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Sectionalism & Civil War Unit Test

Multiple Choice - Choose the best answer for each question below

1) Sectionalism developed in the United States because

a) the Federal Government adopted a policy of neutrality

b) economic conditions and interests in each region were different
c) only northerners were represented at the Constitutional Convention
d) early Presidents favored city areas over farm areas

2) Before the Civil War, slavery expanded in the South rather than in the North because

a) the Constitution contained a clause that outlawed bringing slaves into the Northern states
b) Congress passed a law forbidding slavery in the North
c) Northern states passed affirmative action legislation
d) geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large plantations

3) Which phrase best completes the title for the partial outline shown below?
I. Reasons for the ______________________
i. Increasing sectionalism
ii. Disagreements over states’ rights issues
iii. Breakdown of compromise
iv. Election of 1860

a) Start of the Revolutionary War b) Adoption of the Bill of Rights

c) Failure of the Whiskey Rebellion d) Secession of Southern States from the Union

4) "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure
permanently half slave and half free.” -Abraham Lincoln, 1858
According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that

a) slavery was wrong and should be abolished immediately

b) sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union as a whole
c) the Southern states should be allowed to secede
d) to save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery

5) The US Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford was important because it

a) strengthened the determination of abolitionists to achieve their goals

b) caused immediate outbreak of the Civil War
c) ended the practice of bringing slaves into the United States
d) increased the power of Congress to exclude slavery from new territories
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Which statement is best supported by the data in the table?

a) The Confederate troops lost the Civil War as a result of their higher numbers of wounds and
deaths
b) The Union army had better generals during the Civil War
c) The Civil War had more casualties than any other war.
d) More soldiers died from disease than from wounds.

Documents – Write complete answers for each document given.

DOCUMENT 1

6) What does this map show about the United States during the Civil War?
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7) What was the main reason that the southern states seceded from the Union?
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