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This document contains a 10 question multiple choice test about key events and concepts leading up to the American Civil War. It covers topics like the moral argument against slavery introduced in Uncle Tom's Cabin, the definition of secession, violent abolitionist John Brown, the Compromise of 1850 authored by Henry Clay, and consequences of the Dred Scott decision. It also asks students to define popular sovereignty and the Free Soil Party, and answer short questions about balancing slave and free states, the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act, and Bleeding Kansas. Finally, it prompts students to describe two elections discussed in the unit by listing candidates, parties, the winner, and why they won.

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ST Antebellum Test 1

This document contains a 10 question multiple choice test about key events and concepts leading up to the American Civil War. It covers topics like the moral argument against slavery introduced in Uncle Tom's Cabin, the definition of secession, violent abolitionist John Brown, the Compromise of 1850 authored by Henry Clay, and consequences of the Dred Scott decision. It also asks students to define popular sovereignty and the Free Soil Party, and answer short questions about balancing slave and free states, the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act, and Bleeding Kansas. Finally, it prompts students to describe two elections discussed in the unit by listing candidates, parties, the winner, and why they won.

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Road to the Civil War Test Name: ______________________________

Multiple Choice: (2 points each)

1. What type of argument against Slavery did Uncle Tom’s Cabin introduce?

A. The Political Argument

B. The Social Argument

C. The Economic Argument

D. The Moral Argument

2. What is Secession?

A. When a state joins the Union.

B. When a state leaves the Union.

C. When a country forms out of states.

D. When someone takes over someone else’s job.

3. Who was John Brown?

A. The President before the Civil War.

B. A senator who was beaten with a cane.

C. An abolitionist who led multiple acts of violence against Slave owners.

D. The Congressman who debated Abraham Lincoln in Illinois.

4. Who originally wrote the Compromise of 1850 at the end of his long career?

A. Abraham Lincoln

B. Henry Clay

C. Stephen Douglas

D. John C. Calhoun
5. What happened to California in the Compromise of 1850?

A. California becomes a Slave State.

B. California gets Popular Sovereignty.

C. California becomes a US territory.

D. California becomes a Free State.

6. What is a Confederacy?

A. Multiple states forming a Union.

B. States forming a union with a weak central government.


C. States forming a union with a strong central government.

D. A state breaking away from a Country.

7. What happened to Charles Sumner after he made an Anti-Slavery speech in Congress?

A. Slavery was immediately abolished.

B. The Southern States seceded from the Union.

C. Sumner beat Slave Owners with his cane.

D. He was almost beaten to death by a southern congressman.

8. What did the Dred Scott Decision conclude about all African Americans?

A. All African American Slaves were Free.

B. African Americans had the right to “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

C. African Americans could never be US citizens

D. All African Americans were US citizens.

9. Why were the Lincoln-Douglas debates important?


A. Douglas won and helped to create important laws.

B. Lincoln won and moved on to become president.

C. Lincoln lost, but his name and views on Slavery became known nationally.

D. Douglas lost, and he never returned to office.

10. What changes in Washington DC were made due to the Compromise of 1850?

A. Slavery was banned in the city.

B. The Slave Trade in the city was banned, but not slavery.
C. Northerners bought all the Slaves in the city.

D. The Capital was moved to a Northern City.

Definitions:

11. (4 Points) What is Popular Sovereignty? Name one territory that instituted this.

12: (3 Points) What was the Free Soil Party?

Short Answer: Answer each question below in a minimum of 3 sentences. (7 points each)

12. Why was it important to balance the number of Slave and Free states?
13. How did the Fugitive Slave Act impact the lives of African Americans living in the North?

14. What started Bleeding Kansas? What resulted?

Elections: Describe 2 of the elections we discussed in this unit. List the candidates and their
parties, who won the election, and why. (12 Points)

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