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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
Debates made Lincoln a well known politician
B
Lincoln won the debates, so he automatically became president
C
Debates ruined Lincoln's and Douglas' careers
D
Helped LIncoln get elected as a senator
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
words told slaves how to find water
D
song encouraged slaves to work hard and obey slaveowners
3) Who became the first president of the Confederate States of America?
A
Stonewall Jackson
B
John C. Calhoun
C
Robert E. Lee
D
Jefferson Davis
4) What did the new Republican Party and LIncoln oppose?
A
the extension of slavery into western territorries
B
international slave trade
C
southern plantation system
D
spread of slavery to other countries
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 bringing a group of slaves to freedom in the North
D
He died in an accident on the Underground Railroad
6) Lincoln wanted a general who would push south to capture what city?
A
Manassas, an important railroad center
B
Richmond, the Confederate capital
C
Washington, the United States capital
D
Atlanta, a supply depot
7) What did Lincoln say in his house divided against itself speech?
A
slavery was morally wrong and South should be punished
B
slavery was like a house divided against itself
C
the only democracy in th world would fail if the Northern and Southern states separated
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
abolitionists
B
republicans
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 industry
C
more skilled outdoorsmen
D
more men
10) Why did Joh Brown attack Harpers Ferry?
A
The town would be easy to defend against slaveholders
B
the town had a large slave population
C
freed slaves could escape on the B and O Railroad after his raid
D
he needed muskets from the government arsenal
11) After escaping slavery, what did Harriet Tubman do?
A
she wrote a book that told about the evils of slavery
B
she operated a safe house in Maryalnd for escaping slaves
C
she recruited black solderis for the southern armies
D
She returned south to lead her family and others to freedom
12) What did 7 Southern states do because of the election of Abraham Lincoln?
A
they attacked Northern troops at Manssas
B
they declared war on the United States
C
they fired on Fort Sumter
D
they seceded from the union
13) What was one purpose of the Northern blockade
A
to keep ships and supplies from reaching southern coastal cities
B
to split the Southern states into two sections
C
to keep Confederate armies from reaching the battlefields
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
the end of slavery in the Southern states
C
the immediate emancipation of all slaves
D
slavery would be left alone in the Southern slave states
15) What did the South use to slip past the Union fleet?
A
unsinkable ironclad riverboats
B
powerful warships
C
small rowboats and canoes
D
swift blockade-runners
16) What was one reason to keep Maryland in the Union?
A
to prevent the nation's capital from being surrouded by COnfederate states
B
to provide a supply route down the MIssissippi River
C
to keep Maryland's plantation workers enslaved
D
to show that not all slave states wanted to join the Confederacy
17) What was one reason why England did not support the Confederate cause?
A
England knew the South would lose the war
B
England feared France would join 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 had entered the war on the side of the North
18) What did Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis have in common?
A
both believed in states' rights
B
both believed that the Union must be saved
C
both were born in log cabins and Kentucky
D
both agreed that slavery must be abolished
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
the new state balanced the number of Northern and Southern states
B
the population of Virginia grew too large for the state
C
West Virginia split from Virginia over its representation in Congress
D
small farmers loyal to the Union seceded from Virginia and created the new state
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