Which of the following is true?

Cotton production in the south grew from 1850 to 1860.

Southerners wanted to deny the cause of the Civil War was slavery because...

they did not want to believe they lost an unjust fight.

How did Southerners respond to the Sumner/Brooks incident?

They sent replacement canes to Brooks

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Compromise of 1850?

It upheld the boundaries set by the Compromise of 1820.

Federalism does what?

Divides power between the federal government and the states

Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner because

Sumner called out Brooks distant cousin, Butler

An abolitionist was someone who

fought for blacks' freedom & taught slavery was morallywrong

Which of the following is false?

The South had a larger population than the North.

finally admitted to the Union as a free state.

The Fugitive Slave Law

required Northerners to return runaways to their masters.

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1
Who of the following had the right to vote in 1861?
White men
Free blacks
Native Americans
Women
2
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854allowed people to decide if the state was free or slave based on
How many states were apart of the Union
A vote from Congress
How many states were apart of the Confederacy
Popular Sovereignty
3
Some Southerners say the cause of the Civil War was...
Slavery
Debates over popular sovereignty
Southern culture
Representation in government
4
The South had a strong culture of
honor
hard work
honesty
trust
5
States wanted to ______ federal laws they deemed unconstitutional.
avoid
forget
break
nullify
6
Preston Brooks was a senator from
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
7
A fierce loyalty to one's region is the definition of...
states' rights
popular sovereignty
secede
sectionalism
8
April 12, 1861 marks
John Brown's Raid
the beginning of the Civil War
southern secession
Bleeding Kansas
9
Which of the following is true?
The Missouri Compromise line was upheld throughout the 1860s
The South had many free states.
The border states were Confederate states.
Cotton production in the south grew from 1850 to 1860.
10
Southerners wanted to deny the cause of the Civil War was slavery because...
they truly did not believe it was about slavery.
they believed the cause was states' rights.
they thought the cause was to preserve Southern culture.
they did not want to believe they lost an unjust fight.
11
How were Kansas and Nebraska determined free or slave states?
Popular Sovereignty
The Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise
President Lincoln decided
12
Northerners wanted land out west to be
land for expansion of Northern power
agricultural land
land for manufacturing
free soil and free labor
13
Which of the following was not one of the root causes of sectionalism?
manufacturing
Congress
population
slavery
14
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to
Bleeding Kansas
Southern secession
Nat Turner's Rebellion
John Brown's raid
15
How did Southerners respond to the Sumner/Brooks incident?
They paid Brooks fees and gave him additional pay
They organized riots in the North
They sent replacement canes to Brooks
They voted Brooks out of office
16
In what year was Lincoln's first inauguration?
1862
1863
1860
1861
17
Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Compromise of 1850?
It enacted the Fugitive Slave Act.
Henry Clay was one of the main authors of the compromise.
California entered the Union as a free state.
It upheld the boundaries set by the Compromise of 1820.
18
Ultimately, the cause of the Civil War was...
slavery
sectionalism
states' rights
southern secession
19
Which of the following was NOT a factor that led to sectionalism between the North & the South?
manufacturing
Bank systems
Population
slavery
20
Which of the following was not one of the four factors that led to sectionalism?
Agriculture
Manufacturing
John Brown's Raid
Slavery
21
The Southern economy was based on
industry
manufacturing
free labor
agriculture
22
Who of the following was NOT an abolitionist?
Preston Brooks
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
Charles Sumner
23
Frederick Douglass was a/an
preacher
white man who led a slave rebellion
runaway slave who worked on the Underground Railroad
abolitionist
24
The most important cash crop in the South was
rice
cotton
indigo
tabacco
25
Some Southerners say the cause of the Civil War was...
States' Rights
Slavery
Western territory
Fights over representations
26
Who was an abolitionist that tried to lead a slave revolt?
Frederick Douglass
Preston Brooks
Charles Sumner
John Brown
27
Who wrote of a slave auction while recounting his best defense of slavery?
John Brown
Henry Bibb
Frederick Douglass
Charles White
28
What means to "break away?"
Secede
Nullify
Popular sovereignty
Separate
29
Who was president before Lincoln?
Hannibal Hamlin
Andrew Johnson
James Buchanan
Franklin Pierce
30
Federalism does what?
Divides power between states
Divides power between the President and Congress
Divides power between branches of government
Divides power between the federal government and the states
31
Which of the following is NOT true about the border states?
West Virginia separate from Virginia& became a border state
They were apart of the Union.
They stood between the North and the South.
Slavery was not allowed there.
32
Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner because
Sumner fought for the freedom of slaves
Sumner called out Brooks distant cousin, Butler
Sumner was an abolitionist
Sumner was from a Northern state
33
An abolitionist was someone who
fought for blacks' freedom & taught slavery was morallywrong
Southerners who gave freedom to their slaves
worked on the Underground Railroad
led slave rebellions in the South
34
Which of the groups made up the largest population in most southern states?
free blacks
non-slaveholders
slaveholders
slaves
35
Which of the following is false?
Northern states did not allow slavery.
There were more non-slaveholders than slaveholders in the So
The North had more factories than the South.
The South had a larger population than the North.
36
Who was denied freedom because blacks were not allowed to be considered citizens of the U.S.?
Dred Scott
Frederick Douglass
Preston Brooks
John Brown
37
How many states seceded from the Union was Lincoln was elected and before his inaguration?
10
11
8
7
38
Lincoln was the ___ president.
15
18
17
16
39
What did Frederick Douglass's parody reveal about Southern slave holders?
Their naivety pf their slaves' needs.
Their desire for their slaves to become Christian
Their hypocrisy
Their desire to care for their slaves
40
Kansas was
finally became a confederate state just before the Civil War
finally admitted to the Union as a free state.
not admitted as a state until after the war.
torn apart and became a half free and a half slave state.
41
The Fugitive Slave Law
required Northerners to return runaways to their masters.
was part of the Missouri Compromise.
said all whites who were hiding runaways could be jailed.
was the outcome of the Dred Scott decision.
42
Set a line between N and S- all lands above would be free states & all below would be slave.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Tariff of 1832

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