Transcript U. S. History Warm Up #28

History Warm-Ups Week # 28
Dates : Apr. 1-5
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Tuesday:
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Wednesday:
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Thursday:
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Friday:
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History Warm-Ups Week #28
Monday:
1. In the 1850s, a key issue in the debate over the admission of
new states to the Union was whether the new states would—
A. Allow Slavery
B. Build Railroads
C. Give women the right of suffrage
D. Support Homesteading
2. Who served as president of the United States during the
Civil War?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Henry Clay
C. Jefferson Davis
D. Abraham Lincoln
Tuesday:
3. Abolitionists in the pre-Civil War period were most likely to support
the –
A. Removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia
B. Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
C. Activities of the Underground Railroad
D. Use of popular sovereignty in the territories
The Emergence of the Abolitionist
Movement
Henry D. Thoreau’s action against
the U.S. government
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s
Ferry, Virginia
4. What did these developments have in common?
A.
B.
C.
D.
.
They established public education for all Americans.
They introduced fairer voting procedures for state officials.
They led to a continuation of slavery in the United States.
They sought changes to end slavery.
Wednesday:
5. Which statement best describes the economic differences between the
North and the South in the period prior to the Civil War?
A.
The Northern economy had significant manufacturing, while the
Southern economy was almost exclusively agricultural.
B. Jobs on plantations attracted more European immigrants to the South
than the North
C. Transportation systems were less developed in the North than in the
South.
D. The Southern economy was more diversified than the Northern
economy
6. With which policy is Senator John C. Calhoun most closely associated?
A.
B.
Civil Disobedience
Theory of Nullification
C. Manifest Destiny
D. Popular Sovereignty
Thursday:
“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot
endure permanently half slave and half free. -- Lincoln, 1858
7. According to this statement from the Lincoln-Douglas debates,
Lincoln believed that –
A.
B.
C.
D.
Slavery should be permitted in the North
Sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union
The Southern states should be allowed to secede.
A permanent compromise with the South on slavery was
possible.
8. What warning did Abraham Lincoln give the South in his First
Inaugural Address?
A.
B.
C.
D.
He
He
He
He
would
would
would
would
act
act
act
act
to
to
to
to
end slavery
keep the South dependent on the North
preserve the Union
protect the freedom of the seas.
Friday:
9. The tariff issue of 1832 and the secession of the Southern
states in the 1860s were similar in that both concerned the
constitutional issue of –
A. States’ Rights
C. Popular Sovereignty
B. Representation in Congress
D. Republicanism
10. Despite the North’s superior resources, the South won many
battles. The Civil War lasted four years, from 1861 to 1865. Which
might help to explain these developments?
A.
B.
C.
The North was more dependent on foreign aid than the South.
The Underground Railroad was important to the Southern cause.
Guided by capable leaders like ‘Stonewall’ Jackson, Southerners
were fighting to maintain their way of life.
D. Personal wealth was a key factor in determining the outcome of
the war.