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Leading To The Civil War Quiz Review
Test Description: Leading to the Civil War Quiz Review
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1) What was the most important crop to the southern economy?
A
Cotton
B
Corn
C
Wheat
D
Tobacco
2) Most northern states made their money from....
A
Shipping
B
Factories
C
Taxes
D
Trading
3) Most southern states earned their money from...
A
Factories
B
Shipping
C
Farming
D
Trading
4) What was the importance of the 36'30' line?
A
It marked the Underground Railroad
B
The line that divided states who followed the fugitive slave law and those that did not
C
The line that divided the U.S. from Mexico
D
The line that divided that slave states from the free states
5) What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
A
All citizens of the United States must return runaway slaves.
B
Slaves are given their freedom if they are uncaptured for three years
C
Runaway slaves do not have to be returned if they are abused
D
People are given extra taxes if they protect runaway slaves
6) What do Frederick Douglass, William Henry Garrison, and John Brown all have in common?
A
They wrote the Fugitive Slave Law.
B
They are all former slaves.
C
They were abolitionists.
D
They invented the cotton gin.
7) What was the Underground Railroad?
A
A train that ran from the north to the south
B
A series of secret trails to help slaves escape north
8) How does popular sovereignty apply to states when it comes to whether the state is a free or slave state?
A
The people can vote on whether a state is a free or slave state
B
The government assigns states as being either a slave or free state.
C
The location of the state in the in the U.S. tells whether the state is free or a slave state
D
If there are more slaves than free people, the state becomes a slave state.
9) After hearing the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves are...
A
property.
B
free.
C
employees that must be paid.
D
illegal to own.
10) What happened in Kansas/Nebraska regarding the issue of slavery?
A
The slaves fought back against the people who owned them.
B
There were outbreaks of violence over slavery.
C
Slavery was outlawed.
D
People did not obey the Fugitive Slave Law and were arrested.
11) Who raided Harper's Ferry?
A
John Brown
B
Lucretia Mott
C
Frederick Douglass
D
Zachary Taylor
12) Match the definition to the word or phrase. Person who wanted to end slavery.
A
Abolitionist
B
Secede
C
States' Rights
D
Popular Sovereignty
13) Match the definition to the word or phrase. Rivalry based on the special interests of different areas.
A
States' Rights
B
Sectionalism
C
Abolitionist
D
Border States
14) Match the definition to the word or phrase. The states along the ine that divided that free and slave states.
A
Border States
B
Secede
C
Popular Sovereignty
D
Sectionalism
15) Match the definition to the word or phrase. The belief that people should have the right to rule themselves and can influence the government.
A
Abolitionist
B
Secede
C
Popular Sovereignty
D
States' Rights
16) Match the definition to the word or phrase. Withdraw from a large political body.
A
Sectionalism
B
Popular Sovereignty
C
Secede
D
Abolitionist
17) Match the definition to the word or phrase. The belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority (don't have to follow a federal law if it is unconstitutional).
A
Abolitionist
B
States' Rights
C
Secede
D
Sectionalism
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