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The Civil War And Its Causes
Test Description: This question data comes from SS8H6, the Civil War and its Causes.
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1) Which two issues played the GREATEST roles in causing the Civil War?
A
The Missouri Compromise and the California Gold Rush
B
The election of James K. Polk and the Northwest Ordinance
C
Manifest Destiny and Indian Removal
D
State's Rights and Slavery
2) Which of these inventions resulted in Southern farmers buying slaves in record numbers?
A
the cotton gin
B
the mechanical reaper
C
the spinning jenny
D
cotton mills
3) Which segment of the American population would have been MOST opposed to the Tariff of 1828?
A
Northerners who would experience increased industrial growth because of a decrease in British import
B
The Freedmen, who were hurt by high rates of unemployment due to the tariff.
C
Southerners who were forced to pay higher prices on goods the region did not produce.
D
Western settlers who saw the threat that the tariff posed to their efforts at industrialization.
4) The Georgia Platform succeeded in saving the Union from collapse by;
A
balancing the number of slave states with the number of free states.
B
threatening a Civil War if the North decided to secede from the Union.
C
quieting radicals who wanted to secede after the Compromise of 1850.
D
establishing the guidelines for the creation of the Compromise of 1850.
5) The site of the biggest and bloodiest Civil War battles in Georgia was;
A
Atlanta
B
Chickamauga
C
Andersonville
D
Chattanooga
6) What role did Alexander Stephens fulfill following Georgia's secession from the Union?
A
Rebublican
B
Leader of the Georgia state convention
C
cooperationist
D
vice president of the Confederacy
7) One purpose of General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" was to;
A
find ships to sail his soldiers to the North
B
break the spirits of Confederate citizens
C
prove that he was the most skilled Union general
D
allow troops under his command to get rest
8) Which of these BEST describes the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
A
The President publicly endorsed the abolition of slavery in southern states.
B
Former slaves were afforded the right to join the war effort.
C
It immediately freed the slaves throughout the country.
D
It allowed slavery to remain unaltered in states who already used slave labor
9) Which BEST describes a result of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
A
A slave had the right to sue for freedom in a federal court.
B
A slave was only a citizen after he or she purchased freedom.
C
A slave who lived on free soil for any length of time was free.
D
A slave was not a citizen but rather the property of an owner.
10) Which event was the immediate cause of South Carolina's secession from the Union in 1860?
A
the firing on Ft. Sumter
B
the Missouri Compromise
C
the election of Abraham Lincoln
D
the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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