Question 1

Which reason did Nat Turner give for starting his rebellion?

Accepted Answer

Signs from God told him to.

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He wanted to help start the Civil War.

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His owner, Joseph Travis, treated him terribly.

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He was following the advice of Harriet Tubman.

Question 2

John C. Calhoun believed that ________.

Accepted Answer

slavery helped Africans become civilized

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Charles Sumner was a hero

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slavery should be ended

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the Dred Scott decision was incorrect

Question 3

Which of the following is true about Harriet Tubman?

Accepted Answer

She served as a spy for the North during the Civil War.

Answer

She never returned to the South after escaping from slavery.

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Four people were lost while she was guiding them to freedom.

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She was born free but captured and made a slave.

Question 4

All of the following people were part of the Confederacy except ________.

Accepted Answer

William Tecumseh Sherman

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Jefferson Davis

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Stonewall Jackson

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Robert E. Lee

Question 5

How did Lincoln want to treat the Southern states after the war?

Accepted Answer

He wanted to be compassionate and let them back into the Union.

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He wanted to hold an election to determine whether they should be let back into the Union.

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He wanted all residents of the Southern states to move to the North.

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He wanted to be strict and forbid them from re-entering the Union.

Question 6

Lincoln originally said that the objective of the Civil War was to ________. In 1863, he said a new objective was to ________.

Accepted Answer

keep the Union together, abolish slavery

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abolish slavery, secede from the Union

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secede from the Union, abolish slavery

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abolish slavery, keep the Union together

Question 7

What argument did John C. Calhoun make about slavery in the South and working conditions in the North?

Accepted Answer

Northerners treated their workers worse than slave owners treated their slaves.

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Northerners were kinder to their workers than slaveowners were to their slaves.

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Northerners paid their workers huge salaries, but slaves got free housing.

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Slaves were treated worse than workers in the North, but slaves were more civilized.

Question 8

How many slaves took part in Nat Turner's rebellion?

Accepted Answer

40

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200

Answer

19

Answer

55

Question 9

What did Lincoln originally promise the South about slavery?

Accepted Answer

that he would not interfere with slavery in the South

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that he planned to make slavery illegal in America

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that he was going to immediately try to end slavery in the South

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that he planned to allow slavery to spread to new territories

Question 10

What did Harriet Tubman use as her guide while helping slaves escape?

Accepted Answer

the stars

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cornstalks

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drinking gourds full of water

Answer

the wind

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