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1
The argument over which level of government could regulate slavery relates to which concept?
Federalism
Liberty
Checks and balances
Bicameralism
2
Which legislation, adhering to popular sovereignty, led to a period of violence known as Bleeding Kansas?
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Wilmot Proviso
Kansas-Nebraska Act
3
In which of the following areas did the North have an advantage at the beginning of the Civil War?
More factories
More money
All of the above
More soldiers
4
What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the Civil War?
It was the first regiment to specialize in artillery
It was the first female regiment
It was the Southern regiment that captured Fort Sumter
It was the first African American regiment
5
Which legislation legally required Northerners to assist in the capture of runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Northwest Ordinance
Missouri Compromise
6
What did Abraham Lincoln mean when he said "A house divided against itself cannot stand"?
A nation with opposing views on slavery will not survive
A government unwilling to allow taxation will fail
A president in favor of slavery will not be elected
A Congress unable to admit new states will fail
7
Which of the following was the site of the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Antietam
Bull Run
Gettysburg
8
Which of the following was a result of the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Confederate states surrendered
More African Americans enlisted to join the Union army
Abraham Lincoln was impeached
Discrimination against black soldiers was eliminated
9
Which legislation would have led to more escaped slaves seeking to reach Canada rather than the Northern US?
Missouri Compromise
Wilmot Proviso
Northwest Ordinance
Fugitive Slave Act
10
Which legislation, passed in 1787, marked the first attempt to stop the spread of slavery?
The Missouri Compromise
The Northwest Ordinance
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
11
Which of the following is an effect of General Sherman's March to the Sea?
Confederate supplies were destroyed and trade was disrupted
All enslaved people in the South were set free
Confederate morale was boosted and they fought harder
Western territories chose to join the Union
12
Abraham Lincoln was elected as a memeber of the Republican Party.
True
False
13
Which legislation admitted California as a free state and allowed Utah and New Mexico to follow popular sovereignty?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise
14
The secession of Confederate states was most caused by --
Disputes over western territories
Conflicts over the issue of slavery
Debates about US foreign policy
Policies on protective tariffs on imported goods
15
How did South Carolina respond to the election of Abraham Lincoln?
They banned slavery
The seceded from the Union
They vowed to preserve the union
They increased tariffs on trade with the North
16
After seceding from the union, what did the Southern states call their new nation?
The New Federation of States
The Land of Liberty
The Antebellum South
The Confederate States of America
17
Which of the following historical figures led a violent rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia?
William Lloyd Garrison
Nat Turner
Frederick Douglass
Sojounrer Truth
18
Which legislation established that slavery would be banned in all territory north of the 36-30 parallel?
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
19
The addition of new territories ultimately _________ sectional tensions between North and South.
Increased
Decreased
20
Which of the following documents was Abraham Lincoln referencing in the Gettysburg Address?
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Northwest Ordinance
The Declaration of Independence
The US Constitution
21
Which legislaton was a
failed
attempt to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Wilmot Proviso
Northwest Ordinance
22
Which legislation led to the establishment of Michigan as a free state?
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Northwest Ordinance
23
Who would most likely have supported the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
A Northern abolitionist
A former slave
Abraham Lincoln
A Southern plantation owner
24
What was the greatest advantage of the South in the Civil War?
They had more experience
They had more ammunition
They were fighting a defensive war
They had more farmland
25
Which legislation led to the establishment of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
26
Which executive order from Abraham Lincoln effectively freed all the slaves during the war?
The Freedom Act
The Confiscation Act
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Gettysburg Address
27
Which battle was a major turning point in the Civil War?
Antietam
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
28
Which level of government did pro-slavery Southerners believe had the power to regulate slavery?
State
Federal
29
Which of the following was a Union strategy at the beginning of the war?
To kidnap Confederate President Jefferson Davis
To block Southern imports and exports
To abolish slavery in the United States
To capture Florida
30
The Dred Scott v. Sanford case established which of the following?
Slavery would be banned in the North
African Americans were not citizens of the US
All escaped slaves in the North were given freedom
African Americans had full citizenship rights
