Social Studies Alive - Ch 20

Compared with the North, the South had more

• cities.

• factories.

• plantations. 

• railroads.

Why were workers in the North called “free labor”?

• They worked for no money.

• They came from other countries.

• They usually did not have families.

• They could choose their own jobs.

What was the most important crop in the South by the mid-1800s?

• corn

• cotton

• rice

• tobacco

What was a goal of the Missouri Compromise?

• returning fugitive slaves

• preventing slavery in the cities

• keeping an equal number of slave states and free states 

• letting each territory decide whether to allow slavery

People like Frederick Douglas who spoke out against slavery were called

• abolitionists. 

• slave owners.

• enslaved African Americans.

• conductors on the Underground Railroad.

Which statement is true of the Compromise of 1850?

• Abraham Lincoln proposed the new law.

• Most Americans were happy with the results.

• Officials no longer had to return fugitive slaves.

• . California was admitted to the Union as a free state.

Kansas was called “Bleeding Kansas” in the 1850s because of

• violent fights about slavery. 

• attacks by American Indians.

• deadly diseases among settlers.

• injuries from putting up fences.

Which group was most angry about the election of Abraham Lincoln?

• enslaved Africans

• Southern slave owners 

• Northern factory owners

•  German and Irish immigrants

. Southerners did not want Abraham Lincoln to be president because he

• commanded his armies to attack Fort Sumter.

• didn't buy products or wear clothes made of cotton.

• refused to support the Underground Railroad.

• was against slavery spreading to new territories.

The Fugitive Slave Law stated that

• abolitionists can't support the Underground Railroad.

• officials in the North would help return runaway slaves. 

• slaves are considered free if they escape to a free state.

• the Compromise of 1850 no longer matters to the states.