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Test Description: Antebellum through Reconstruction
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which statement accurately describes the concept known as “states’ rights”?
A
It is the belief that the needs of the states should be clearly explained in a national constitution.
B
It is the belief that the needs of the states and needs of the nation should be carefully balanced
C
It is the belief that the needs of the nation should come before the needs of the state.
D
It is the belief that the needs of the states should come before the needs of the nation.
2) Which state entered the Union as free state as a result of the Missouri Compromise?
A
Missouri
B
Nebraska
C
Maine
D
California
3) Which statement BEST explains the outcome of the Missouri Compromise?
A
Power sharing in congress was maintained as one slave state and one free state were added to the Union
B
Power in Congress was up for grabs as states scrambled for enough votes to secure a victory
C
Control of Congress shifted to the free states as one free state was admitted to the Union
D
Control of Congress shifted to the slave states as one slave state was admitted to the Union.
4) According to the Compromise of 1850,
A
All slavery was eliminated in the District of Columbia
B
Texas was allowed to annex New Mexico, extending slavery into that territory
C
Popular sovereignty was established, allowing states to vote on whether or not to have slavery
D
California was allowed to enter the Union as free state with no slavery
5) Which individual, though he argued against secession, went on to become vice president of the Confederacy?
A
Jefferson Davis
B
Alexander Stephens
C
Abraham Lincoln
D
Andrew Johnson
6) Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
A
Stonewall Jackson
B
Jefferson Davis
C
Stonewall Jackson
D
Abraham Lincoln
7) Why were southerners opposed to the abolition of slavery?
A
Slaves would not know how to live on their own
B
There would be riots in the streets
C
The South actually wanted to free their slaves
D
It would ruin their economy
8) Which was an organized escape plan for southern slaves running away from their owners?
A
The slave revolt
B
The Underground Railroad
C
The slave code
D
The Fugitive Slave Law
9) What was the majority type of labor used on Georgia’s plantations before the Civil War?
A
Sharecropping
B
Hourly wage labor
C
Slavery
D
Indentured servitude
10) How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act change the Missouri Compromise?
A
It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
B
It permitted slavery north of Missouri’s southern territory
C
It made Missouri a free state
D
It changed the requirements necessary for a territory to become a state
11) This concept states that when a territory asked for statehood, the people of that territory could vote on whether they wanted to be a free state or a slave state.
A
Nullification
B
Popular Sovereignty
C
Succession
D
States’ rights
12) Why did the US Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?
A
Because he returned to a slave state and he could not be freed
B
Because he did not live long enough in a free territory to be free
C
Because he was slave and he was not eligible to sue in court
D
Because he was the property of his owner and could be taken anywhere
13) Who led a march from Atlanta to Savannah that destroyed buildings, farmland, and homes?
A
William Sherman
B
Stonewall Jackson
C
Jefferson Davis
D
Abraham Lincoln
14) Which of the following is NOT a border state?
A
Missouri
B
Delaware
C
Maryland
D
Ohio
15) Who was given the right to vote under the 15th Amendment?
A
only females
B
only African-Americans
C
all males
D
all citizens of the US
16) What battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War
A
Battle of Antietam
B
Battle of Gettysburg
C
Battle of Yorktown
D
Attack of Fort Sumter
17) The Emancipation Proclamation…
A
freed all of the slaves in the Union on January 1, 1863
B
freed all of the black soldiers and gave them a piece of farmland
C
freed all of the slaves
D
freed the slaves in the Confederate States if those states did not return to the union by January 1, 1863
18) Which of the following was added to the United States Constitution as a result of the Civil War?
A
The 13th Amendment - Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United State
B
The 8th Amendment – No cruel and unusual punishments inflicted
C
The 2nd Amendment - The right of the people to keep and bear Arms.
D
The 26th Amendment - The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older to vote
19) Who was the President of the Confederacy?
A
James Madison
B
Stonewall Jackson
C
George Washington
D
Jefferson Davis
20) What was the northern economy becoming?
A
Industrialized
B
Cash crops
C
Specialized merchants
D
Agricultural based
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