Social Studies Week 25 (Conflicts and Compromises)

Use the article "The Roots of Conflict" and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

What was probably one result of the differences in population between the North and the South?

• The North had a greater number or representatives in Congress.

• The South had no representatives in Congress.

• The North had no representatives in Congress.

• The South had a greater number of representatives in Congress.

Use the article "Compromises and Kansas" and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

What would be the best alternate title for the subsection called "The Compromise of 1850"?

• Utah and Mexico—Territories With A Problem

• Senator Clay—A Great Man From Kentucky

• Both Sides Give and Both Sides Take

• California—The Sunny State From Mexico

Which of the following best completes the diagram?

• People who lived in the New Mexico and Utah territories could decide on the slavery issue for themselves.

• The Compromise of 1850 was not a good way to settle disagreements between the North and the South.

• Senator Clay was responsible for helping to pass the laws that were a part of the Compromise of 1850.

• Slaves could no longer be sold in Washington, D.C. following the Compromise of 1850.

Which of these is the best summary of the information in the article, "Abolitionists 'Build' an Underground Railroad"?

• Northern abolitionists wanted slavery to be abolished. They organized a system of homes and people to help slaves escape. Many slaves used the Underground Railroad to reach freedom in as far away as Canada.

• Slaves traveled from train station to train station trying to find freedom. Sometimes the slaves even went to Canada. The Southern plantation owners did not like when the slaves escaped because they needed their help on the farms.

• The Underground Railroad wasn’t really a railroad. Even though there were conductors and stations the railroads were not real. Many people worked on the railroads.

• Southern plantation owners needed slaves in order to make money from their farms. Northerners believed slavery was wrong. They wanted a railroad system to help slaves get to freedom.

Use the article "Compromises and Kansas" and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

How did most people likely feel about Senator Clay when he suggested the Missouri Compromise?

• Northerners and Southerners probably felt that Clay was working to solve problems the best way he knew how.

• Northerners and Southerners probably felt angry that Clay did not know what he was doing.

• Southerners probably felt as though Clay wanted no states to own slaves

• Northerners probably felt as though Clay wanted all states to be slave states.

Use the article "1860: The Election of Abraham Lincoln" and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

Why do you suppose most Southerners did not vote for Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860?

• They were probably fearful that his anti-slavery views would put an end to slavery in the South.

• They were probably hoping that John C. Breckinridge and Stephen Douglas could both be elected as presidents.

• They thought Stephen Douglas had been cheated out of a nomination by the entire Democratic party.

• They probably did not trust a man who was an Illinois lawyer.

Use the article "The Roots of Conflict" and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

The most likely reason a state might choose to nullify a law is _______.

• Democratic-Republicans are in charge of the state

• the people disagree with the decisions made by the federal government

• the Founding Fathers believed each state had the right to do so

• it does not believe in the Constitution of the United States

Use the article "Compromises and Kansas" and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

What is the most likely reason the first Kansas election was considered unfair?

• People used weapons to force Kansas citizens to vote.

• More people voted than were registered to vote in the state.

• People in Nebraska should have been able to vote also.

• It was not fair that Kansas was placed north of the Missouri Compromise line.

Use the article "Compromises and Kansas" and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

Which statement about the Missouri Compromise is best supported by information from this week's issue?

• The plan was not a success because the boundary line was imaginary.

• The plan was a success because no states could ever have slaves again.

• The plan did not settle any problems at all.

• The plan settled a problem by making both sides give and take a little.

Use the article "Compromises and Kansas" and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

What is the most likely reason Northerners were upset that Kansas and Nebraska were able to vote whether or not they wanted to be a slave state?

• Free soldiers did not want to have to go to Kansas to establish their own government.

• Kansas should not have been allowed to become a state in the first place.

• No other states were allowed to vote for themselves.

• All states north of the Missouri Compromise line were to remain free states.