SS Quiz 17

What kind of government did members of the Federalist party support?

• Strong central government
• Strong state government
• No government
• Government run by citizens only

What percent of people earn their family’s money by farming today?

• 10
• 20
• 0
• 2

If Missouri became a new state would it be a free state or a slave state?

• Free
• Slave
• Both
• Neither

How long did Clay’s Missouri Compromise work for?

• 10 years
• 30 years
• It never worked
• Forever

Who felt that states should be allowed to decide for themselves if they wanted to allow slavery?

• Henry Clay
• Abraham Lincoln
• Stephen Douglas
• John Breckinridge

What’s a name for people who did not support slavery?

• Southerners
• Republicans
• Democrats
• Free-Soilers

What was a  name for a system of people and homes that secretly helped slaves escape to free states?

• Homes
• Stations
• Conductors
• Underground Railroad

What allowed runaway slaves to be tracked into Northern states?

• Underground Railroad
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Missouri Compromise

What were Abraham Lincoln’s feelings about slavery?

• He was for it
• He did not care either way
• He could not decide
• He was against it

What led to Abraham Lincoln winning the 1860 election?

• The Democratic Party split
• More people liked him
• Douglas beat him in the Senate election
• All of the above