Question 1 (5 points)
What technology restored a demand for slaves in the US South in the early 1800s?

Question 1 options:

Wheel

Spinning Jenny

Cotton gin

Steam engine

Question 2 (5 points)
Which of the following best describes Southern society in the early to mid-1800s?

Question 2 options:

A rapidly changing society

A society where everyone had equal standing

A socially stratified society

The first part of the US to ban slavery

Question 3 (5 points)
What person became known as a major figure in the Underground Railroad?

Question 3 options:

Frederick Douglas

Harriet Tubman

William Garrison

Zachary Taylor

Question 4 (5 points)
What was a cause of the Mexican-American War?

Question 4 options:

Mexico’s desire to control the Mississippi River

President Polk’s desire for the US to control ports in California

Polk’s desire to control the Mississippi River

Mexico’s failed attempt to buy Texas

Question 5 (5 points)
The Oregon territory was contested between the United States and what other country?

Question 5 options:

France

Mexico

Canada

Britain

Question 6 (5 points)
What proposed law in the mid-1800s would have banned slavery in territory taken from Mexico?

Question 6 options:

Garrision’s Treaty

Aaron’s Law

Compromise of 1850

Wilmont Proviso

Question 7 (5 points)
Why did politicians from slave-owning states fear adding non-slave states to the United States?

Question 7 options:

Slavery was unpopular in the West.

New states always opposed slavery.

Slave states feared losing political power in the senate.

Former Mexican citizens were promised an end to slavery.

Question 8 (5 points)
What town was attacked by pro-slavery forces in Kansas during the period of “Bleeding Kansas”?

Question 8 options:

Lawrence

Omaha

Harper’s Ferry

Topeka

Question 9 (5 points)
What was President Pierce’s response to the election fraud in Kansas?

Question 9 options:

He refused to do anything.

He sent federal troops to keep the peace.

He demanded another election.

He declared Kansas to be a slave territory.

Question 10 (5 points)
Lincoln and Douglas were known for what joint activity?

Question 10 options:

Both from Pennsylvania

Debates

Both fought in the Union Army

The Presidency

Question 11 (5 points)
What was John Brown’s goal at Harper’s Ferry?

Question 11 options:

To help start the Civil War

To stop Virginia from seceding

To start a slave rebellion

To support pro-slavery forces

Question 12 (5 points)
Which Civil War battle is described as the single bloodiest day in the war?

Question 12 options:

Vicksburg

Gettysburg

Bull Run

Antietam

Question 13 (5 points)
Why did Great Britain not recognize the Confederacy during the Civil War?

Question 13 options:

Great Britain never interfered with other nations’ affairs.

Great Britain would only recognize a country it thought would win.

Great Britain refused because France recognized the Confederacy.

Great Britain wouldn’t recognize a country that allowed slavery.

Question 14 (5 points)
Why did President Johnson clash politically with the Radical Republicans?

Question 14 options:

Johnson was a Democratic President.

Radical Republicans thought Johnson was too harsh toward the South.

Johnson came from a rich family.

Radical Republicans felt Johnson was too forgiving to the South.

Question 15 (5 points)
What name was given to Southerners who allied with carpetbaggers to take advantage of the political situation in the South during the Reconstruction?

Question 15 options:

Abolitionists

Radical Republicans

Copperheads

Scalawags