5th Grade History - Unit 13, Lesson 9
This is a 5th grade history assessment about the Road to the Civil War.
- 1.Everyone in the United States agreed on the issue of slavery and secession.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Daniel Webster was willing to compromise on the issue of slavery to keep the Union together.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.John Brown successfully ended slavery by leading an attack on Harpers Ferry.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.What was the argument in the Dred Scott case?
- A.
Dred Scott should be allowed to run for president because he was a citizen.
- B.
Dred Scott should be free because he had lived in a free territory.
- C.
Dred Scott should be allowed to vote because he was free.
- D.
Dred Scott should be allowed to return to slavery because he wanted to.
- 5.What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott case?
- A.
The Supreme Court decided slaves were property.
- B.
The Supreme Court decided the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution protected property.
- C.
The Supreme Court decided blacks did not have the right to citizenship in the United States.
- D.
All of the above.
- 6.What was the Underground Railroad?
- A.
A system of transporting manufactured goods from the North to the South.
- B.
A railroad that connected the eastern states to the western territories.
- C.
A steam train that carried escaping slaves to the North.
- D.
A system of people, homes, and farms that aided escaping slaves.
- 7.How did Harriett Beecher Stowe help end slavery?
- A.
By writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- B.
By attacking Harpers Ferry
- C.
By writing songs about the Underground Railroad
- D.
By becoming a politician
- 8.John Calhoun, a senator from South Carolina, said that if a state thinks a law is unconstitutional, it has the right to nullify the law. What did he mean?
- A.
The state could leave the Union.
- B.
The state could change the law.
- C.
The state had the right not to obey the law.
- D.
The state could ask the Supreme Court to rule on the law.
- 9.Daniel Webster was willing to see slavery continue rather than risk the secession of the Southern states. What is secession?
- A.
It is the act of declaring war.
- B.
It is the annexation of more territory.
- C.
It is the effort to bring in more slaves.
- D.
It is the act of leaving the Union.
- 10.Who is an escaped slave who led about 300 slaves to freedom?
- A.
Abolitionist
- B.
Conductor
- C.
Passenger
- D.
Harriett Tubman
- E.
Station
- 11.Define abolitionist.
- A.
Someone who opposed slavery and worked to end it
- B.
A safe house or place where escaping slaves could rest and get food.
- C.
A slave escaping by the Underground Railroad
- D.
Someone who helped slaves escape to the North or Canada
- E.
An escaped slave who led about 300 slaves to freedom
- 12.Define passenger.
- A.
Someone who opposed slavery and worked to end it
- B.
A safe house or place where escaping slaves could rest and get food.
- C.
A slave escaping by the Underground Railroad
- D.
Someone who helped slaves escape to the North or Canada
- E.
An escaped slave who led about 300 slaves to freedom
- 13.Define station.
- A.
Someone who opposed slavery and worked to end it
- B.
A safe house or place where escaping slaves could rest and get food.
- C.
A slave escaping by the Underground Railroad
- D.
Someone who helped slaves escape to the North or Canada
- E.
An escaped slave who led about 300 slaves to freedom
- 14.List three risks people were willing to face to escape slavery or help others escape.
- 15.Describe two aspects of Abraham Lincoln’s life and character before he was president.
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