Pre-Civil War Era Review

Question 1

Which is in correct chronological order A. Comp of 1850 B. Gold Rush C. Kansas-Nebraska Act

Accepted Answer

B, A, C

Question 2

What does secession (or secede) mean?

Accepted Answer

To separate / leave

Question 3

Which of the following best summarizes the impact of the Erie Canal?

Accepted Answer

food and shipping prices dropped; cities developed in upstate NY

Question 4

Which political parties main platform (position) was to outlaw the spread of slavery into the territories?

Accepted Answer

Republicans

Question 5

The South viewed the debate on slavery as a violation of what?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 6

What was the significance / impact of the Uncle Toms Cabin?

Accepted Answer

put a "human face" on slavery and increased northerners hatred of slavery

Question 7

Which event angered Northerners the most?

Accepted Answer

Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

Question 8

The Declaration of Sentiments was a

Accepted Answer

document calling for womens rights, while listing grievances

Question 9

Who stated Congress couldn't regulate slavery in the West?

Accepted Answer

Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sanford

Question 10

The use of popular sovereignty led to

Accepted Answer

Bleeding Kansas

Question 11

Which of the following was NOT an Abolitionist?

Accepted Answer

Stephen Douglas

Question 12

Which of the following would an abolitionist oppose?

Accepted Answer

The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case

Question 13

Which is an underlying or fundamental cause of slavery in the South?

Accepted Answer

Climate encouraged plantation system

Question 14

Which of the following events DIRECTLY led to the South seceding from the Union?

Accepted Answer

Election of Abraham Lincoln (1860)

Question 15

Which compromise included California being added as a free state, and a stricter Fugitive Slave Law

Accepted Answer

Compromise of 1850

Question 16

What are you going to get on this test???

Accepted Answer

90-100

Question 17

The poster below was likely created after

Accepted Answer

The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

Question 18

The invention pictured below was made by Eli Whitney and known as

Accepted Answer

Cotton gin

Question 19

What was the central disagreement between the North and the South that led to the war?

Accepted Answer

The extension of slavery into the new states/territories

Question 20

Which of the following MOST pleased the South?

Accepted Answer

Supreme Courts ruling on Dred Scott case

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT a significant factor that contributed to Westward expansion?

Accepted Answer

Population decreased

Question 22

Which of the following best summarizes the impact of the Cotton Gin?

Accepted Answer

Cotton profits soared and an increase in the demand for slave labor

Question 23

John Browns Raid, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Election of Abe Lincoln all

Accepted Answer

increased sectionalism between the North and South

Question 24

The belief that Americans were destined to expand the US to the Pacific Ocean was known as

Accepted Answer

Manifest Destiny

Question 25

The Declaration of Sentiments was created at the Seneca Falls Convention (1848) and modeled after

Accepted Answer

The Declaration of Independence

Question 26

Who groups fought in "Bleeding Kansas"?

Accepted Answer

Pro-slavery vs. Anti-slavery groups

Question 27

Which feature most influenced the development of Upstate New York?

Accepted Answer

Erie Canal

Question 28

Which group was negatively impacted by Americans westward expansion?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 29

Based on the map below, what helped Lincoln get elected in 1860?

Accepted Answer

The Southern Democratic party split while the Republican party was united

Question 30

How did abolitionists resist the Fugitive Slave Act?

Accepted Answer

They supported the Underground Railroad

Question 31

What was the effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Accepted Answer

Intensified north's dislike of slavery

Question 32

Sectionalism is best defined as:

Accepted Answer

Division; loyalty to section rather than country

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