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Review Questions
(1) A state, calling a state convention of delegates,
voting to separate from the larger nation is called
_________.
A. Popular sovereignty
B. Nullification
C. Secession
D. Abolitionism
E. Separation of powers
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(2) The following event was Not an attempt to avoid
a national crisis between the North and South by
coming to an agreement, Nor an attempt to appeal
to majority vote within a certain state, allowing it to
decide if it wanted slaves or not.
A. Popular Sovereignty
B. Missouri Compromise
C. Wilmot Proviso
D. Kansas-Nebraska Act
E. Compromise of 1850
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(3) The following event included California
becoming a free state, the Fugitive Slave Law,
and slavery being allowed in the Mexican
Cession.
A. Popular Sovereignty
B. Missouri Compromise
C. Wilmot Proviso
D. Kansas-Nebraska Act
E. Compromise of 1850
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(4) Attempting to sue for his freedom, _________
eventually did pay for his own freedom to
become a free man.
A. Dred Scott
B. Frederick Douglas
C. Nat Tyler
D. John Brown
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(5). The main moral question leading to the
United States Civil War was ____________.
A. Did states have the right to leave the Union?
B. Could we continue to exist as a nation
committed to “All men are created Equal” and
still have slavery?
C. Does the president have the power to abolish
slavery?
D. Can Congress limit slavery in the territories?
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(6) John Brown’s Raid differed from earlier
abolitionist efforts to abolish slavery because
__________.
A. He believed white people and African Americans
were essentially equal.
B. He did not wait for the political process to slowly
change the nation, instead resorting to violence.
C. He did not believe that a large number of people
were needed to effect great change.
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(7) T / F: The dramatic economic differences between the
North and South, the entrenched role of slavery in the
culture of the Southern states, and the inability of
Congress to peacefully solve the slavery crisis are all
larger developments that led to the U.S. Civil War.
A. True
B. False
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(8) T / F: The United States Civil War was fought because of
the issue of slavery.
A. True
B. False
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(9) The following battle, the Battle of __________, a Northern
victory, prevented France or Great Britain from recognizing the
Confederacy, which would have led to the Southern States
received financial aid and probably military support during the
Civil War.
A. Gettysburg
B. Vicksburg
C. Antietam
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(10) Although this Supreme Court decision was overturned with the
passage of an important Constitutional Amendment, Dred Scott v.
Sanford (1857) did conclude the following about African American
citizenship:
A. Those who were free African Americans were allowed to retain
all the normal rights of citizenship
B. Those in Border States were allowed to retain their citizenship
but all African Americans in the Confederate States of America
were denied full citizenship
C. Neither state nor national governments can deny any person
born on U.S. soil equal protection of the laws and all the full rights
that citizenship includes
D. African Americans, whether slave or free, cannot sue and are
not citizens of any state
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(11) The following event, __________________, greatly added to
the tension between the northern and southern states, advocating
the abolitionist cause.
A. Publishing of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher
Stowe
B. Kansas-Nebraska Act
C. Popular Sovereignty
D. Treaty of Paris
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(12) The following invention, __________________, greatly
reduced the cost of shipping goods across the country in many
cases by up to 70%, which in turn this reduction in cost made
goods cheaper.
A. Steamboat
B. Water frame
C. Railroad
D. Telegraph
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(13) The following battle, the Battle of __________,
ushered in the beginning of the United States Civil War,
as the Confederate Army attacked the Union.
A. Gettysburg
B. Five Armies
C. Fort Sumter
D. Vicksburg
E. Antietam
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(14) The following factory innovation called
_________________ allowed for workers to specialize in
a specific task, speeding up the manufacturing process.
A. Interchangeable parts
B. Sphere of Influence
C. Division of labor
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(15) The following movement, called the
_________________, advocated the reduction of alcohol
consumption including no consumption of liquor.
A. Women's Movement
B. Abolition Movement
C. Second Grade Awakening
D. Temperance Movement
E. Prohibition Movement
F. Second Great Awakening
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(16) The following, ____________, is Not true regarding
the Emancipation Proclamation.
A. President Lincoln freed the slaves based upon
his “War Powers” as the Commander-in-Chief
B. Slaves in the Confederacy and Border States
were freed
C. Slaves in the states in rebellion only were freed
D. Now the North is also fighting to end slavery
and to force the Confederate states back into the
Union