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Unit 5 - The Coming of the Civil War
Unit 5 - The Coming of the Civil War
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Chapter 14 of the textbook
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1
In 1850, the slave trade was banned in __________________.
Texas
Washington D.C.
South Carolina
Ohio
2
In 1852, she wrote
Uncle Tom's Cabin
to show people what an "accursed thing slavery is."
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Harriet Tubman
3
The process that allows people to vote directly on issues.
federalism
checks and balances
separation of powers
popular sovereignty
4
Southerners attacked Fort Sumter because they thought that:
the capture of the fort would force Lincoln to resign
the fort was in Confederate territory and belonged to them
the British were attempting to capture the fort
Lincoln was going to destroy the fort
5
The Republican Party received most of its support from people in the south in the mid 1850's.
True
False
6
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required northern citizens to help capture escaped slaves.
True
False
7
The confederate government chose Robert E. Lee as the President of their new country.
False
True
8
Kentucky senator who proposed the Compromise of 1850.
Henry Clay
Preston Brooks
John Brown
Charles Sumner
9
Which of the following was a point made in the Dred Scott decision?
Slaves were property, even if they lived in a free territory
The Supreme Court had no power to hear this case
Slaves were considered to be citizens of the United States
Congress could not ban the importation of slaves after 1808
10
How did the South react to Lincoln's election as President in 1860?
Southern leaders agreed to support the new President.
Seven southern states seceded from the United States.
North Carolina and New York seceded from the United States.
Southern leaders called for a new election.
11
False or misleading information that is spread to further a cause.
Slander
Propaganda
Rumors
Gossip
12
Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 despite receiving only about ________ of the votes.
50%
30%
40%
20%
13
Senator from Massachusetts who was severely beaten with a cane in the Senate chambers.
Charles Sumner
Charles Baker
Charles Lindburgh
Charles Holmberg
14
The ____________ was formed in 1854 with the goal to stop slavery from spreading farther west.
Free-Soil Party
Constitutional Union
Whig Party
Republican Party
15
What was John Brown's goal in his attack on Harper's Ferry?
to free African Americans that had been captured by the army
to show that he supported the north on the issue of slavery
to raise an army of slaves and lead them in a rebellion
to protest the violence in Kansas
16
The Confederate capital would be located in
Richmond, Virginia
Jackson, Mississippi
Charleston, South Carolina
Atlanta, Georgia
17
Which two territories were created in 1854 from the shaded area of the map?
Washington and Oregon
Maine and Missouri
Kansas and Nebraska
New Mexico and Utah
18
Which was NOT a direct cause of the Civil War?
Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter
Seven southern states seceded from the Union
The Northern army attacked forts in South Carolina
Lincoln was elected President
19
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Wilmot Proviso?
Some Democrats and Whigs formed the Free-Soil Party
Southerners became concerned that slavery was being attacked
More northerners became abolitionists
The issue of slavery in the new territories was resolved
20
California entered the Union as a free state in the:
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Wilmot Proviso
Compromise of 1850
