Unit 6 Test Review

Front

What government policy outlawed slavery in the Northwest Territory?

Back

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Front

What Underground Railroad conductor was called the "Moses of her people"?

Back

Harriet Tubman

Front

What was at stake in the 1860 Presidential election? Options: The repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, The repeal of the Compromise of 1850, The annexation of Texas, The preservation of the Union, or United States

Back

The preservation of the Union, or United States

Front

The first Republican Party platform stated Congress had the right and duty to ________.

Back

Prohibit slavery in the new territories

Front

During the Nullification Crisis, South Carolina ________.

Back

Nullified a tariff due to states’ rights

Front

William Tecumseh Sherman believed that in order for the Union to win the Civil War, the South must be defeated in what ways?

Back

Both on the battlefield and psychologically

Front

Robert E. Lee chose to fight for the Confederacy for what reason?

Back

He valued his state of Virginia over the nation

Front

President Lincoln was willing to use federal forces to defend federal law and the Union for what reasons? Options: The South had a right to leave the Union, John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry had already started civil war, The Western states would voluntarily prohibit slavery, Secession was illegal

Back

Secession was illegal

Front

What did Lincoln do to prepare for his duties as Commander-in-Chief?

Back

He studied books on military strategy.

Front

How did the Union have a human resources advantage over the Confederacy?

Back

88% of immigrants settled in the North.