Question 1 (1 point)
Define popular sovereignty
Question 1 options:
The right of the people to govern themselves
The ability to earn votes
The popular choice
The right to vote
Question 2 (1 point)
What legal requirement caused Northerners to become an active part of securing slavery?
Question 2 options:
Northerners were required to pay taxes that supported slavery
Northerners were required to end all abolitionist practices
Northerners had to return run away slaves to their owners
Northerners often had to use slaves to transport goods to the South
Question 3 (1 point)
What were the famous railroad stop speeches called the involved both Abe Lincoln and Stephen Douglas?
Question 3 options:
The Great Debate
The Douglas-Lincoln Debates
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Popular Sovereignty Debates
Question 4 (1 point)
Stephen Douglas beat Abe Lincoln for the Illinois Senate set, when would these two candidates face each other again?
Question 4 options:
Two years later they would both run for the same Senate seat
Two years later they would both run for a set in the House of Representatives
Two years later they would both run for President
Two years later they would both retire from politics and work on the same farm
Question 5 (1 point)
In 1860 Abe Lincoln was elected President of the United States, at that point, how many states had already seceded (left) the Union?
Question 5 options:
5
7
12
14
Question 6 (1 point)
How many Americans died in the US Civil War?
Question 6 options:
620,000
1,000,000
2,700,00
4,300,000
Question 7 (1 point)
What was the main issue of the US Civil War?
Question 7 options:
States rights
Slavery
Taxes
Economic Hardship
Question 8 (1 point)
How many states made the Confederate States of America?
Question 8 options:
7
9
11
14
Question 9 (1 point)
What was another name used to describe the Southerns?
Question 9 options:
Southies
Rebels
Yankee's
Overseeers
Question 10 (1 point)
What was the result of the Dred Scott case of 1857?
Question 10 options:
The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans did not have the rights of citizens
The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans had the right to vote
The Supreme Court ruled that slavery did not follow the principles set fourth in the US Constitution
The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans had the same rights as any US citizen.