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Sectionalism Review Part 1
Test Description: A review for our unit test on Sectionalism.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Sectionalism means...
A
A strong belief in slavery.
B
A strong belief in your country.
C
A strong belief in your region.
D
A strong belief in abolition of slavery.
2) Pick one thing from the list that the South had more of than the North.
A
Large farms.
B
People.
C
Big cities.
D
Factories.
3) Why did the South call cotton 'King Cotton'?
A
Because it was so important to their economy and society.
B
Because only a few wealthy Southerners wanted to grow cotton.
C
Because each year they elected a Southern King to set the cotton prices.
D
Because cotton was the reason that the importance of slavery declined in the South.
4) Jobs that slaves would often have included all of the following EXCEPT:
A
An slave auctioneer
B
A craftsman
C
A field worker
D
A house slave
5) What is one thing that most slaves were not allowed to do?
A
Get married in a 'jump the broom' ceremony.
B
Learn to read and write.
C
Take care of the master's children.
D
Go to church or learn about religion.
6) What is the most accurate definition of the Underground Railroad?
A
The rule that made it illegal for people to help runaway slaves.
B
A train that went through a tunnel under the ground.
C
A network of people and safe houses that helped slaves reach freedom.
D
It's another nickname for Harriet Tubman.
7) Who was called 'Moses' of the Underground Railroad?
A
Harriet Tubman
B
Abraham Lincoln
C
John Brown
D
Dred Scott
8) What did it mean to say 'a load of potatoes is coming'?
A
A wagon full of runaway slaves, covered by farm produce, is on its way.
B
Slave catchers are following the runaway slaves from the South.
C
The runaway slaves are crossing over the Ohio River.
D
One of the runaway slaves is injured.
9) What did an 'abolitionist' believe?
A
That the U.S. should end slavery completely and immediately.
B
That Americans should just keep slavery from spreading West.
C
That slavery was good for masters AND slaves.
D
That slavery would die a natural death...nothing needed to be done about it.
10) How was the Anti-Slavery viewpoint different from the Abolitionist perspective?
A
Anti-Slavery advocates thought slavery was okay.
B
Anti-Slavery advocates promoted violence to bring slavery to an end.
C
Anti-Slavery advocates were the only ones who helped on the Underground Railroad.
D
Anti-Slavery advocates feared they could not legally end slavery where it already was, but they would keep it from spreading.
11) Pro-Slavery advocates might argue all of the following EXCEPT:
A
The Southern states had a right to their slaves, and the national government could not take that right.
B
Slavery was a necessary evil.
C
Slavery should be abolished immediately.
D
Slavery was good for masters and their well-cared-for slaves!
12) What famous book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
A
King Cotton
B
Middle Passage
C
Uncle Tom's Cabin
D
The Abolitionist Handbook
13) What was the immediate result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A
It caused Congress to pass the Compromise of 1850.
B
It caused Lincoln to become a pro-slavery advocate.
C
It canceled the Missouri Compromise by allowing slavery to spread to northern territories.
D
It abolished slavery throughout the North.
14) Which political party began as a result of trying to keep slavery out of the West?
A
The Anti-Federalist Party
B
The Democratic Party
C
The Green Party
D
The Republican Party
15) Why did Preston Brooks beat up Charles Sumner?
A
Charles Sumner had tried to steal some of his slaves.
B
Charles Sumner was a pro-slavery advocate and Preston Brooks hated slavery.
C
Charles Sumner tried to start a slave revolt in Harper's Ferry Virginia.
D
Because Sumner made a biting anti-slavery speech in the Senate (and talked badly about Brooks' uncle)
16) Which of the following was NOT part of the court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
A
That Dred Scott was still a slave.
B
That slaves taken into free states were still property fo their masters.
C
That Dred Scott would gain his freedom in five years.
D
That people of African descent were not citizens of the U.S.
17) What was John Brown's goad in attacking Harper's Ferry?
A
To steal weapons and begin a massive slave revolt.
B
To show his support for slavery.
C
To go on a rampage and kill the entire town.
D
To keep Kansas from becoming a slave state.
18) What was the Middle Passage?
A
The terrible journey for slaves across the Atlantic Ocean.
B
The name of an infamous slave-trading ship.
C
The name for slave houses on a plantation.
D
The name of a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
19) Who was the first leader of the Republican Party?
A
Frederick Douglass
B
Abraham Lincoln
C
John Brown
D
Dred Scott
20) What did the Fugitive Slave Act make illegal?
A
Killing a slave unless he had tried to start a revolt.
B
Helping runaway slaves escape in the North.
C
Teaching a slave how to poison his/her master.
D
Owning slaves in Northern Territories.
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