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7th Grade Semester One Review- Social Studies
Test Description: Social studies review: semester one
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The plan that preserved the balance between slave and free states in the Senate was the:
A
Missouri Compromise
B
Maine Compromise
C
North/South Compromise
D
Slavery Compromise
2) Being loyal to a region rather than to the nation is known as:
A
sectionalism
B
fugitive
C
abolitionism
D
seced
3) The law that required all citizens to help capture runaway slaves was the:
A
Removal Act
B
Runaway Act
C
Slave Owner's Act
D
Fugitive Slave Act
4) Harriet Beecher Stowe's book UNCLE TOMS CABIN:
A
tells the story of Fort Sumter
B
followed the adventures of a young boy on a Mississippi riverboat
C
chronicled the Lincoln-Douglas debates
D
showed slavery as a brutal, cruel system
5) Stephen A Douglas proposed letting people decide about slavery through
A
states' choice
B
free choice
C
executive order
D
popular sovereignty
6) What event led to the South officially seceding?
A
election of Lincoln
B
John Brown's raid
C
Compromise of 1850
D
Fugitive Slave Act
7) What was the capital of the Confederacy?
A
Lexington, Kentucky
B
Atlanta, Georgia
C
Baltimore, Maryland
D
Richmond, Virginia
8) Who was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
A
Jefferson Davis
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
Abraham Lincoln
D
Stephen A. Douglas
9) The first state to secede from the Union:
A
Maine
B
Virginia
C
South Carolina
D
Ohio
10) Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
A
Gettysburg
B
Bunker Hill
C
Vicksburg
D
Fort Sumter
11) The first major battle of the Civil War was the
A
First Battle of Bull Run
B
Landing at Normandy
C
Battle of Yorktown
D
Battle of Gettysburg
12) From the start of the war, the North's main goal was to:
A
destroy the South
B
make an issue of slavery
C
please the abolitionists
D
preserve the Union
13) According to the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves would be freed:
A
in all states
B
in rebelling states
C
in the North
D
in the South
14) The battle in which Grant successfully gained control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in half
A
Appomattox
B
Vicksburg
C
Gettysburg
D
Shiloh
15) The turning point of the Civil War
A
Battle of Appomattox
B
Battle of Gettysburg
C
Battle of Chancellorsville
D
Battle of Fredericksburg
16) Law that required men between certain ages to serve in the army for three years
A
Dred Scott decision
B
draft
C
habeas corpus
D
Fugitive Slave Act
17) Clara Barton tended wounded soldiers and eventually founded the
A
Hospitals Union
B
Nurses Union
C
American Red Cross
D
Veterans Affairs
18) Which group formed the 54th Massachusetts regime?
A
Hispanic Americans
B
American Indians
C
African Americans
D
Canadian Americans
19) Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
A
Vicksburg
B
Appomattox
C
Gettysburg
D
Richmond
20) Lincoln's speech that helped war-weary Americans focus on their shared ideals was called the
A
Copperhead Speech
B
Gettysburg Address
C
Emancipation Proclamation
D
I Have a Dream speec
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