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USI.9a Issues That Divided The Nation
Test Description: Issues that Divided the Nation
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1) The South feared the North would take control of Congress and began proclaiming ____ as a way to protect their way of life.
A
Southern secession
B
immunity
C
states' rights
D
national supremacy
2) The South was primarily an ______ society in which people lived in small villages and on farms and plantations.
A
suburban
B
urban
C
rural / agricultural
D
industrial
3) A tariff is ___.
A
a Civil War Sheriff
B
a short speech
C
a long battle or attack
D
a tax on imports (goods from other countries)
4) The North favored tariffs because ___.
A
it would make goods more expensive to create
B
it would add competition to the market
C
it would increase imports
D
it would protect factory owners and workers from foreign competition
5) Which of the following is NOT a reason the South opposed tariffs?
A
it would decrease imports (goods from other countries)
B
it would increase the price of manufactured goods
C
England might stop buying American cotton
D
it would protect farmers from foreign competition
6) Which statement best describes the South's beliefs about the power of government according to the Constitution?
A
Federalism appropriately divides power between State and National Governments
B
The National and State Governments should have equal power
C
State governments should have more power than the National Government (States' Rights)
D
The National Government is supreme over State governments
7) Which statement best describes the North's beliefs about the power of government according to the Constitution?
A
The National Government is supreme over State governments
B
The National and State Governments should have equal power
C
The division of power should be revisited with a Constitutional amendment
D
State governments should have more power than the National Government (States' Rights)
8) Which statement best describes the North's beliefs about slavery?
A
It was necessary to keep Northern textile mills running
B
Slavery was morally wrong and violated the principles of democracy
C
The Northern economy would be destroyed if slavery ended
D
Slavery would eventually die out so there was no need to make laws regarding slavery
9) Which statement best describes the South's beliefs about slavery?
A
The Southern economy would be destroyed if slavery ended
B
Slavery should not expand to any new Western territory
C
No new laws would need to be created if slavery could continue in the South
D
Slavery was morally wrong and violated the principles of democracy
10) Which of the following was NOT one of the major issues divided the Nation?
A
Slavery
B
Cultural/Social and Economic Differences
C
Differences in Language
D
Constitutional Differences
11) Struggles over the future of ________________ agitated the United States for decades and led the nation into the Civil War.
A
slavery’s expansion
B
popular sovereignty
C
women's suffrage
D
the transcontinental railroad
12) In both the North and the South, most people were _____.
A
factory workers
B
self-employed
C
farmers
D
unemployed
13) Which of the following did the North and South NOT have in common
A
beliefs on slavery in America
B
ideals of personal property
C
political beliefs based on the Constitution
D
a culture of Protestant Christianity
14) A culture of reform grew among the ______, fed by the Second Great Awakening, aspirations of social improvement, activist women, and charismatic reformers.
A
Northerners
B
African American Southerners
C
White Southerners
D
Native Americans
15) _____ argued that the Bible sanctioned slavery and that slaveholders acted as Christian protectors of enslaved people.
A
African American Southerners
B
Native Americans
C
White Southerners
D
Northerners
16) _____ saw themselves as a people held in bondage like the Israelites in the Bible and had faith, they would one day be delivered from slavery.
A
Native Americans
B
White Southerners
C
Northerners
D
African American Southerners
17) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A
much of America's economy revolved around the institution of slavery
B
most people in the north and south were farmers
C
Plantation slavery was economically powerful in the South but did not develop as many towns, cities, + factories as the North
D
the majority of slave labor was used in the factories of the North
18) All were causes of the Civil War EXCEPT:
A
Cultural differences
B
Desire for more land
C
Conflicts about states’ rights
D
Different attitudes about slavery
19) In the 1850s the Democratic Party split over the issue of ___.
A
Expansion of slavery into the new Western Territories
B
Tariffs
C
Import of manufactured goods from Europe
D
Building factories in the South
20) The newly formed ________________ party in the late 1850s wanted to prevent slavery from expanding into the new Western Territories.
A
Whig
B
Southern Democratic
C
Northern Democratic
D
Republican
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