unit 4 history

1. Who was Frederick Douglass?

a. Slave

b. Overseer

c. Freed Slave

d. Slave Owner

1. Who was Frederick Douglass?

a. Slave

b. Overseer

c. Freed Slave

d. Slave Owner

c. Freed Slave

2. What does Frederick Douglass’ narrative tell us about?

a. The harsh living conditions of slavery

b. The overall view of society on slavery

c. The harsh treatment of slaves

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

3. Edgar Allen Poe was the first to do what?

a. Write poetry

b. Write short stories

c. Make money off his writing

d. Have his writings turned into plays

b. Write short stories

4. Edgar Allen Poe embraced what style of writing?

a. Technical

b. Whimsical

c. Gothic

d. Traditional

c. Gothic

5. What is John Greenleaf Whittier best known for

a. Snow-bound poem

b. Vehemently anti-slavery articles

c. Writing about Romantic New England

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

6. Emily Dickinson is best known for?

a. Poetry

b. Short stories

c. Creator of the novella

d. Pamphlets

a. Poetry

7. What is Romanticism in terms of writing?

a. Focus on nature

b. Focus on beauty and surrounding

c. Focusing on individual

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

8. Margaret Fuller would be considered ______________ in today’s society

a. Ultra-nationalist

b. Recluse

c. Anti-religious

d. Feminist

d. Feminist

9. What is not a piece by Edgar Allan Poe?

a. Romeo and Juliet

b. The Raven

c. The Oval Portrait

d. The Tell-Tale Heart

a. Romeo and Juliet

10. What was the message of Resistance to Civil Government by Henry David Thoreau?

a. Government authority should be respected and followed.

b. If your government is weak, you should rise up and replace that government

c. If government is acting against your moral, follow your conscience

d. Government should not exist period

c. If government is acting against your moral, follow your conscience

1. What is Manifest Destiny?

a. The idea that white Americans were destined to settle the North American continent

b. The idea that it the destiny of Natives to manifest in North America

c. The idea that Americans should check their Manifest to achieve their destiny

d. The idea that Americans should pack up and reclaim Europe

a. The idea that white Americans were destined to settle the North American continent

2. What war started Manifest Destiny?

a. Spanish American War

b. Civil War

c. War of 1812

d. Mexican American War

c. War of 1812

3. What was the result of the Mexican American War?

a. Dominant American victory

b. American took possession of Mexican territory

c. American territory grew in size

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

4. What is a by-product of the Mexican American War?

a. Americans were upset about the war

b. Gained experience by soldiers for the Civil war

c. Mexico was glad to give up the territory

d. Soldiers quit the US Army due to harsh conditions

5. What president is associated with the term Manifest Destiny?

a. Andrew Jackson

b. James K. Polk

c. Zachary Taylor

d. John Tyler

b. James K. Polk

6. Who is the creator of the image?

a. John Gast

b. Thomas Nast

c. Timothy O’Sullivan

d. James Akin

a. John Gast

7. Who is the title of Manifest Destiny image?

a. American Progress

b. To the West!

c. American Destiny

d. Lady Liberty conquers the west

a. American Progress

8. What is NOT depicted in the image?

a. The light of the East Coast

b. The extension of innovation (trains) to the west

c. The darkness of the West

d. The unhappiness of settlers heading west

d. The unhappiness of settlers heading west

9. What is NOT one of the goals of Manifest Destiny according to the image?

a. To expand American society into the west

b. To bring technology (telegraph) to the west

c. To allow Natives to thrive in the west

d. To educate (school book) the Natives

c. To allow Natives to thrive in the west

10. Who is not a beneficiary of Manifest Destiny? (Multiple answers)

a. Native Americans

b. Wildlife

c. Women

d. Frontiersmen

b. Wildlife

a. Native Americans

1. Was Maine declared a free state or a slave state?

a. Slave State

b. Maine didn’t become a state until after 1870

c. Free State

d. A mix of both

c. Free State

2. Was Missouri declared a free state or slave state?

a. Slave State

b. It was only a territory, not state

c. Free State

d. Some parts of both

a. Slave State

3. After the Missouri Compromise, how many free states were there and how many slave states were there?

a. 12 and 16

b. 18 and 16

c. 7 and 9

d. 12 and 12

d. 12 and 12

4. How did the South feel about the Missouri Compromise?

a. It was great

b. It was unfair

c. It had great balance

d. Left equal states for both sides

b. It was unfair

5. Why was the Compromise of 1850 created?

a. Decide what happens to new land from Mexican Cession

b. To end the Civil War between the North and South

c. To start a war

d. To get rid of the slave states

b. To end the Civil War between the North and South

6. Through the Compromise of 1850, what state was declared a free state?

a. Oregon

b. California

c. Kansas

d. New Mexico

b. California

7. What law was created through the Compromise of 1850 that benefited the South?

a. Slave Codes

b. Popular Sovereignty

c. Fugitive Slave Law

d. Underground Railroad

c. Fugitive Slave Law

8. What is popular sovereignty?

a. People get to vote and choose

b. Choices made by a king

c. Only rich people can vote

d. Choices made by the Senate

a. People get to vote and choose

9. Who tried to swing the vote in Kansas?

a. Bankers

b. Pro-Slavery Groups

c. Federalists

d. Pro-Revolution Groups

b. Pro-Slavery Groups

10. What is the name of the event where the city of Lawrence, Kansas is burned and 200 people die?

a. Burning Kansas

b. Smoky State

c. Red Sky State

d. Bleeding Kansas

d. Bleeding Kansas

11. What did South Carolina want to do with the Tariff of 1832?

a. Support it

b. Go to war against it

c. Nullify it

d. Pay it

c. Nullify it

12. How did President Andrew Jackson respond to South Carolina’s actions?

a. Was happy for them

b. Deleted South Carolina from the Country

c. Called it treason but did nothing

d. Called it treason and sent soldiers to enforce laws

d. Called it treason and sent soldiers to enforce laws

13. Where was Nat Turner’s rebellion?

a. Richmond, Virginia

b. Southampton County, Virginia

c. Washington D.C.

d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

b. Southampton County, Virginia

14. Was Nat Turner’s rebellion violent?

a. Yes

b. Yes, but only to one race

c. No

d. The rebellion never started

a. Yes

15. What was Gabriel Prosser’s plan for revolting?

a. Kill his owners

b. Kidnap the governor and push equality

c. Fight for the North

d. To reduce slavery by 1/2

b. Kidnap the governor and push equality

16. What eventually happened to both Turner and Prosser?

a. They were honored immediately

b. They were fired and ignored

c. They were caught and hanged

d. Nothing because they rebellion never happened

c. They were caught and hanged

17. How did Southerners react to these rebellions?

a. They were annoyed but did nothing

b. There was stricter slave laws

c. The North Rioted

d. The South ignored them

b. There was stricter slave laws

18. True or False: John Brown believed violence was never the answer when dealing with slavery.

a. True

b. False

b. False

19. Who was the publisher of The Liberator ?

a. Frederick Douglass

b. Harriet Tubman

c. William Lloyd Garrison

d. Andrew Jackson

c. William Lloyd Garrison

20. Who was the most famous conductor of the underground railroad?

a. Andrew Jackson

b. John Ross

c. John Brown

d. Harriet Tubman

d. Harriet Tubman

1. Who was the president of the Confederacy?

a. Abraham Lincoln

b. Robert E. Lee

c. Thomas Jackson

d. Jefferson Davis

d. Jefferson Davis

2. Which of the following was a military commander for the Union?

a. Ulysses S. Grant

b. Robert E. Lee

c. Abraham Lincoln

d. Thomas Jackson

a. Ulysses S. Grant

3. Which is true about Robert E. Lee?

a. He believed in secession

b. He did not want to secede

c. Believed countries can force states to stay

d. Wanted to ban Slavery

b. He did not want to secede

4. Who killed Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson?

a. Ulysses S. Grant

b. Random Union Civilian

c. Union soldier

d. Confederate soldier

d. Confederate soldier

5. Which battle is known as the single deadliest day of the war?

a. Antietam/ Sharpsburg

b. Gettysburg

c. Bull Run/ Manassas

d. Vicksburg

a. Antietam/ Sharpsburg

6. What is attrition?

a. A winning streak

b. Giving up immediately

c. Keep pushing through, weaken others

d. Surrendering after a couple hours

7. After which battle does President Lincoln decide to produce the Emancipation Proclamation?

a. Vicksburg

b. Chancellorsville

c. Bull Run/ Manassas

d. Antietam/ Sharpsburg

d. Antietam/ Sharpsburg

8. Who won at Gettysburg?

a. Union

b. It was a draw

c. Confederate

d. There wasn’t a battle in Gettysburg

a. Union

9. What did Sherman destroy on the way to Savannah?

a. Farms

b. Livestock

c. Civilian homes

d. All of the Above

d. All of the Above

10. Why did Sherman lead a path of destruction?

a. Felt bad for South

b. See horrors of war and surrender

c. He wanted to make the Union mad

d. Just because he was mad at Slavery

b. See horrors of war and surrender

1. Which of the following was NOT a job of Lincoln’s before he was president?

a. State Legislature

b. Lawyer

c. Baker

d. Militia

2. What was Lincoln’s initial goal of the war?

a. End Slavery

b. Preserve the Union

c. Get re-elected

d. Separate the South from North

3. What became a later goal of Lincoln’s during the war?

a. End Slavery

b. Preserve the Union

c. Create a new country with only the North

d. Re-election

4. Which of the following is a Border State?

a. Virginia

b. New York

c. Georgia

d. Maryland

5. What states did the Emancipation Proclamation apply to?

a. The whole country

b. Only Border States

c. Only rebel/ Southern States

d. Only Northern States

6. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

a. Free slaves in the Rebel States

b. Discouraged foreign aid

c. Allowed African Americans to enlist

d. All of the Above

7. Why is the Gettysburg Address important?

a. Said Slavery was not a big deal

b. Made Ending Slavery a goal of the war

c. Ended the War

d. Said the War was not worth fighting

8. True or False: African Americans were not allowed to enlist to fight in the War.

a. True

b. False

9. What were the average ages of a common soldier?

a. 39-57

b. 6-10

c. 13-30

d. 18-29

10. Why were women important during the Civil War?

a. They took over many roles

b. They led most of the soldiers

c. They fixed the tension between North and South

d. They made sure battles weren’t bloody

1. What is the 13th amendment?

a. Everyone has the right to vote

b. Slavery is banned

c. Due Process

d. Citizenship for everyone

2. What is the 14th amendment?

a. Slavery is banned

b. Everyone has the right to vote

c. Everyone has citizenship rights

d. The war is ended

3. What does Due Process mean?

a. Congress has to review rules before taking rights

b. Congress can take away rights whenever

c. Only rights for Elite

d. Only rights for non-slaves

4. What is the 15th amendment?

a. Former slaves have to pass tests to vote

b. All men can vote

c. Women can vote

d. White landowners can vote

5. What kind of state was the South in after the war?

a. Untouched

b. Some damages, but not many

c. In ruins, destroyed

d. Mostly North was damaged

6. True or False: Confederate Money was still usable in the United States after the Civil War.

a. True

b. False

7. After the war, what was the economy of the South based on?

a. Industry

b. Agriculture

c. Trade Based

d. Slave Based

8. What type of economy was the North and Midwest based on?

a. Industry

b. Agriculture

c. Slave Based

d. One Crop Economy

9. Which region was the poorest after the war?

a. North

b. Midwest

c. South

d. Southwest

10. Why was there a change of labor in the South after the war?

a. People were lazy

b. People moved to the North

c. There was a population boom

d. Loss of people: death/ no slaves