History 011 - US History to 1877 » Spring 2021 » Week 7 Quiz

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Question #1
The Dred Scott decision was not a cause of the Civil War.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #2
Chattel meant that enslaved persons were considered property by their owners.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
"Antebellum" means "after the Civil War."
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
The predominant crop grown in the South was cotton.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
Even young slaves would learn how to pick cotton.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #6
Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, owned an enslaved woman named Sally Hemings.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #7
The publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe one of the causes of the Civil War.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #8
Dred Scott was an enslaved person.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #9
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a cause of the Civil War.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #10
Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in the South.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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