Social Studies: Unit 8

Under the Missouri Compromise, what balanced Missouri's admission to the Union as a slave state?

• Maine was admitted as a free state

• Georgia changed from a slave to free state

• Arkansas was admitted as a free state

• Free states were given extra votes

President Jackson sent troops to South Carolina to ______________.

• Encourage states to ignore the law

• Help John C. Calhoun

• Uphold the law

• Convince Southerners that the tariff would help their economics

People who traveled on the Underground Railroad were called?

• Sailors

• Conductors

• Passengers

• Operators

What was important about the Dred Scott decision?

• It abolished slavery

• It imposed big fines on slave owners

• it closed the Underground Railroad

• It meant that if enslaved people were taken to free states, they were still enslaved.

What was the first major battle in the Civil War?

• Battle of Anaconda

• Battle of Shiloh

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Bull Run

How did Clara Barton help the Union army?

• She was a scout

• She cared for the wounded

• She made food for the troops

• She spied on the Confederate soldiers

What were General Grant's main goals for the Union army?

• Find General Sherman and join his troops

• Destroy Lee's army and capture Richmond

• Move troops north and fight in Arkansas

• Move troops east and destroy Alabama

The ____________ is a document that freed enslaved people in the South.

The _________________ was a speech that President Lincoln gave in honor of those who died in battle

The ___________________ would make it more difficult for the South to get the supplies they needed.