SDASS

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Indiana Academic Super Bowl
Social Studies Round
2008 Senior Division Coaches Practice
A Program of the Indiana Association of School
Principals
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SD-CP-SS-1

• People who came from the North to take positions
• of authority in the South were called _________.
• a. Northerners
• b. Scalawags
• c. Carpetbaggers
• d. Mangy Dogs

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SD-CP-SS-2

• During Reconstruction, the president that
• suffered from the most scandals during his
• administration was ___________.
• a. Andrew Johnson
• b. U. S. Grant
• c. Rutherford B. Hayes
• d. Abraham Lincoln

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SD-CP-SS-3

• The Indiana favorite son that ran for vice-
• president in 1876 with Samuel J. Tilden on the
• Democratic ticket was _________.
• a. Schuyler Colfax
• b. Thomas A. Hendricks
• c. Rutherford B. Hayes
• d. Cady Stanton

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SD-CP-SS-4

• Impeachment means _________.
• a. removal from office
• b. indictment for wrong doing
• c. censure by the House of Representatives
• d. conviction of wrong doing

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SD-CP-SS-5

• The Conquered Province Theory of
• Reconstruction was the plan of _________.
• a. Andrew Johnson
• b. Abraham Lincoln
• c. Rutherford B. Hayes
• d. the Radical Republicans

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SD-CP-SS-6

• Substantial reform movements in the pre-Civil
• War period included which of the following
• a. Abolitionism, Womens Rights, Suffrage
• b. Abolitionism, Temperance, Suffrage
• c. Abolitionism, Temperance, Womens Rights
• d. Temperance, Womens Rights, Suffrage

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SD-CP-SS-7

• The editor of the abolitionist paper The
  Liberator
  
• was _____________.
• a. Frederick Douglas
• b. Stephen Douglas
• c. William Lloyd Garrison
• d. Dred Scot

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SD-CP-SS-8

• The only Confederate state to have legitimate
• Representatives in Congress from 1863-1865 was
• __________.
• a. South Carolina
• b. Mississippi
• c. Louisiana
• d. Georgia

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SD-CP-SS-9

• Presidents during Reconstruction included
• a. Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant
• b. Andrew Jackson and Rutherford B. Hayes
• c. Andrew Jackson and Ulysses S. Grant
• d. Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson
• Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes

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SD-CP-SS-10

• The Wade-Davis Bill failed because Lincoln
• used a presidential power that did not allow the
• bill to become law. This power was called
• __________.
• a. executive over-ride
• b. pocket veto
• c. executive order
• d. tenure-in-office

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SD-CP-SS-11

• The last three states to be reconstructed were
• ___________.
• a. South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee
• b. Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana
• c. North Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia
• d. Louisiana, Texas, Alabama

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SD-CP-SS-12

• Southern Conservatives passed a series of
• legislations that were meant to keep the
• Freedman in his place. These rules were
• called _________.
• a. Black Codes
• b. Blue Laws
• c. Red Letter Laws
• d. Elective Codes

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SD-CP-SS-13

• A list of Federal officers would include
  _______.
  
• a. Sherman, McClellan and Meade
• b. Mosby, Farragut and Jackson
• c. Lee, Grant and Pickett
• d. Mosby, Pickett and Jackson

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SD-CP-SS-14

• The U. S. in General Grants names was
• sometimes referred to as ___________.
• a. United States
• b. Unconditional Surrender
• c. Under Siege
• d. United we Stand

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SD-CP-SS-15

• What former governor of Indiana was elected to
• the U.S. Senate in 1867, joined the Radical
• Republicans, and voted for impeachment of
• Andrew Johnson in 1868?
• a. Homer Capehart
• b. Birch Bayh
• c. Oliver Morton
• d. Lew Wallace

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SD-CP-SS-16

• Andrew Johnson was able to implement his plan
• for Reconstruction in the summer of 1865
• because _________.
• a. he was the executive
• b. Congress was not in session
• c. he had popular support
• d. the military controlled the south

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SD-CP-SS-17

• The southern economy failed to prosper in the
• post-Civil War/Reconstruction period because of
  _______.
  
• a. poor population distribution
• b. rural migration
• c. lack of diversification
• d. overseas competition

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SD-CP-SS-18

• The Enforcement Acts were able to __________
• the terrorist acts of the KKK.
• a. eradicate
• b. control
• c. temporarily put an end to
• d. finally put an end to

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SD-CP-SS-19

• The Enforcement Acts were passed during the
• administration of President __________.
• a. Lincoln
• b. Johnson
• c. Grant
• d. Hayes

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SD-CP-SS-20

• The Klansmen wore hooded disguises that
• represented ___________.
• a. conical supremacy
• b. bloody shirts
• c. fear of the Lord
• d. ghosts of dead Confederate soldiers

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SD-CP-SS-21

• Indiana regiments fought in 17 states,
  predominantly in which two?
  
• a. Kentucky and Georgia
• b. Mississippi and Texas
• c. Tennessee and Virginia
• d. Arkansas and Alabama

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SD-CP-SS-22

• Indiana soldiers often seriously lacked _______.
• a. fresh meat
• b. funds and ammunition
• c. fresh fruits and vegetables
• d. pay for service

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SD-CP-SS-23

• The success of the Underground Railroad
• largely depended on ___________.
• a. white Abolitionists
• b. the heroism of escaping slaves
• c. both white and black women
• d. free black men in Indiana

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SD-CP-SS-24

• The Battle of Corydon was ______________.
• a. fought in May of 1865
• b. actually fought in Kentucky
• c. the only battle fought on Indiana soil
• d. crucial in keeping the Mississippi River open

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SD-CP-SS-25

• The myth of the Underground Railroad network
• was that __________.
• a. it mainly helped escaped slaves get to
• Canada
• b. it was maintained by free black men
• c. it included tracks and tunnels connected to
• the North
• d. tickets to ride were inexpensive

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SD-CP-SS-26

• Indiana damage claims for Morgans Raid
• __________.
• a. totaled over two million dollars
• b. were paid to citizens by the State of Indiana
• c. were greatly reduced and ultimately not
• settled until 1887
• d. none of these

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SD-CP-SS-27

• What Indiana governor ably guided our state
• during the Civil War?
• a. Henry S. Lane
• b. Albert G. Porter
• c. William Henry Harrison
• d. Oliver P. Morton

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SD-CP-SS-28

• The first six months of 1863 in Indiana were
• known as _____________.
• a. the Legion Days
• b. period of despair
• c. Mortons Reign of Terror
• d. none of these

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SD-CP-SS-29

• Who was editor of the St. Joseph County
• Register, elected to Congress, and became
• vice president in 1869?
• a. Benjamin Harrison
• b. Schuyler Colfax
• c. Oliver P. Morton
• d. Thomas A. Morris

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SD-CP-SS-30

• Which of the following are the only Indiana
• citizens with sculptures in Statuary Hall in the
• U.S. Capitol?
• a. Oliver Morton and Lew Wallace
• b. Schuyler Colfax and Oliver Morton
• c. Ambrose Burnside and Schuyler Colfax
• d. Levi Coffin and Oliver Morton

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SD-CP-SS-31

• Which of these would NOT be considered a major
• cause of the Civil War?
• a. the Dred Scott Decision
• b. the struggle for Kansas
• c. the election of Abraham Lincoln
• d. publication of Uncle Toms Cabin

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SD-CP-SS-32

• Both sides felt that the war _____________.
• a. needed European support
• b. would be over quickly
• c. depended on the use of slaves as soldiers
• d. could be won by strategic naval tactics

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SD-CP-SS-33

• In what three states were all votes cast for
• secession?
• a. South Carolina, Virginia, Texas
• b. Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina
• c. Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina
• d. Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina

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SD-CP-SS-34

• In the decades before the war, what three men
• formed the Great Senate Triumvirate and
• dominated American statesmanship?
• a. Clay, Sumner, Calhoun
• b. Douglas, Sumner, Calhoun
• c. Clay, Calhoun, Webster
• d. Garrison, Webster, Clay

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SD-CP-SS-35

• After the 1856 elections the Republican Party
  controlled the North, except for these states
  
• a. Indiana and Ohio
• b. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey
• c. Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois
• d. Ohio and Pennsylvania

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SD-CP-SS-36

• By 1854, which of these had historically been a
• major political party?
• a. Whigs
• b. Free Soil Party
• c. Know Nothing Party
• d. Republican Party

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SD-CP-SS-37

• How did Henry Ward Beecher respond to the
• turmoil in Kansas?
• a. He attempted to assassinate John C. Calhoun
• b. he martyred himself on a cross
• c. he shuttled more pro-slavery men across
• the border
• d. he shipped rifles from New York for
• abolitionists

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SD-CP-SS-38

• Which is NOT true of the Lincoln-Douglas
• debates?
• a. Lincoln was characterized as a
  rabid abolitionist
  
• b. a central issue was popular sovereignty
• c. Douglas won the debates and strong
• support of Democrats
• d. They were thrilling examples of American
• politics in action

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SD-CP-SS-39

• The Compromise of 1850 admitted ________.
• a. Utah as a slave state California as a
• free state
• b. no states so as to maintain the temporary
• balance of power
• c. Kansas and California as states
• d. only California

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SD-CP-SS-40

• Who usually began speeches by saying he was a
• thief and robber, having run off from his
  master?
  
• a. Theodore Parker
• b. Frederick Douglass
• c. Henry Ward Beecher
• d. Charles Redmond

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SD-CP-SS-41

• Born a slave and then freed, who became a
• religious exponent of abolitionism?
• a. Ellen Craft
• b. Harriet Tubman
• c. Sojourner Truth
• d. Harriet B. Stowe

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SD-CP-SS-42

• In Indiana and elsewhere, many of these aided
• the Underground Railroad movement
• a. Quakers
• b. Roman Catholics
• c. members of the Masons
• d. those who were wealthy

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SD-CP-SS-43

• 2007 marked the 150th anniversary of which
• event?
• a. Wilmot Proviso
• b. Missouri Compromise
• c. Dred Scott Decision
• d. Kansas-Nebraska Act

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SD-CP-SS-44

• Which was NOT a provision of the Missouri
• Compromise?
• a. Maine was to be a free state Missouri
• was allowed slaves
• b. Slavery was excluded in Louisiana
• territory north of 3630
• c. Slavery was prohibited in all territories
• acquired from Mexico
• d. Missouri was an exception to parallel 3630

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End of Social Studies Round
Senior Super Bowl Area Contest - April 15, 2008
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SD Social Studies Coaches Practice Answer Key
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. C 7.
C
8. C 9. A 10. B 11. A
12. A 13. A 14. B 15. C 16. B 17.
C
18. C 19. C 20. D 21. C 22. C
23. B 24. C 25. C 26. C 27. D 28.
B
29. B 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. C
34. C 35. B 36. A 37. D 38. C 39.
D
40. B 41. C 42. A 43. C 44. C