Question 2 (5 points)
What term was used to describe the rough divide between free and slave states by the mid-1800s?
Question 2 options:

A)

The Mason-Dixon Line

B)

The Lincoln-Douglas Line

C)

The Slavery Line

D)

The Cotton Curtain
Question 3 (5 points)
What was the first state to break away from the Union after the election of President Lincoln?
Question 3 options:

A)

North Carolina

B)

Florida

C)

Texas

D)

South Carolina
Question 4 (5 points)
What was the Underground Railroad?
Question 4 options:

A)

A subway built with the purpose of helping city workers travel

B)

A series of slave catchers and Southern sympathizers working to return escaped slaves

C)

The route taken by slave traders after the abolition of slavery in the early 1820s

D)

A network of abolitionists and safe houses arranged to help slaves escape to free territories
Question 5 (5 points)
How many states broke away from the United States to form the Confederacy?
Question 5 options:

A)

15

B)

12

C)

18

D)

11
Question 6 (5 points)
What was Nat Turner best known for?
Question 6 options:

A)

Writing in favor of slavery

B)

Inventing the cotton gin

C)

Giving speeches against slavery

D)

Leading a slave rebellion
Question 7 (5 points)
What was President Polk's attitude towards the idea of Manifest Destiny?
Question 7 options:

A)

He was against using money to buy territory.

B)

He was a supporter of American territorial expansion.

C)

He was against territorial expansion.

D)

He was in favor of expansion but through peaceful means only.
Question 8 (5 points)
What writing brought attention to slave life in the South during the mid-1800s?
Question 8 options:

A)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

B)

Of Mice and Men

C)

The Jungle

D)

The Plight of the Slave
Question 9 (5 points)
What former slave brought attention to the issue of slavery through writings and speeches?
Question 9 options:

A)

Frederick Douglass

B)

Stephen Douglas

C)

William Garrison

D)

Harriet Tubman
Question 10 (5 points)
What was one of President Lincoln's major frustrations early in the Civil War?
Question 10 options:

A)

Lack of aggressive military leadership

B)

Overly aggressive military leaders

C)

Too many railroads to defend effectively

D)

Lack of manpower
Question 11 (5 points)
Which of the following was an advantage the South had over the North in the Civil War?
Question 11 options:

A)

More miles of railroad

B)

Higher population

C)

More factories

D)

Mostly defending familiar territory
Question 12 (5 points)
Who was the main military commander for Southern forces during the Civil War?
Question 12 options:

A)

George Meade

B)

Ulysses S. Grant

C)

Robert E. Lee

D)

George Patton
Question 13 (5 points)
What Civil War battle proved to be the last time Confederate forces would make a major attack into the North?
Question 13 options:

A)

Vicksburg

B)

Gettysburg

C)

Bull Run

D)

Antietam
Question 14 (5 points)
What name was given to the rebuilding of the nation after the American Civil War?
Question 14 options:

A)

The Lincoln Plan

B)

The Reconstruction

C)

The Marshall Plan

D)

The Anaconda Plan
Question 15 (5 points)
The discovery of led to a large population growth in California in the mid-1800s.
Question 15 options:

A)

gold

B)

electricity

C)

coal

D)

internal combustion engine
Question 16 (5 points)
What name was given to pro-peace Northerners during the Civil War?
Question 16 options:

A)

Peaceniks

B)

Wobblies

C)

Rattlers

D)

Copperheads
Question 17 (5 points)
Abolitionist John Brown was responsible for leading what violent incident in Kansas?
Question 17 options:

A)

The massacre at Wounded Knee

B)

The Siege of Lawrence

C)

The raid on Harpers Ferry

D)

The Pottawatomie Creek massacre
Question 18 (5 points)
What new political party formed as a result of the fight over slavery in the mid-1800s?
Question 18 options:

A)

Whig

B)

Republican

C)

Democratic

D)

Green
Question 19 (5 points)
What was a goal of the Freedman's Bureau?
Question 19 options:

A)

To free slaves still held in the South

B)

To allow for the ending of slavery in the North

C)

To help former slaves succeed in post-Civil War America

D)

To compensate former slaveowners for their recently freed slaves
Question 20 (5 points)
What country did Texas break away from to become independent?
Question 20 options:

A)

France

B)

The United States

C)

Mexico

D)

Spain