Quiz 1: Secession and Loyalty 1855-1865

Question 1

Which document declared every slave in Confederate territory not controlled by the Union army to be "forever free"?

Accepted Answer

the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 2

After the Revolution, Americans were pessimistic about man's ability to achieve.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Lee described secession as nothing but _____________.

Accepted Answer

revolution

Question 4

After the Civil War, Douglass spoke out against _____.

Accepted Answer

laws that discriminated against blacks

Question 5

General Robert E. Lee encouraged fellow Southerners to _____.

Accepted Answer

accept defeat graciously

Question 6

“Follow the Drinking Gourd” is filled with directions to freedom by following the Big Dipper and several rivers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

causes of abolition, women's suffrage and temperance were all intimately connected with the revivals of the 19th century

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Black spirituals are a combination of _________ musical patterns and

Accepted Answer

African, hymns

Question 9

The South depended heavily on factories.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

In ________ Lincoln resolved, that govt. of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth

Accepted Answer

The Gettysburg Address

Question 11

Which book written by an Amer. woman, had great influence on the abolitionist movmt and helped to ignite the Civil War

Accepted Answer

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 12

One of Cassy's masters made her obey him by threatening to sell her children.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

The North and the South were founded on two similar economic and social systems.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Man's dependence and hopelessness were popular subjects for sermons after the Revolution.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Womn got more invol in socl and polit affairs after they were able to perform relig. duties that had been kept for men

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Alexis de Tocqueville said that religion and freedom were intimately united in America.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

The revivalists of the Second Great Awakening preached formal doctrine.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

Which answer describes how Abraham Lincoln was mostly educated?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln mostly taught himself by reading every book he could borrow.

Question 19

In the spiritual “Go Down, Moses,” the speaker asks Moses to tell Pharaoh to release his people.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Many of the black spirituals contained secret directions to _______________.

Accepted Answer

freedom

Question 21

The battle with Mr. Covey signified a turning point in Douglass's life as a slave.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

After enduring such hardships at the hands of men, Cassy had difficulty believing in God.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Robert E. Lee's superior military tactics were a great asset to the _________________ army.

Accepted Answer

Confederte

Question 24

Uncle Tom asked Cassy to get his Bible out of his coat pocket.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Both the North and the South believed that God was on their side.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Fredrick Douglass used his ability to ______ and write as he sought freedom for himself.

Accepted Answer

read

Question 27

If the Union were dissolved, Lee vowed to draw his sword on none except in _______________ of Virginia.

Accepted Answer

defense

Question 28

After Douglass put his faith in Jesus Christ, he loved all mankind, even slaveholders.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

At the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln's main goal was to save the Union.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Mr. Auld encouraged his wife to teach Douglass to read the Bible.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

President Lincoln called Harriet Beecher Stowe,

Accepted Answer

the little lady that started the big war

Quiz 1: Secession and Loyalty 1855-1865

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