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1
What was Abe Lincoln's view on slavery as he ran for President in 1860?
He wanted popular sovereignty to determine the issue.
He wanted all states to have slaves.
He wanted to completely abolish slavery.
He wanted to keep slavery from spreading west.
2
Which of the following is the best example of Congress restricting individual rights?
Dred Scott Decision
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Slave Codes
3
Which of the following was not a condition of the Compromise of 1850?
Strengthened Fugitive Slave Law.
California admitted as a free state.
Slave trade banned in Washington D.C.
Missouri added as a slave state.
4
What was the outcome of the Dred Scott Decision?
Dred Scott was labeled as property and not a citizen.
Dred Scott was granted his immediate freedom.
Dred Scott escaped to Canada.
Dred Scott was granted citizenship.
5
Where is Fort Sumter located?
Richmond, Virginia
Washington D.C.
Charleston, South Carolina
New York City
6
When did the Civil War begin?
1863
1860
1861
1862
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Who represented the Constitutional Union Party in the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
John Breckenridge
Stephen Douglas
John Bell
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What did the Kansas-Nebraska act accomplish?
Banned slavery in Kansas and Nebraska.
Made Kansas and Nebraska slave states.
Established popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska.
Admitted Kansas and Nebraska to the Union.
9
Which law attempted to maintain a balance between free and slave states?
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
10
What is the name of the newspaper that was published by Frederick Douglass?
The North Star
The North Sun
The Liberator
Uncle Tom's Cabin
11
Which of the following describes how religion impacted the institution of slavery?
Southerners believed the Bible banned slavery.
Southerners believed the Bible allowed slavery.
Religion played no role in slavery.
Religion was used by Northerners to support slavery.
12
What was the capital of the South during the Civil War?
Jackson, Mississippi
Richmond, Virginia
Atlanta, Georgia
Washington D.C.
13
How many states seceded from the Union?
12
9
10
11
14
When did West Virginia become a state?
1861
1864
1863
1862
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What was the final event that led to the secession of South Carolina and other Southern States?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
The election of Lincoln
The outlawing of slavery.
16
What event occurred on December 20th, 1860?
The Confederate States of America are formed.
West Virginia became a state.
Lincoln won the Presidential Election of 1860.
South Carolina secedes from the Union.
17
What is the #1 cause of the Civil War?
State's Rights
Tariffs
Dred Scott Decision
Slavery
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What is considered the secondary cause of the Civil War?
Fugitive Slave Act
Slavery
State's Rights
Tariffs
19
Which of the following states did not secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
20
Which of the following increased the demand for slaves?
The Underground Railroad
Power Loom
John Deere's Plow
Cotton Gin
21
Which of the following was classified as a Border State at the onset of the Civil War?
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
22
What was Abraham Lincoln's platform while running for Senate in 1858?
To allow for popular sovereignty in the West.
To establish slavery in Kansas.
To prevent slavery from moving West.
To get rid of slavery.
23
What allowed for Abe Lincoln to gain national notoriety?
Winning the Presidential election of 1860.
Working to help slaves escape on the Underground Railroad.
Debating Frederick Douglass over slavery.
Debating Stephen Douglas for the Illinois Senate in 1858
24
Which of the following statements is true?
North wanted slavery, South did not want slavery.
North wanted a Civil War, South did not want a Civil War.
North wanted high tariffs, South wanted low tariffs.
North wanted to annex Canada, South wanted to annex Mexico.
25
What is the capital of South Carolina?
Charleston
Columbia
Richmond
Atlanta
26
What is the name of the Fort that the South attacks to start to Civil War?
Fort Supper
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumner
Fort Summer
27
What is the capital of Texas?
San Antonio
Houston
Austin
Dallas
28
What is the purpose of implementing a high tariff?
To lower the government's revenue.
To lower inflation.
To protect American manufacturing.
To discourage the exporting of cotton.
29
Which of the following laws tipped the balance of states in favor of the free states?
Kansas-Nebraska
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slave Act
30
Which abolitionist risked the most to help slaves escape the South?
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
31
What was a purpose of African American folklore and music?
Code messages to help slaves escape.
Reinforce the positives of slavery.
Prevent slaves from running away.
Make slaves work harder.
32
Which of the following people was an educated, runaway slave?
Frederick Douglass
Nat Turner
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
33
Which of the following statements is true.
South used free labor, North used slaves.
South had long cold winters, North had fertile soils.
South's economy based on manufacturing, North's on farming.
South's economy based on farming, North's on manufacturing.
34
Which court case labeled slaves as property?
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Marbury vs. Madison
35
Who represented the Southern Democrat Party in the election of 1860?
Stephen Douglas
John Bell
Abraham Lincoln
John Breckenridge
36
Which of the following laws was proposed by Stephen Douglas?
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
37
Who will be the President of the South during the Civil War?
Frederick Douglass
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Abe Lincoln
38
How did some slaves combat slavery?
Escaped on the Underground Railroad.
Ran for Congress.
Voted against laws that supported slavery.
Worked hard in the fields picking cotton.
