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Quarter 3 Midterm Review
Test Description: Antebellum and Civil War
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What led the newspapers to speak of Bleeding Kansas in 1856?
A
reaction to US Supreme Court ruling against Dred Scott
B
conflict between cattle ranchers and farmers
C
fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces
D
attacks on job-seeking Irish immigrants
2) What was the first major goal of President Abraham Lincoln's administration?
A
to maintain the unity of the country
B
to expand the power of state governments
C
to destroy the institution of slavery
D
to industrialize the economy
3) Which of the following issues was central to the Nullification Crisis of 1832--1833?
A
due process
B
laissez faire
C
women's rights
D
states' rights
4) Which of the following occurred first?
A
Kansas-Nebraska Act
B
Missouri Compromise
C
South Carolina secedes from the Union
D
Compromise of 1850
5) Why can the Emancipation Proclamation be seen as a diplomatic document?
A
It called on England and France to sell their weapons
B
It encouraged France to sell the Louisiana Territory to the US
C
It made it hard for foreign nations to recognize and support the Confederacy.
D
It warned European nations to stay out of US affairs
6) What action abolished slavery in the United States?
A
passage of the Fourteenth Amendment
B
passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
C
suspension of habeas corpus
D
passage of the Thirteenth Amendment
7) In the fall of 1862, what was one immediate effect of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?
A
It created confusion in the South
B
It led European countries to ally with the South
C
It abolished slavery in all states of the Union
D
It ended the Civil War
8) What did the South gain from both the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A
the gradual elimination of slavery in the territories being added to the nation
B
the use of popular sovereignty in making decisions about slavery in the territories
C
an enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law
D
a provision to honor the Mason-Dixon Line
9) During the 1830s, the issue of raising the tariff rates led to conflict between the Industrial North and the agrarian South. Which situation gives the best example of how a higher tariff would have negatively affected South Carolinians?
A
when they traveled to northern states
B
when they purchased additional farm land
C
when they bought foreign-made goods
D
when they sold cotton to northern manufacturers
10) In the 1830-1850 time period, which section of the United States most opposed a protective tariff?
A
West
B
Northwest
C
South
D
Northeast
11) Southern economy was based mostly on cotton production on large plantations. Another term for the use of farms is
A
sectionalism
B
urban
C
textiles
D
agrarian
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