Slavery and the Civil War

Where did many enslaved people work in the South?

• A. building ships

• B. on large plantations

• C. in the Senate

• D. in clothing factories

What problem did the Missouri Compromise try to solve?

• A. whether Missouri would become a state

• B. whether new states would have slavery or not

• C. whether Missouri would join the Confederacy

• D. whether the North would begin having slavery

Allowing territories to vote on whether they would be free or slave states was a disaster. What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion?

• A. Charles Sumner was physically attacked on the Senate floor.

• B. "Border ruffians" sneaked into states to influence the vote.

• C. States below the line of latitude 36°30' became slave states.

• D. There were many fights in Congress over slavery in the territories.

How might some northern Senators have felt after Charles Sumner was physically attacked in the Senate?

• A. pleased and proud

• B. tired and defeated

• C. upset and concerned

• D. amused and victorious

What is this passage mostly about?

• A. slavery outside of what is now the United States.

• B. how much land people had to own in order to benefit from slavery.

• C. fights in Congress throughout United States history.

• D. the issue of slavery in new territories before the Civil War

Read the following sentences: "Slavery became a moral issue. More and more Northerners were against the idea of owning people as if they were property."

What does the word "moral" mean?

• A. related to war and fighting

• B. mathematical in nature

• C. related to money and business

• D. concerning right and wrong