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(1) A state, calling a state convention of delegates, voting to separate from the larger nation is called _________.

A. Popular sovereignty B. NullificationC. SecessionD. AbolitionismE. Separation of powers

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(2) The following event was Not an attempt to avoid a national crisis between the North and South by coming to an agreement, Nor an attempt to appeal to majority vote within a certain state, allowing it to decide if it wanted slaves or not.

A. Popular SovereigntyB. Missouri CompromiseC. Wilmot ProvisoD. Kansas-Nebraska ActE. Compromise of 1850

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(3) The following event included California becoming a free state, the Fugitive Slave Law, and slavery being allowed in the Mexican Cession.

A. Popular SovereigntyB. Missouri CompromiseC. Wilmot ProvisoD. Kansas-Nebraska ActE. Compromise of 1850

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(4) Attempting to sue for his freedom, _________ eventually did pay for his own freedom to become a free man.

A. Dred ScottB. Frederick DouglasC. Nat TylerD. John Brown

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(5). The main moral question leading to the United States Civil War was ____________.

A. Did states have the right to leave the Union?B. Could we continue to exist as a nation

committed to “All men are created Equal” and still have slavery?

C. Does the president have the power to abolish slavery?D. Can Congress limit slavery in the territories?

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(6) John Brown’s Raid differed from earlier abolitionist efforts to abolish slavery because __________.

A. He believed white people and African Americans were essentially equal.

B. He did not wait for the political process to slowly

change the nation, instead resorting to violence.C. He did not believe that a large number of

people were needed to effect great change.

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(7) T / F: The dramatic economic differences between the North and South, the entrenched role of slavery in the culture of the Southern states, and the inability of Congress to peacefully solve the slavery crisis are all larger developments that led to the U.S. Civil War.

A. True B. False

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(8) T / F: The United States Civil War was fought because of the issue of slavery.

A. True B. False

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(9) The following battle, the Battle of __________, a Northern victory, prevented France or Great Britain from recognizing the Confederacy, which would have led to the Southern States received financial aid and probably military support during the Civil War.

A. GettysburgB. VicksburgC. Antietam

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(10) Although this Supreme Court decision was overturned with the passage of an important Constitutional Amendment, Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) did conclude the following about African American citizenship:

A. Those who were free African Americans were allowed to retain all the normal rights of citizenshipB. Those in Border States were allowed to retain their citizenship but all African Americans in the Confederate States of America were denied full citizenshipC. Neither state nor national governments can deny any person born on U.S. soil equal protection of the laws and all the full rights that citizenship includesD. African Americans, whether slave or free, cannot sue and are not citizens of any state

Review Questions(11) The following event, __________________, greatly added to the tension between the northern and southern states, advocating the abolitionist cause.

A. Publishing of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

B. Kansas-Nebraska ActC. Popular SovereigntyD. Treaty of Paris

Review Questions(12) The following invention, __________________, greatly reduced the cost of shipping goods across the country in many cases by up to 70%, which in turn this reduction in cost made goods cheaper.

A. SteamboatB. Water frameC. RailroadD. Telegraph

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(13) The following battle, the Battle of __________, ushered in the beginning of the United States Civil War, as the Confederate Army attacked the Union.

A. GettysburgB. Five ArmiesC. Fort SumterD. VicksburgE. Antietam

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(14) The following factory innovation called _________________ allowed for workers to specialize in a specific task, speeding up the manufacturing process.

A. Interchangeable partsB. Sphere of InfluenceC. Division of labor

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(15) The following movement, called the _________________, advocated the reduction of alcohol consumption including no consumption of liquor.

A. Women's MovementB. Abolition MovementC. Second Grade AwakeningD. Temperance MovementE. Prohibition MovementF. Second Great Awakening

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(16) The following, ____________, is Not true regarding the Emancipation Proclamation.

A. President Lincoln freed the slaves based upon his “War Powers” as the Commander-in-Chief

B. Slaves in the Confederacy and Border States were freed

C. Slaves in the states in rebellion only were freedD. Now the North is also fighting to end slavery

and to force the Confederate states back into the Union