WorksheetsCH. 15 Nation Divides
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
After Kansas erupted into a state of its own civil war, what became the states nickname:
a)
Fighting Kansas
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Violent Kansas
d)
Divided Kansas
2.
What political party was created in 1854 and is still around today?
a)
Democrats
b)
Republicans
c)
Whigs
d)
No Nothings
3.
In the compromise of 1850 how was the issue of slavery in the Mexican Cession lands decided?
a)
National Election
b)
By the President
c)
Popular Sovereignty
d)
The U.S. Supreme Court
4.
In the Compromise of 1850 which state was entered as a Free State?
a)
Minnesota
b)
Utah
c)
California
d)
New Mexico
5.
An abolitionist named John Brown was hanged for leading a raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
a)
True
b)
False
6.
What was the first state to secede from the Union
a)
Alabama
b)
Louisiana
c)
Minnesota
d)
South Carolina
7.
The Confederate States of America based their constitution on the United States.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
In the Compromise of 1850, it said all southern slaves would be free with the election of Abraham Lincoln.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Many abolitionists opposed the Fugitive Slave Act
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Most Californians did not want slavery in their state when they were being admitted as a free state
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The Fugitive Slave Act was a part of the Compromise of 1850
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin about a kindly old slave who is sold to a vicious (evil) cotton planter.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney felt sorry for Dred Scott and he gave Scott his freedom from his master in this famous court case.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Preston Brooks hit Charles Sumner on the U.S. Senate floor with a cane making him unconscious because he didn’t support him on slavery.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
The Dred Scott decision declared that congress had no right to ban slavery in any federal territory.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Who was elected president of the Confederate States of America for the Southern states before the Civil War broke out:
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Roger T. Taney
17.
John Brown’s raid was:
a)
the first of many actions led by Brown
b)
begun by the New England Anti-Slavery Society
c)
a last resort after Brown had tried many nonviolent means to end slavery
d)
unsuccessful, as no slaves would join Brown for fear of punishment
18.
During the Lincoln-Douglas debates:
a)
Douglas insisted on social and political equality for African Americans
b)
Lincoln tried to keep the focus on race, rather than on the extension of slavery
c)
Lincoln said he believed that slavery was wrong
d)
Douglas threatened to dissolve the Union in a war between the North and South
19.
Who set out to open Kansas and Nebraska to slavery in exchange for support of a Western railroad to start in Chicago:
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Preston Brooks
c)
Stephen Douglas
d)
John Brown
20.
A devotion to the interests of one region rather than to those of the entire country is known as:
a)
Popular Soverienty
b)
Sectionalism
c)
Nationalism
d)
Secession
21.
An act of formally withdrawing from the union:
a)
Secession
b)
Popular Soveriegnty
c)
Nationalism
d)
Sectionalism
22.
Republican in 1860 who wanted to prevent the spread of slavery in the country:
a)
John Brown
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
John C. Breckenridge
d)
Stephen Douglas
23.
U.S. Supreme Court ruling that denied that African Americans had rights as citizens:
a)
Taney Decesion
b)
Dred Scott Decesion
c)
Homer Plessy Decision
d)
Abraham Lincoln Decision
24.
This divided the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories in which slavery issues would be determined by popular sovereignty:
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Kansas- Nebraska Act
d)
Freeport Doctrine
25.
Principle that would allow voters in a particular territory to decide whether they wanted to ban or permit slavery:
a)
Popular Soveriegnty
b)
Freeport Doctrine
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Secession
26.
Dred Scott lived at a fort in Minnesota, what is that fort called?
a)
Fort Smelling
b)
Fort Snelling
c)
Fort Wisconsin
d)
Fort Sumpter
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