2024-25 SLO Pre-Test

Political Cartoon: Use this picture to answer Questions 1-3

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What is the name of the large central figure being held down?

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Based on the political cartoon, which of the following regions would the Democrats NOT specifically hope to see slavery expanded into?

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The author of this cartoon was most likely in opposition to which of the following compromises?

Political Cartoon: Use this cartoon to answer questions 4-6.

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According to this cartoon, which country is being offered a piece of the United States?

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According to the Cartoon, which country is making this offer?

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This cartoon is about which of the following causes of World War One?

Political Cartoon: Use the cartoon below to answer question 7.

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What is the main idea of the cartoon created by Benjamin Franklin during the American Colonial Period?

Primary Source Quotes: The following quotes were given during the debates at the
Constitutional Convention. Use these four quotes to answer questions 8-11.

Mr. RUTLEDGE: Religion and humanity have nothing to do with this question. The true question at present is whether the Southern states shall or shall not be a part of the Union. If the Northern states think about their interest, they will not oppose the increase of slaves because they will profit by selling the goods that slaves produce.

Mr. ELLSWORTH: Let every state do what it pleases. The morality or wisdom of slavery are decisions belonging to the states themselves. What enriches a part enriches the whole.

Mr. WILLIAMSON: Southern states could not be members of the Union if the slave trade ended. It is wrong to force any thing that is not absolutely necessary, and which any state must disagree to.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: I agree to this Constitution with all its faults because I think a federal (national) government necessary for us. When you assemble a large group of men, you will inevitably find that they will disagree with each other about their local interests, and their selfish views. We have to accept some of these disagreements in order to build a national government.

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Which speaker advocates not accepting the Constitution if slavery is not allowed to persist in the Southern regions?

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Why does Benjamin Franklin support the Constitution even though it has some flaws?

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According to Mr. Ellsworth, who or what has the morality or wisdom to deal with the slavery issue?

Source Quote: Use this document to answer questions 12-

The men at the Constitutional Convention never considered getting rid of slavery. The Revolutionary talk of freedom and equality had been left behind; Americans in general and the men at the Convention in particular wanted a united, well-ordered, and prosperous society in which private property—including slave property—would be secure.

Source: John P. Kaminski, A Necessary Evil? Madison, Wisconsin: Madison House, 1995. p.42

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What type of source is the above passage?

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According to the author, what type of society was NOT to be expected by the authors of the Constitution

The Founding Fathers’ racism [was] a barrier to antislavery. Here again Jefferson typified the age. Jefferson suspected that blacks had lower intellectual abilities than did whites. These suspicions, together with Jefferson’s fear that free blacks and free whites could not live harmoniously in America, made him and others think that the only way Africans could be free was if they were sent back to Africa.

Source: William Freehling, “The Founding Fathers and Slavery.” In Kermit Hall, Ed., The Law of American Slavery. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1987. p. 221.

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According to the author, what was the only way that the Founding Fathers felt that slavery could be abolished in the United States?

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Who is the author of this passage?

Map Analysis: Answer Questions 16-19 using this map

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Which of the following states was NOT open to slavery?

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Which of the following was NOT a condition of the Missouri Compromise?

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Which area on the map is jointly occupied by the British and the Americans?

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The Missouri Compromise was specifically a plan for and applied only to the organization of which American land purchase?

Secession Map: Use the following map to answer questions 20-22

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Which state was the first to declare secession in 1860?

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Which state was formed in 1863 because the region was strongly against secession?

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Which of the following slave states remained in the Union?

Political Cartoon: Use this cartoon to answer questions 23 - 25

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What president is being portrayed in this political cartoon?

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The cartoon portrays the President as a king or tyrant because he is trampling what important document?

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According to this cartoon, the President portrayed was criticized by his use of what presidential power?

Slaveholdings Chart: Use the Chart below to answer Questions 26-27

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In 1860, Which plantation size was the most common?

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Which decade listed in the chart had the highest percentage of free African Americans?

Civil War Secession Chart: Use this chart to answer questions 28-30

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Which of the following slave holding states remained in the Union during the Civil War?

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According to the chart, a state was among the initial states to secede if it had which of the following percentage of slaves in its population?

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Based on this chart, what seems to be the most relevant factor for states remaining loyal to the Union?

1870 photograph: Use this photograph to answer questions 31-34

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What is the cash crop that these women are harvesting?

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Which American region was this photograph most likely taken?

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This picture was taken after the Civil War. Which amendment tells the viewer know that these are not slaves.

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Since these are not slaves, what type of farming agreement were these women and children likely fulfilling?

Hamilton Quote: Use this quote to answer questions 35-38

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What group does Hamilton refer to as "turbulent and changing"?

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Which group does Hamilton want to have a permanent and distinct share of the government?

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Based on this quote, which of the following parts of the Federal government would Hamilton most uncomfortable with?

Reconstruction Era Quote: Use the following Quotes to answer questions 38-40

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What caused the issuance of the First Reconstruction Act in 1867?

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According to the First Reconstruction Act of 1867, which of the following is NOT a reason for the presence of the military in the Southern states?

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According to President Johnson, Who will have the power to make people into slaves under the First Reconstruction act?

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What is another term for the "manifest destiny" that O'Sullivan is describing?

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Please write a well thought out essay explaining the ways in which a Historian would prove the validity, or trustworthiness, of a secondary source.

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