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In the period between 1820 and 1860, Southerners wanted slavery extended to the Western territories so that the South could
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''... As to the policy I "seem to be pursuing" as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views ....'' — President Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862
''... As to the policy I "seem to be pursuing" as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views ....'' — President Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862


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Which statement about the United States in the 1850s is best supported by these headlines?
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*Publication of The Liberator
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Revision as of 12:12, 14 July 2023

The following is a quiz with the Cause of the Civil War based questions.

Take this quiz as often as you would like. You goal for this exam should be 100% in order to receive credit for Part A.

1 Base your answer to the questions on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.

{ In the period between 1820 and 1860, Southerners wanted slavery extended to the Western territories so that the South could

continue to elect Southern Presidents
continue to dominate the Supreme Court
keep enough strength in the Senate to protect Southern interests
use slave labor to expand Southern industries

2 Which problem did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act attempt to solve?

the extension of slavery into the western territories
the equitable distribution of frontier lands to the owners of small farms
the placement of protective tariffs on foreign imports
the need for internal improvements in transportation

3 One of the ways proposed to avoid conflict regarding new states entering the union was the concept of

nullification
popular sovereignty
Fugitive Slave Act
Alien-Sedition Act
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4 According to the passage, President Abraham Lincoln's primary goal in fighting the Civil War was to

advance the cause of Northern abolitionists
use any means necessary to save the Union
extend the franchise to African Americans in the army
free only those African Americans who were enslaved in Confederate territory

5 Abraham Lincoln's 1858 warning that "a house divided against itself cannot stand" referred to sectional differences over the

treatment of Native American Indians
funding for internal improvements
treaties with European nations
issue of slavery
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6 Which statement about the United States in the 1850s is best supported by these headlines?

The nation had grown increasingly divided over the future of slavery.
Americans had lost confidence in the plan for Reconstruction.
Northern and Southern voters were united in support of popular sovereignty.
Support for the abolitionist movement decreased during this period.

7 Which author wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

Louisa May Alcott
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederick Douglass

8 Uncle Tom's Cabin had what effect on people in American society?

It had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S
It had a minimal effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S
It has no effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S
It was not a cause of the U.S. Civil War
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  • Publication of The Liberator
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • Dred Scott decision

The events listed above all contributed to the

outbreak of the Civil War
formation of the policy of Manifest Destiny
passage of the Missouri Compromise
annexation of Texas

10 Which event led directly to the secession of several Southern states from the Union?

violence in Kansas over the spread of slavery
election of Abraham Lincoln as president
publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
raid by John Brown at Harpers Ferry

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