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11.3 Unit Review

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    This is a NYS 11th grade US History review game (no stimuli). Focusing on material from Jackson to the US Civil War.
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  • What was the primary cause of Southern secession following Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860?
    The North's industrial dominance
    Fear that Lincoln would abolish slavery
    Lincoln's support for high tariffs
    Disagreement over western expansion
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  • Which document declared that slaves in Confederate-held territory were to be freed?
    Gettysburg Address
    13th Amendment
    Compromise of 1850
    Emancipation Proclamation
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  • What was the significance of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
    It repealed the Fugitive Slave Act.
    It allowed California to enter as a free state.
    It established a balance between free and slave states.
    It declared that enslaved persons were property.
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  • What was the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
    It resolved tensions between North and South.
    It ended popular sovereignty.
    It intensified the debate over slavery and led to violence.
    It preserved the Missouri Compromise line.
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  • What was the main goal of Frederick Douglass' newspaper, 'The North Star'?
    To support women's suffrage
    To argue for emancipation and equal rights
    To promote the Compromise of 1850
    To expand westward territories
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  • Which event highlighted the increasing tensions over slavery and involved a failed attempt at a slave rebellion in Virginia?
    Dred Scott Decision
    Bleeding Kansas
    Nat Turner's Rebellion
    John Brown's Raid
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  • What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
    To free slaves in Confederate-held territories
    To free all slaves in the U.S.
    To support the Dred Scott decision
    To abolish slavery with the 13th Amendment
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  • What was the importance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'?
    It spread anti-slavery sentiment.
    It supported popular sovereignty.
    It inspired the Fugitive Slave Act.
    It outlined the Compromise of 1850.
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  • What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?
    A ban on the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
    Escaped slaves to be returned to their owners
    States to allow slavery
    Slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty
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  • What was the Dred Scott decision?
    Congress could prohibit slavery in territories.
    Slavery was declared unconstitutional.
    The Missouri Compromise was upheld.
    Enslaved persons were declared property.
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  • What was the result of the Mexican-American War?
    Texas became an independent nation.
    The U.S. gained territory under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hida
    Slavery was abolished in new territories.
    Native American lands were protected.
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  • Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
    Battle of Gettysburg
    Battle of Fort Sumter
    Battle of Antietam
    Battle of Vicksburg
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  • What were the results of the Civil War?
    Southern states gained greater independence
    The abolition of slavery and preservation of the Union
    The collapse of the Republican Party
    The Fugitive Slave Act was repealed
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  • What was Lincoln’s main message in the Gettysburg Address?
    To announce the Emancipation Proclamation
    To emphasize national unity and sacrifice
    To encourage the South to surrender
    To abolish slavery immediately
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  • What led to 'Bleeding Kansas'?
    Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
    The Dred Scott decision
    Enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act
    The Missouri Compromise
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  • What was the main idea of the Compromise of 1850?
    To nullify the Fugitive Slave Act
    To balance free and slave states in Congress
    To declare all territories free of slavery
    To ease tensions between North and South
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