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1
What freed all slaves in the Confederate states?
Gettysburg Address
15th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
14th Amendment
2
In the 1850s, the phrase "Bleeding Kansas" was used to describe clashes between
Native Americans and white settlers
Spanish landowners and new American settlers
Chinese and Irish railroad workers
proslavery and antislavery groups
3
This man led a raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to lead a slave rebellion.
Andrew Jackson
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
Frederick Douglass
4
What gave settlers the right to decide if slavery would be legal in the territories?
popular sovereignty
nullification
southern secession
sectionalism
5
Which situation was the most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln's election?
Kansas and Nebraska joined the Union as free states.
A constitutional amendment was adopted to end slavery.
Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.
Several southern states seceded from the Union.
6
The goal of the abolition movement was to
end slavery
push for less alcohol consumption
give women the right to vote
make public schools available to everyone
7
For what occasion did Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?
end of slavery
end of the battle of Gettysburg
dedication of a cemetery
end of the Civil War
8
What was Lincoln's main goal in the Civil War?
to abolish slavery
to restore the Union
to punish the South
to bring an end to the war
9
How did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 help the Southern slave owners?
runaway slaves had to be returned
slaves were free
owners were fugitives
10
The raid on Harper's Ferry was intended to
steal weapons to arm plantation owners against slave rebellions
anti-federalist planned to attack Washington DC
steal weapons to arm slaves against plantation owners
military arm of the Democratic Republicans planned to attack New York City
11
The main cause of the Civil War was
Slavery
Taxes
Immigration
Foreign invasion
12
When rebels fired on the federal fort, _____, the Civil War was officially underway.
Fort Necessity
Fort Sumter
Fort McHenry
West Point
13
A person who sacrifices their life for something they believe in
martyr
mistake
military
14
How did winning the Siege of Vicksburg help the Union army?
The MS River came under Union control
Divided the Confederacy in half
The MS River came under Union control and divided Confederacy in half
More waterways were opened for fishing
15
Who won the presidency in 1860 and opposed the spread of slavery
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
Rutherford B. Hayes
16
Where was the opening battle of the Civil War?
Antietam
Petersburg
Fort Sumter
Bull Run
17
What was the name of the Southern states after they left the US?
The Union of the South
Cotton Belt
Confederate States of America
Southern Coalition
18
Which compromise created a free state (ME) and a slave state (MO)?
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
19
The Kansas Nebraska Act was written by
President Martin Van Buren
Henry Clay
Senator Stephen Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
20
After Lincoln was elected, ____ became the first state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Virginia
21
What were abolitionists in the pre-Civil War period most likely to support?
activities of the Underground Railroad
removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia
use of popular sovereignty in the territories
passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
22
What was a characteristic of the North before the Civil War?
big cities with large immigrant populations
government-controlled economy with little freedom for people
strong trade ties with Latin America
an economy based solely on small farming
23
What invention increased the use of slaves in the south?
Cotton Gin
Railroad
Telephone
Steam Ship
24
John Brown was a radical _____.
slave
soldier
abolitionist
25
The Compromise of 1850 icluded all of the following EXCEPT
California entered the US as a free state.
A line was drawn between free and slave states.
A stronger fugitive slave law.
The slave trade was banned in DC.
26
What is not part of the Compromise of 1850?
slave trade was banned in Washington DC
stronger Fugitive Slave Act
Texas joined the Union as a free state
California entered the Union as a free state
27
Admitted California as a free state?
Dread Scott Decision
Compromise of 1850
Northwest Ordinance
Wilmot Proviso
28
The first state to secede?
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
29
What event caused fear among southerners that there would be more slave rebellions?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
John Brown's Raid
election of 1860
Compromise of 1850
30
Laws that assisted slave catchers in their quest to capture runaway slaves:
Fugitive Slave Act
Slave Spirituals
Capture Codes
Figurative Language
31
As the US acquired more land between 1803-1850, what controversy arose?
failure to conserve natural resources
construction of a transcontinental railroad
expansion of slavery
need for schools and colleges
32
What does secede mean?
Formally withdraw from an organization or country
raise tariffs on imported goods
Combine more than one plantation under one owner
Succeed in business, specifically in the South
33
What would be a characteristic of the South before the Civil War?
many large cities with diverse populations
sparsely populated territories with very few women
extensive railroad network connecting rural areas to cities
economy heavily based on the unpaid labor of enslaved people
34
Differences that developed between the North and the South before the Civil War was known as
Sectionalism
Annexation
Transcendentalism
Nationalism
