A Nation Divided

When did Texas become a state of the United States?

• 1820

• 1845

• 1860

• 1850

What was the main issue dividing the United States when Texas joined?

• Taxes

• Slavery

• Trade

• Immigration

What was the Missouri Compromise?

• A law that banned slavery in all states

• An agreement to admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

• A treaty with Native American tribes

• A decision to build a new capital city

Which state was admitted as a free state as part of the Compromise of 1850?

• Texas

• California

• Missouri

• Maine

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?

• All slaves to be freed

• Escaped slaves to be returned to their owners

• Slavery to be abolished in the North

• New states to decide on slavery by vote

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow?

• Slavery to be banned in all territories

• Territories to vote on whether to allow slavery

• The building of a transcontinental railroad

• The admission of Kansas as a free state

Who was elected president of the United States in 1860?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

What action did South Carolina take after Lincoln's election?

• They celebrated his victory

• They seceded from the Union

• They passed a new tax law

• They built a new state capital

What is the term for a state leaving the Union?

• Secession

• Annexation

• Confederation

• Unionization

What major event did the secession of Texas and other Southern states lead to?

• The Revolutionary War

• The Civil War

• The War of 1812

• The Spanish-American War