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Ch. 15-16 U.S History Test
What event marked the start of the Civil War?
Which term means religious meeting?
Ch. 15-16 U.S History Test
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1
Which term means religious meeting?
utopia
arsenal
revival
secede
2
What event marked the start of the Civil War?
the attack on Lexington and Concord by Confederate forces
the attack on Fort Sumter by Confederate forces
the attack on Pearl Harbor by Confederate forces
the attack on Washington D.C by Confederate forces
3
____ is the most widely known African American abolitionist.
Frederick Douglass
John Russwurm
Benjamin Lundy
David Walker
4
Whom did the delegates from the Confederate States of America choose as their president?
Francis Pickens
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Abner Doubleday
5
What term means refusing to obey laws considered unjust?
civil service
civil rights
civil disobedience
civil war
6
Southerners did not support the Wilmot Proviso because it ____.
banned secession by any state
banned slavery in northern states
banned slavery in lands acquired from Mexico
banned slavery in all the states
7
What were the results of the 2nd Great Awakening?
Gave women the right to vote
Church membership increased 10 fold
Led the Fugitive Slave Law
Sparked the anti-slavery movement
8
What happened in “Bleeding Kansas”?
First official Battle of the Civil War
More than 50 people died fighting over allowing slavery
John Brown raided a federal arsenal
Lincoln fought against Douglass
9
What were the main issues discussed at the Seneca Falls Convention?
access to career opportunities for women
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
laws to end discrimination against women
the right to vote for women
10
John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal at ____.
Washington, D.C.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Lawrence, Kansas
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
11
What term means a person who is running away from legal authority?
fugitive
martyr
secede
abolitionist
12
Dorothea Dix worked to ____.
start schools for the blind
improve life for the mentally ill
end slavery
organize religious revivals
13
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Both Kansas and Nebraska had to be free states
Banned slavery north of the Mason-Dixie line
Allowed them to vote if they wanted slavery or not
Banned slavery south of the Mason-Dixie line
14
What effect did the Dred Scott Supreme Court’s decision have on the nation?
Made former slaves citizens by going North
Pushed the North and South closer to the Civil War
Dred Scott won his freedom
It further divided the country
15
The temperance movement warned people of the ____.
evils of slavery
weakness of reform
dangers of alcohol
need for education
16
Which was the first state to secede?
South Carolina
North Carolina
Alabama
Texas
17
What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
slavery
the economy
the presidential campaign
war with Mexico
18
The goal of the American Colonization Society was to ____.
free enslaved and send them out of the country
expand slavery by buying more African Americans
oppose abolition through violence if necessary
start a war between the Northern and Southern states
19
What was religious life like before the 2nd Great Awakening?
churches were growing
strong religious revival
empty and ineffective churches
full and effective churches
20
What term means the right to vote?
abolitionist
secede
suffrage
utopia
21
What term means to withdraw or break away from a nation or organization?
annex
secede
getting dumped
break up
22
Elizabeth Blackwell broke an important barrier for women when she ____.
became a doctor
argued for suffrage
started a college
divorced her husband
23
person who sought the end of slavery in the United States in the early 1800s
abolitionist
communist
pacifist
apologist
24
Susan B. Anthony believed that ____.
men and women should study together
the temperance movement was a mistake
women should only be homemakers
girls needed only a high school education
25
Which is a place to store weapons and military equipment?
barricade
White House
arsenal
library
26
Which is a community based on a vision of the perfect society?
suffrage
revival
utopia
Zootopia
27
Stephen A. Douglas's plan to let each territory vote on slavery was called ____.
popular choice
electoral choice
territorial sovereignty
popular sovereignty