US Module 9 Review

The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union is known as

• confederacy.

• compromise.

• secession.

• popular sovereignty.

The Compromise of 1850 was supported by

• Clay and Calhoun.

• Clay and Webster.

• Calhoun and Webster but not Clay.

• Clay, Calhoun, and Webster.

One of the most active conductors on the Underground Railroad was

• Harriet Beecher Stowe.

• Harriet Tubman.

• Horace Greeley.

• Abraham Lincoln.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by

• Horace Greeley.

• John Brown.

• Harriet Beecher Stowe.

• Charlotte Forten.

One of the founders of the Republican Party was

• Franklin Pierce.

• Horace Greeley.

• James Buchanan.

• Millard Fillmore.

The topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was

• the Missouri Compromise.

• slavery in the territories.

• secession.

• the Wilmot Proviso.

The Dred Scott decision did all of the following except

• please Southerners.

• guarantee that slavery would not be allowed in future states.

• rule that slaves did not have rights.

• declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

The Confederacy included all of the following states except

• Maryland.

• Texas.

• Alabama.

• South Carolina.

When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?

• to abolish slavery

• to punish the South

• to restore the Union

• to bring an end to the war

In which area did the South have an advantage over the North in the Civil War?

• food production

• military leadership

• industrial capacity

• civilian leadership