Unit Test: Sectionalism Grade 8

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Unit Test: Sectionalism Grade 8

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The Fugitive Slave Law __________. Many Northerners believed the law was unfair and began to support the __________.

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What were the TWO main points of President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address?

Think about the question carefully. Then enter your answer in the box provided

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That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom; That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that "no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law," it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to Slavery in any Territory of the United States.
- The Republican Party Platform of 1860 Chicago, Illinois, May 1860

This excerpt explains that the Republican Party desired -

To expand the territory of America to the Pacific Ocean

to give citizens free land to settle territory that has not yet become a state

to start a nation separate from the southern states

to prevent slavery from spreading to territories in the United States

Henry Clay believed the South should accept the Compromise of 1850 because

it would give the nation the Fugitive Slave Law

the U.S. would be preserved as one

California would be a slave state

Native American lands would be given to Anglo farmers

Which statement best completes this cause-effect diagram?

South Carolina secedes from the Union

Ulysses S. Grant becomes General of the Union Army

The Thirteenth Amendment is passed by Congress

The Kansas-Nebraska Act results in bloodshed

The Fugitive Slave Law __________. Many Northerners believed the law was unfair and began to support the __________.

Jefferson Davis is significant to American history because he -

served as the president of the Confederate States of America

made the Supreme court ruling on the Dred Scott v. Sandford case

worked to get California admitted to the Union as a free state

served as a congressman from Massachusetts

"Physically speaking, we can not separate. We can not remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country can not do this. They can not but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them."
-Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, 1861

According to this excerpt Abraham Lincoln hold that -

the 13 Colonies should not have seceded from Britain

the United States should seek to acquire more land from Mexico

slavery should be allowed to spread to western territories

despite differences all states must remain a part of the Union

Which of the following best completes this chart?

Dred Scott v Sandford

South Carolina secedes

Fugitive Slave Law

Nullification Crisis

Which region on the map had an economy based on mining and agriculture?

B

D

C

A

"A free (African American) of the African race, whose ancestors were brought to this country and sold as slaves, is not a "citizen" within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States."
-Chief Justice Roger Taney, Dred Scott v. Sandford Ruling, 1856

In this excerpt the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans -

were no longer legal property of their former masters

legally had the right to suffrage in federal elections

had the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

did not have legal rights or protections in federal courts

In which region of the United States did each economy develop?

One result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was -

slavery was outlawed across the United States

Americans fought against each other over the issue of slavery

African Americans were ruled to be property

Americans were united over the democratic process

Which effect best completes this diagram?

Abraham Lincoln is elected president

Slavery is abolished

The Civil War begins

The Confederacy is formed

According to this political cartoon, what was one of the major reasons for the Civil War?

The Compromise of 1850

Slavery

Tariffs

Industrialization

How did the growth of slavery in the mid-1800s lead to the Civil War?

Select TWO correct answers

The Democratic Party prevented Abraham Lincoln from taking the presidency and expanding slavery

The Republican Party was created to challenge the issue of allowing slavery in western territories

Southerners argued that the federal government could not interfere with the South's right to keep slaves

Abolitionists traveled to the South and burned many cotton plantations to free slaves

The Republican Party was founded on the basis that -

African Americans are citizens

slavery should not spread outside the South

slavery be allowed in every state

tariffs should be lowered to increase competition

This headline would have been published after the -

Dred Scott v Sandford court case

Thirteenth Amendment was ratified

Compromise of 1850

Election of 1860

Whereas slavery, throughout its entire existed in the United States, is non other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable war of the one portion of its citizens upon another potion- the only conditions 'of which are perpetual imprisonment and hopeless servitude or absolute extermination - in utter disregard and violation of those eternal nd self-evident truths set forth in our Declaration of Independence...
- John Brown, Provisional Constitution and Ordinances of the People of the United States, 1858

Based on this excerpt, John Brown was motivated to capture Harpers Ferry to -

take up arms against President Lincoln

provide food and clothing to slaves

secede from the Union

start a slave revolt

South Carolina seceded from the Union after -

The Battle of Fort Sumter took place

John Brown captured Harpers Ferry

Abraham Lincoln won the Presidential Election of 1860

the Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling was issued by the Supreme Court

What were the TWO main points of President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address?

Think about the question carefully. Then enter your answer in the box provided

In the mid-1800s debates in the Kansas and Nebraska territories arose over the issue of -

the process for becoming a state

the legality of slavery

tariffs on manufactured goods

which crops to produce

This image depicts a scene that is most likely from the -

South

West

Midwest

North

Why did the Northern economy develop so differently from the economies of the West and South?

Northern territories had large amounts of immigrants and rich soil

Northern territories had poor soil and swift rivers

Northern territories had inexpensive lands and many slaves

Northern territories had gold and flat, wide rivers.

What is the message of this political cartoon?

Pain will result from seceding from the Union

It is wise to secede from the Union

It is the morally right decision to secede from the Union

Slavery was the cause of the Civil War

What part of the Compromise of 1850 did southerners object to?

Raising protective tariffs

Admitting California as a free state

Decreasing foreign exports

Passing the Fugitive Slave Law

That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom; That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that "no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law," it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to Slavery in any Territory of the United States.
                                            - The Republican Party Platform of 1860 Chicago, Illinois, May 1860

This excerpt explains that the Republican Party desired -  

To expand the territory of America to the Pacific Ocean

to give citizens free land to settle territory that has not yet become a state

to start a nation separate from the southern states

to prevent slavery from spreading to territories in the United States

Henry Clay believed the South should accept the Compromise of 1850 because

it would give the nation the Fugitive Slave Law

the U.S. would be preserved as one

California would be a slave state

Native American lands would be given to Anglo farmers

Which statement best completes this cause-effect diagram?

South Carolina secedes from the Union

Ulysses S. Grant becomes General of the Union Army

The Thirteenth Amendment is passed by Congress

The Kansas-Nebraska Act results in bloodshed

Jefferson Davis is significant to American history because he - 

served as the president of the Confederate States of America

made the Supreme court ruling on the Dred Scott v. Sandford case

worked to get California admitted to the Union as a free state

served as a congressman from Massachusetts

"Physically speaking, we can not separate. We can not remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them.  A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country can not do this.  They can not but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them."
                                                                                 -Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, 1861

According to this excerpt Abraham Lincoln hold that -

the 13 Colonies should not have seceded from Britain

the United States should seek to acquire more land from Mexico

slavery should be allowed to spread to western territories

despite differences all states must remain a part of the Union

Which of the following best completes this chart?

Dred Scott v Sandford

South Carolina secedes

Fugitive Slave Law

Nullification Crisis

Which region on the map had an economy based on mining and agriculture?

B

D

C

A

"A free (African American) of the African race, whose ancestors were brought to this country and sold as slaves, is not a "citizen" within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States."
                                               -Chief Justice Roger Taney, Dred Scott v. Sandford Ruling, 1856

In this excerpt the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans -

were no longer legal property of their former masters

legally had the right to suffrage in federal elections

had the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

did not have legal rights or protections in federal courts

In which region of the United States did each economy develop?

North

South

West

Natural waterways powered machines in factories

Mining for gold and other natural resources

Fertile soil for cash crops

One result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was -

slavery was outlawed across the United States

Americans fought against each other over the issue of slavery

African Americans were ruled to be property

Americans were united over the democratic process

Which effect best completes this diagram?

Abraham Lincoln is elected president

Slavery is abolished

The Civil War begins

The Confederacy is formed

According to this political cartoon, what was one of the major reasons for the Civil War?

The Compromise of 1850

Slavery

Tariffs

Industrialization

How did the growth of slavery in the mid-1800s lead to the Civil War?  

Select TWO correct answers

The Democratic Party prevented Abraham Lincoln from taking the presidency and expanding slavery

The Republican Party was created to challenge the issue of allowing slavery in western territories

Southerners argued that the federal government could not interfere with the South's right to keep slaves

Abolitionists traveled to the South and burned many cotton plantations to free slaves

The Republican Party was founded on the basis that -

African Americans are citizens

slavery should not spread outside the South

slavery be allowed in every state

tariffs should be lowered to increase competition

This headline would have been published after the -

Dred Scott v Sandford court case

Thirteenth Amendment was ratified

Compromise of 1850

Election of 1860

Whereas slavery, throughout its entire existed in the United States, is non other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable war of the one portion of its citizens upon another potion- the only conditions 'of which are perpetual imprisonment and hopeless servitude or absolute extermination - in utter disregard and violation of those eternal nd self-evident truths set forth in our Declaration of Independence...          
                                                                                            - John Brown, Provisional Constitution and Ordinances of the People of the United States, 1858

Based on this excerpt, John Brown was motivated to capture Harpers Ferry to -

take up arms against President Lincoln

provide food and clothing to slaves

secede from the Union

start a slave revolt

South Carolina seceded from the Union after - 

The Battle of Fort Sumter took place

John Brown captured Harpers Ferry

Abraham Lincoln won the Presidential Election of 1860

the Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling was issued by the Supreme Court

In the mid-1800s debates in the Kansas and Nebraska territories arose over the issue of -

the process for becoming a state

the legality of slavery

tariffs on manufactured goods

which crops to produce

This image depicts a scene that is most likely from the -

South

West

Midwest

North

Why did the Northern economy develop so differently from the economies of the West and South?

Northern territories had large amounts of immigrants and rich soil

Northern territories had poor soil and swift rivers

Northern territories had inexpensive lands and many slaves

Northern territories had gold and flat, wide rivers.

What is the message of this political cartoon?

Pain will result from seceding from the Union

It is wise to secede from the Union

It is the morally right decision to secede from the Union

Slavery was the cause of the Civil War

What part of the Compromise of 1850 did southerners object to?

Raising protective tariffs

Admitting California as a free state

Decreasing foreign exports

Passing the Fugitive Slave Law

	North	South	West
Natural waterways powered machines in factories
Mining for gold and other natural resources
Fertile soil for cash crops

Unit Test: Sectionalism Grade 8

Unit Test: Sectionalism Grade 8

What were the TWO main points of President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address?Think about the question carefully. Then enter your answer in the box provided

Henry Clay believed the South should accept the Compromise of 1850 because

Which statement best completes this cause-effect diagram?

Jefferson Davis is significant to American history because he -

Which of the following best completes this chart?

Which region on the map had an economy based on mining and agriculture?

In which region of the United States did each economy develop?

One result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was -

Which effect best completes this diagram?

According to this political cartoon, what was one of the major reasons for the Civil War?

How did the growth of slavery in the mid-1800s lead to the Civil War? Select TWO correct answers

The Republican Party was founded on the basis that -

This headline would have been published after the -

South Carolina seceded from the Union after -

What were the TWO main points of President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address?Think about the question carefully. Then enter your answer in the box provided

In the mid-1800s debates in the Kansas and Nebraska territories arose over the issue of -

This image depicts a scene that is most likely from the -

Why did the Northern economy develop so differently from the economies of the West and South?

What is the message of this political cartoon?

What part of the Compromise of 1850 did southerners object to?

What were the TWO main points of President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address?

Think about the question carefully. Then enter your answer in the box provided

How did the growth of slavery in the mid-1800s lead to the Civil War?

Select TWO correct answers

What were the TWO main points of President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address?

Think about the question carefully. Then enter your answer in the box provided