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1
What was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850?
Essentially negated parts of the Missouri Compromise
Outlawed the slave trade in Washington DC
California becomes a slave state
Strengthened fugitive slave laws
2
John Brown was the abolitionist who started his career at Bleeding Kansas.
True
False
3
What was the Anaconda Plan?
A plan to cut off the South's access to trade and the outside world
A plan where the north would use ambush tactics against the south
A plan where the South would cut off trade with the North
A plan to use the local wildlife against the North
4
Why was Sojourner Truth important?
She was the only abolitionist who did not use religion in her message
She preached to the common man
She was the only woman abolitionist
She was the only one who could read and write
5
Which of the following was NOT a way that slaves resisted bondage?
Violently rebelling
Pretending to be dead
Breaking tools
Running away
6
Why was the Battle of Vicksburg important?
It was the first battle of the Civil War
It was the battle that showed the South that they could win the war
It was the battle for the Mississippi, an important American trade route
It was the turning point of the Civil War
7
Nat Turner was a white northern Abolitionist who advocated for violence and ended up killing 50 people in Virginia.
True
False
8
The Battle of Atlanta started ______________'s March to the Sea
William T. Sherman
Robert E. Lee
George B. McClellen
Ulysses S. Grant
9
Why is the battle at Fort Sumter important?
It was the first Union victory of the Civil War
It was the last battle of the Civil War
It was the first real battle of the Civil War
It was the first shot fired in the Civil War
10
A large-scale farm that grows one crop in order to make money is called a ____________.
Plantation
Agriculture
Hacienda
Pastoralism
11
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
Uncle Tom
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
12
Which of the following Abolitionists was a freed slave?
John Brown
Sojourner Truth
William Lloyd Garrison
The Grimke Sisters
13
The institution of slavery was based on threats of violence
False
True
14
The Missouri Compromise made Missouri enter as a free state and Maine enter as a slave state.
True
False
15
What was NOT something done in Kansas to affect the outcome of the election?
Violence against voters
Voter intimidation
Paying people to vote a certain way
Stuffing ballot boxes
16
What was the one major advantage the Confederate Army had?
All of the above
They had access to factories and therefore more weapons
They had better leadership
They were fighting an offensive war
17
Why is the Battle of Bull Run important?
All of the above
It showed that the North had underestimated the South
It showed that this war would be long and bloody
It was the first real battle of the Civil War
18
Before the Compromise of 1850, where did slaves have to escape to in order to be free?
All of the above
East across the Atlantic
South to Mexico
North to free states
19
Which of the following was NOT a cash crop that declined in the wake of King Cotton?
Sugar
Tobacco
Rice
Corn
20
According to the King Cotton speech given by Sen. James Hammond, if the South falls __________________.
All of the above
The culture of the south will die
The institution of slavery falls with it
The world falls with it, economically
21
What was the Sectionalism that drove the Civil War?
Loyalty to one's govenor rather than one's president.
Loyalty to your friends rather than your family
Loyalty to your region rather than the country as a whole.
Loyalty to nothing but oneself
22
What was the violence in Kansas called?
The Kansas-Nebraska Massacre
Bleeding Kansas
The First Abolitionist War
The Battle Against Slavery
23
Who was the inventor of the cotton gin?
Elliot White
Eli Whitney
Eli White
Elliot Whitney
24
Why was Antietam so important?
It was one of the turning points of the Civil War
It was the battle of the Civil War with the least casualties.
It allowed Lincoln to declare that he had won the war
None of the above
25
What was the mass migration of slaves and slave owners to take advantage of the new land available to grow cotton?
The Second Middle Passage
The First Great Migration
The Fourth Trail of Tears
The Third Atlantic Passage
26
Which of the following Abolitionists did NOT want violence?
John Brown
David Walker
William Lloyd Garrison
Nat Turner
27
Why is the Battle of Gettysburg important?
It stopped Europe from intervening in the Civil War
All of the above
It stopped the South's momentum
It gave Lincoln the confidence to release the Gettysburg address
28
Which of the following was NOT something the Slave Codes prevented slaves from doing?
Learning how to write
Learning how to read
Owning a firearm
Marrying another slave
29
How were Kansas and Nebraska going to decide to be free or slave states?
The people would vote
The top taxpayers would decide
The govenor would decide
The president would choose
