Question 1

The Dred Scott decision determined that

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No African Americans slaves were citizens under the U.S. Constitution

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All African Americans were citizens under the U.S. Constitution

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Slavery was illegal throughout the United States

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Scott was a free man because he lived in a free state

Question 2

Secession means...

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to formally withdraw from the United States.

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to formally withdraw from a political party.

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to formally make a statement about war.

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to formally make a statement about the president.

Question 3

What was the South fighting for when the Civil War started?

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independence

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unity

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respect

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equality

Question 4

Which document favored the South’s secession because it said, “When any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter, to abolish and start a new government”.

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the Declaration of Independence

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the Bill of Rights

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the Constitution

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the Preamble

Question 5

Which was not a direct cause of the Civil War?

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the formation of the Constitutional Party

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the disagreement over state's rights

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the election of Abraham Lincoln

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John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry

Question 6

True or False: The Kansas/Nebraska Act used popular sovereignty to decide to have slavery or not.

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True

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False

Question 7

Jayhawkers, the Sack of Lawrence, and the Pottawatomie Massacre were all events in Kansas are known as...

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Bleeding Kansas

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the Midwest State

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the Sunflower State

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the Wheat State

Question 8

What political party was against the spread of slavery in the west?

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Republicans

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Democrats

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Bull Moose

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Whigs

Question 9

John Brown raided the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry in 1859 for the purpose...

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to start a slave revolt.

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to bring an end to abolition

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to help the South secede.

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none of the above

Question 10

In the Lincoln/Douglas debates of 1858, Abraham Lincoln made his opinions known about this issue.

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Slavery

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Foreign Trade

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National Debt

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National Defense

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