Civil War Quiz

The need for agricultural workers in the early southern colonies led to

• the need to tax colonial exports.

• the use of enslaved persons from Africa.

• improvements in farming.

• the decision to industrialize.

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What was the main reason the North and South developed different economies?

• Protective tariffs only applied to the North.

• Geographic conditions supported different types of economic activities.

• Slavery in the North promoted rapid growth.

• Land in the south was not suited for agriculture.

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The Underground Railroad was developed in the 1840s in order to

• smuggle illegal goods into the country.

• provide for an easier form of transportation.

• stop illegal aliens from entering the country.

• help runaway slaves escape to freedom.

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The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe contributed to the start of the Civil War by

• showing the dangers of cotton manufacturing.

• exposing the horrors of slavery to Northerners.

• pressuring the President to support emancipation.

• convincing Congress to annex Texas.

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During the early to mid-1800’s, the abolition movement worked to...

• expand the western border of the United States to the Pacific Ocean.

• end slavery.

• return escaped slaves to their owners on Southern plantations.

• protect American Indians from unfair treatment.

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Which of the following is best known for his actions in Bleeding Kansas and his raid on an arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia?

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• John Brown

• Simon Legree

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Which of the following created an imaginary line dividing free and slave states?

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Fugitive Slave Act

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Which act brought popular sovereignty to New Mexico and Utah and added California as a free state?

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Fugitive Slave Act

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This poster from the 1850s appeared in response to the

• start of the Civil War.

• the annexation of Texas.

• issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation.

• passage of the Fugitive Slave Law.

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The purpose of this quote was most likely to...

• convince Congress to support the Texas Annexation.

• persuade Americans to vote for Abraham Lincoln.

• encourage runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad.

• inform the President about natural resources available in Oregon.

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