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