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The Coming of the Civil War TEST

The first section of the exam will consist of 17 multiple choice and matching questions, all being worth two points each. There will be one question worth one point at the end of this section as well. Please both circle the answer you choose, and write it on the given line next to the question number. If you have any questions, just raise your hand! Good luck!

Multiple Choice
____1. Harriet Tubman was a very important figure in the success of the: a. b. c. d. Bleeding Kansas Riot Underground Railroad Civil War Automobile Industry

____2. One of the main points to Abrahams Emancipation Proclamation was: a. b. c. d. It freed all slaves in areas of rebellion It gave blacks the opportunity to enlist in the Union army It looked to affect the nation on a moral and political level All of the above

____3. Nationalism is a. b. c. d. a belief promoting the unified people of a certain country the devotion to the political and economic interest of a region or section of the country hatred for a certain country having pride for the professional baseball team, the Washington Nationals

____4. Which states were formed by the Northwest Ordinance? a. b. c. d. Michigan, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho, Illinois Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas, California, Indiana, Vermont Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas

____5. This man led a revolt against slavery, and the event has been named, Bleeding Kansas. a. b. c. d. Nat Turner John Brown Michael Jordan Abraham Lincoln

____6. One of the major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention was a. One centralized, national government

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b. The French Revolution c. George Washingtons Hair d. Making the U.S. into a 50 state country ____7. One military strategy used by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War was a. b. c. d. The use of dogs as soldiers Airplanes Appointing Ulysses S. Grant as general Appointing John Brown as general

____8. Henry Clay was a strong Advocate of a. b. c. d. States rights Progressivism Nationalism Sectionalism

____9. John Calhoun was a strong advocate of a. b. c. d. e. Nationalism States rights Buddhism Slavery Both B and D

____10. This man led a revolt in Virginia in 1831 in support of the Antislavery movement a. b. c. d. Matching ____11. Missouri Compromise ____12. The Kansas-Nebraska Act ____13. Sectionalism ____14. Federalism ____15. The Fugitive Slave Act ____16. The Wilmot Proviso ____17. Nationalism A.) prohibited slavery in any territories in Mexico B.) the devotion to the political and economic interest of a region C.) created harsher punishments for slaves caught in the North D.) Missouri admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state E.) Nebraska becomes a free state, Kansas a slave state F.) A belief promoting the unified people of a country G.) A belief in a strong national government John Brown Frederick Douglas Jim Schwartz Nat Turner

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18. Label the 5 states with an X which were created by the Northwest Ordinance

For this section of the test, answer the question fully and completely in sentence form. Answers should be around a paragraph long (5 sentences). Questions are worth 5 points each. Use the next blank page for your answers as well. Essay Questions 1. How were the issues discussed at the Constitutional Convention related to the issues surrounding the United States before the Civil War? 2. What Senator (Calhoun, Webster, Clay) do you most closely agree with and why? 3. How are the Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence similar? How are they different? (two each)