Prior to the Civil War the North was industrial while the South had what type of economy?
A. Industrial
B. Agricultural
What is B. Agricultural?
100
In the 1800’s the North and South had a major disagreement over the issue of
A. Factories.
B. Slavery.
What is B. Slavery?
100
Who is Dred Scott?
A. A farmer.
B. A slave who sued for his freedom.
What is B. A slave who sued for his freedom?
100
When he raided Harpers Ferry, John Brown hoped to
A. Encourage slaves to revolt by giving them weapons.
B. Help make Kansas a free state.
What is A. Encourage slaves to revolt by giving them weapons?
100
Who was running under the Republican ticket in the Election of 1860?
A. John Breckenridge
B. Abraham Lincoln
What is B. Abraham Lincoln?
200
Had more people available to fight in a war.
A. The North
B. The South
What is A. The North?
200
Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act, those territories
A. Were not open to slavery.
B. Were open to having slaves.
What is B. Were open to having slaves?
200
Dred Scott believed he should be free because
A. His owner died.
B. He had lived several years in free states.
What is B. He had lived several years in free states?
200
John Brown was
A. An abolitionist.
B. A peaceful Quaker.
What is A. An abolitionist?
200
Abraham Lincoln’s views on slavery during the Election of 1860 were
A. He wanted slavery to stay where it was and not spread to the territories.
B. He wanted to get rid of slavery in all of the states.
What is A. He wanted slavery to stay where it was and not spread to the territories?
300
Had more industry (factories) to make weapons, uniforms, etc. needed for war.
A. The North
B. The South
What is A. The North?
300
A compromise is
A. When a settlement cannot be reached between two groups.
B. A way to settle an argument when both sides give a little to get a part of what they want.
What is B. A way to settle an argument when both sides give a little to get a part of what they want?
300
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that
A. Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States.
B. Dred Scott was illegally held in slavery.
What is A. Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States?
300
As a result of the events at Harpers Ferry, John Brown was found guilty and
A. Put in jail.
B. Hanged.
What is B. Hanged?
300
Who won the presidential election of 1860?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. John Breckenridge
Who is A. Abraham Lincoln?
400
Had more highly trained military commanders.
A. The North
B. The South
What is B. The South?
400
The Missouri Compromise allowed what state to enter the Union as a slave state?
A. Maine
B. Missouri
What is B. Missouri?
400
Warfare broke out in “Bleeding Kansas” over
A. Whether people from the North or the South should live there.
B. Whether the state should be a slave state or a free state.
What is B. Whether the state should be a slave state or a free state?
400
The people in the North thought John Brown was a martyr and a great man for trying to free slaves.
A. True
B. False
What is A. True?
400
As a result of the election of Abraham Lincoln, most of the southern states
A. Created laws to abolish slavery.
B. Seceded from the Union.
What is B. Seceded from the Union?
500
Depended on slavery for their economy.
A. The North
B. The South
What is B. The South?
500
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise. What does repealed mean?
A. Enforced it.
B. Cancelled it.
What is B. Cancelled it?
500
This abolitionist was involved in killing five people in the Pottawatomie Massacre in Kansas.
A. William Still
B. John Brown
Who is B. John Brown?
500
John Brown was willing to use force and violence to stop
A. Lincoln from winning the Election of 1860.
B. Slavery in the United States.
What is B. Slavery in the United States?
500
When the Southern states seceded from the Union they became known as the
A. Slave States of America.
B. Confederate States of America.