Chapter 12 Post-Assessment: Answer Key
1. After the drafting of the American Constitution in 1787, the North and the
South had grown further apart in terms of:
a. Economy, ideology, society
b. Technology, society, diet
c. Transportation, technology, society
d. Economy, ideology, transportation
2. Why was Ohio a free state?
Ohio became a state under the Northwest Ordinance which prohibited
slavery.
3. The Louisiana Purchase Stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky
Mountains and from Canada to New Orleans.
4. True or False
The growing season in the South is longer than the
North.
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5. Which of the following are considered cash crops of the southern United
States? Choose all that apply.
a. Tobacco
b. Cotton
c. Lumber
d. Sugar
e. Corn
6. True or False
The northern United States was rural with few large
cities and towns.
7. In the southern United States, large farms that used slave labor were
called plantations.
8. The Civil War was primarily fought over the issue of slavery.
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9. True or False
The Compromise of 1850 admitted California to the
United States as a free state but allowed the other newly-acquired
territories to decide on slavery themselves.
10.The South believed that the use of slaves would free them from the need
to do manual labor and would give them more time to spend on which of
the following? (Circle all that apply)
a. Jobs for machinery
b. Their education
c. The arts and literature
d. Intellectual topics of discussion such as politics and the economy
11. True or False
The Oberlin Wellington Rescuers were against the
abolitionists and helped return fugitive slaves to their owners.
12. How did the Underground Railroad work?
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The Underground Railroad was a network of safe houses and hiding places
that worked to move slaves north to freedom. Once a slave had escaped,
they would make their way to a station or safe house with the help of a
conductor. A conductor would help guide the slaves to stations. The
escaped slaves would follow the secret paths along the Underground
Railroad to freedom.
13.People travelled to the western United States for which of the following:
a. Plantations
b. Gold Rush
c. Land
d. The Railroads
14.What does this map show?
This map shows the Underground Railroad in Ohio.
15.The dots on the map represent stations or safe houses.
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16.The lines on the map represent secret paths to safe houses.
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17.True or False
The northern United States was more industrious than
the southern United States because it had poor soil and a shorter growing
season.
18.Why were Americans concerned when President James K. Polk wanted to
expand the area of land that the United States owned?
Many American believed that Polk was trying to expand the Unite States as
a way to expand slavery.
19.In the South, Coastal Marshes are used to grow rice.
20.True or False
The 5th Amendment to the United States Constitution
states that all African Americans are citizens of the United States.
21. The Louisiana Purchase ________________ the size of the United States.
a. Doubled
b. Tripled
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c. Quadrupled
22.Which (2) resources are found in the North:
a. Timber and Fish
b. Cotton and Sugar
c. Rice and Timber
d. Cotton and Timber
23.Name (3) states/territories that were free states/territories.
1. Michigan Territory, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsyvania, New York, New
Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New
Hampshire, Maine.
24.True or False
Sara “Lucy” Bagby Johnson was the last person
prosecuted under the Fugitive Slave Act.
25.Name (3) states/ territories that were slave states/territories.
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Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida Territory, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Misouri.
26. A person who was against slavery was known as an abolitionist.
27.How did Ohio abolitionists fight against slavery? Provide (2) examples.
The Ohio abolitionists fought against slavery through speeches, newspaper
articles, and books. Examples include: Charles Osborn starting the first
antislavery newspaper and Benjamin Lundy started a newspaper called the
Genius of Universal Emancipation. Salmon P. Chase and Benjamin Wade
spoke against slavery in Congress. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle
Tom’s Cabin.
28.Which of the following people was not an abolitionist
a. John Rankin
b. Levi Coffin
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c. Benjamin Lundy
d. George Washington
29. Explain why fugitive slaves travelling through Ohio were not safe, even
though it was a free state.
Even though Ohio was a free state, the Fugitive Slave Law said that all
fugitive slaves had to be returned to their owner(s). This law also made it
illegal for anyone to the help the fugitive slaves.
30.Why was the Transcontinental Railroad important?
The Transcontinental Railroad was important because it allowed people,
resources, and goods to travel more quickly from one area of the United
States to another.
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31. Match the word with the correct phrase.
Conductor
against slavery
Harriet Beecher Stowe
wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin
John Parker
a slave who escaped
Antislavery society
helped over 400 slaves escape
Fugitive slave
a code work used for free
people who were willing to
hide slaves and help them in
their escape to freedom
32.The Underground Railroad was:
a. A system of homes where people could live while their house was
being built.
b. A subway system that carried people to work and home each day.
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c. A secret system that included routes, people, houses, and churches
that helped escaped slaves get to Canada and the free states of the
United States.
33.True or False
John Parker and Reverend Rankin could have been
arrested for helping the runaways.
34. Reverend Rankin was an __________________
a. Abolitionist
b. Conductor
c. Slave
d. Both A and B
35.What is the Fugitive Slave Act and what did it do?
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by Congress in 1850. The Law made it
legal for slave owners to follow fugitive, or runaway, slaves into free states,
states that did not allow slavery, and then force the slaves to return to their
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owners. This law also made it illegal for anyone in a free state to help slaves
escape.
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