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Lessons 7-11
Test Description: Mr Ryan and Ms Le Vine American History Grade 6
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Why were the Lincoln-Douglas debates important?
A
Helped LIncoln get elected as a senator
B
Debates made Lincoln a well known politician
C
Debates ruined Lincoln's and Douglas' careers
D
Lincoln won the debates, so he automatically became president
2) What secret purpose did the words of the song Follow the Drinking Gourd have for Southern slaves
A
words told slaves how to make drinking cups
B
words told slaves how to find water
C
song encouraged slaves to work hard and obey slaveowners
D
song helped escaped slaves find their way north to freedom
3) Who became the first president of the Confederate States of America?
A
Robert E. Lee
B
Jefferson Davis
C
John C. Calhoun
D
Stonewall Jackson
4) What did the new Republican Party and LIncoln oppose?
A
the extension of slavery into western territorries
B
southern plantation system
C
spread of slavery to other countries
D
international slave trade
5) Why was John Brown considered a martyr by some abolitionists?
A
He died bringing a group of slaves to freedom in the North
B
He died while leading a successful slave revolt
C
He died tryig to end slavery
D
He died in an accident on the Underground Railroad
6) Lincoln wanted a general who would push south to capture what city?
A
Richmond, the Confederate capital
B
Washington, the United States capital
C
Atlanta, a supply depot
D
Manassas, an important railroad center
7) What did Lincoln say in his house divided against itself speech?
A
the only democracy in th world would fail if the Northern and Southern states separated
B
slavery was morally wrong and South should be punished
C
slavery was like a house divided against itself
D
the South had to be defeated and made to rejoin the Union
8) Who believed that states had the Constitutional right to leave the union if the government was not fairly representing them?
A
unionists
B
secessionists
C
abolitionists
D
republicans
9) Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North in winning the war?
A
more industry
B
more food and supplies
C
more men
D
more skilled outdoorsmen
10) Why did Joh Brown attack Harpers Ferry?
A
the town had a large slave population
B
freed slaves could escape on the B and O Railroad after his raid
C
The town would be easy to defend against slaveholders
D
he needed muskets from the government arsenal
11) After escaping slavery, what did Harriet Tubman do?
A
she operated a safe house in Maryalnd for escaping slaves
B
she wrote a book that told about the evils of slavery
C
She returned south to lead her family and others to freedom
D
she recruited black solderis for the southern armies
12) What did 7 Southern states do because of the election of Abraham Lincoln?
A
they attacked Northern troops at Manssas
B
they fired on Fort Sumter
C
they declared war on the United States
D
they seceded from the union
13) What was one purpose of the Northern blockade
A
to keep Confederate armies from reaching the battlefields
B
to split the Southern states into two sections
C
to increase the price of Southern cotton in Europe
D
to keep ships and supplies from reaching southern coastal cities
14) What did Lincoln promise in his first inaugural address?
A
the immediate emancipation of all slaves
B
the end of slavery in the Southern states
C
slavery would be left alone in the Southern slave states
D
wages for enslaved workers
15) What did the South use to slip past the Union fleet?
A
swift blockade-runners
B
small rowboats and canoes
C
unsinkable ironclad riverboats
D
powerful warships
16) What was one reason to keep Maryland in the Union?
A
to provide a supply route down the MIssissippi River
B
to prevent the nation's capital from being surrouded by COnfederate states
C
to show that not all slave states wanted to join the Confederacy
D
to keep Maryland's plantation workers enslaved
17) What was one reason why England did not support the Confederate cause?
A
England feared France would join the war on the side of the North
B
England would not join a slave nation in a war against a free nation
C
England knew the South would lose the war
D
England had entered the war on the side of the North
18) What did Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis have in common?
A
both believed that the Union must be saved
B
both were born in log cabins and Kentucky
C
both believed in states' rights
D
both agreed that slavery must be abolished
19) What prediction did John Brown make about slavery?
A
that this rebellion would end slavery
B
that LIncoln would sign a proclamation to end slavery
C
That the crime of slavery would only end in bloodshed and war
D
that the south would willingly free enslaved workers
20) How did West Virginia become the 35th state?
A
the population of Virginia grew too large for the state
B
small farmers loyal to the Union seceded from Virginia and created the new state
C
West Virginia split from Virginia over its representation in Congress
D
the new state balanced the number of Northern and Southern states
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