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Causes of the American Civl War
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1
All of the following is true about the North except...
It had harsh slave codes
It had immigrants from all over the world
It had tons of factories.
It was multicultural.
2
Stephen A. Douglas called Lincoln's "House Divided" speech...
an attempt to make Illinois secede.
A brilliant analogy.
A Call to war.
None of the above.
3
Which of the following is not true of Dred Scott?
The Supreme Court decided he was property, not a person.
He was a slave.
He had lived in free territory.
The Supreme Court ruled in his favor &gave him his freedom.
4
This gentleman from Mississippi became the president of the Confederacy...
Stephen A. Douglas
Frederick Douglass
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
5
The first state to secede from the Union was...
Mississippi
Virginia
South Carolina
Alabama
6
Based on this chart, which of the following is incorrect?
Transportation was easier in the North.
The South produces more steel and iron.
The South has fewer people.
The South has more large farms
7
South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun believed all of the following except...
The South could ignore federal laws that they didn't like.
Slavery should end to keep the country united.
The South had the right to have slaves.
Slavery was good for the slave and the slave owner.
8
All of the following is true about
Uncle Tom's Cabin
except...
The author was not from the South.
It was written by an abolitionist.
The author is Harriet Beecher Stowe.
It is a slave narrative.
9
Which of the following were both former slaves and abolitionists?
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
10
Abolitionists in the North were most angry about which parts of the Compromise of 1850?
California will be a free state.
The end of the slave trade in the District of Columbia
New Mexico and Utah will have popular sovereignty.
The Fugitive Slave Act
11
Which of the following is true about
Uncle Tom's Cabin
?
The author was a slave.
Southerner's believe it was written to make them look bad.
It was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a Southerner.
It caused the South to secede.
12
The notion (idea) that people should have the right to rule themselves is...
sectionalism
an amendment
a compromise
popular sovereignty
13
Which of the following is the BEST definition of
sectionalism
?
Loving your nation above everything.
Loving your nation more than the region in which you live.
Having great loyalty to the region in which you live.
Having greater loyalty to your state or region than nation.
14
She was a conductor on the Underground railroad and helped slaves find their way to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
Mary Todd Lincoln
Sacagawea
Harriet Beecher Stowe
15
Which of the following is true about Lincoln's view of slavery?
He saw it as a moral issue that was dividing our nation.
Slaves were property as defined by the 5th amendment.
Popular sovereignty in the territories is a good idea.
He believed it should be ended in all states immediately.
16
Which amendment did the Supreme Court base their ruling on in the Dred Scott case?
Fifth amendment
Sixth amendment
Ninth amendment
First amendment
17
Which of the following is NOT true of John Brown?
He considred himself an angel sent to end slavery.
He killed five pro-slavery settlers in Kansas.
He attacked an armory in Virginia.
He was considered a martyr by many in the South.
18
All of the following is true about the South except...
It was constantly changing.
Its economy was based on agriculture.
It had fewer immigrants than the North.
It allowed slavery.
19
Which of the following is NOT true of Abraham Lincoln...
He challenged Stephen A. Douglas to a series of debates.
He ran for office as a democrat.
He believed slavery should not spread to the territories.
He lost the senatorial race in Illinois.
20
He won the presidential election of 1860.
Jefferson Davis
Stephen A. Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
21
This made the Missouri Compromise illegal and opened up the territories to slavery...
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The "House Divided" speech
The election of 1860
The Dred Scot case
22
Which of the following is NOT true about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It led to over 200 deaths in the state.
It caused Kansas to be called "Bleeding Kansas."
It led to John Brown starting a slave rebellion in Kansas.
It gave Kansas popular sovereignty.
23
People who protested against slavery were called...
free soilers
secessionists
sectionalists
abolitionists
24
All of the following were results of John Brown's raid on the armory in Virginia except...
Northerners were scared of future slave rebellions.
John Brown was hanged.
Increased anger against abolitionists.
Some viewed Brown as a martyr.
25
When a state leaves the United States or Union it is called...
secession (to secede)
sectionalism
sovereignty
separation
