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