowed to sue for their freedom
Slaves were considered property
Slaves were only slaves in southern states
Slaves were set free if their master died
28
The idea of Popular Sovereignty...
led to bloodshed in Kansas over slavery
decided the fate of slavery in Kansas
banned slavery in Kansas and Nebraska
was a good compromise on slavery
29
What is popular sovereignty?
People living in a place are free from federal intrusion
Too withdraw from an alliance
To change for the better
People that wanted to get rid of slavery
30
Following the attack on Fort Sumter, how many troops did Lincoln call for?
1,000,000
50,000
75,000
100,000
31
African traditions were shown in all of the following ways EXCEPT
the quilts and art that was created
the songs sung by slaves
the living conditions of slaves
the stories told by slaves
32
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry...
created wide-spread slave rebellions
was supported by Abraham Lincoln
made John Brown a hero with abolitionists
was supported in the South
33
The 1860 election showed...
how popular Lincoln was in both the South and the North
how many people in the South liked Uncle Tom's Cabin
how little support abolitionists had in the North
how divided the nation was on slavery
34
What was the northern goal for the Civil War?
Independence
To hold the Union together
35
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Bell
George Washington
36
In which state did the Lincoln/Douglas debates happen?
Florida
Maine
Illinois
Virginia
37
What was the first southern state to secede?
South Carolina
Louisiana
Alabama
Texas
38
Uncle Tom's Cabin
was not supported by many Southerners because...
it was in support of the Dred Scott decision
it propelled many abolitionists to action
Harriet Beecher Stowe was a female author
it was a national best seller
39
The Industrial Revolution marked a shift...
from slaves to immigrant labor
from cotton to wool clothing
from handmade to manufactured items
from coal power to steam power
40
Who gave the speech titled, "The Crime Against Kansas."?
Dred Scott
Charles Sumner
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
