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WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Northern states wanted new states to be free. Southern states wanted new states to be slave states. Both Northern and Southern states had ________ _______ __ _______.
a)
Unequal Power in Congress
b)
Equal Power in Congress
c)
Equal Power in Declaration of Independence
d)
Unequal Power in Civil War
2.
Written in 1820, it helped settle the debate over slavery for territories in the Louisiana Purchase becoming states.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
Dredd Scott Decision
3.
Any new territory that becomes a state NORTH of the 36-30 line would be a _____ state.
a)
Free
b)
Slave
c)
Sovereign
d)
Abolitionist
4.
Any new territory south of the 36-30 line would be a _____ state.
a)
Free
b)
Slave
c)
Sovereign
d)
Abolitionist
5.
The Missouri Compromise allowed what state to be a slave state and what state to be a free state?
a)
Missouri/ Maine
b)
Maine/Missouri
c)
Texas/California
d)
California/ D.C
6.
To take over a territory.
a)
Abolitionist
b)
Sovereign
c)
Annexation
d)
Secede
7.
It took Texas ___ years to become a state.
a)
1
b)
5
c)
9
d)
10
8.
Texas was a state that DID NOT allow slavery.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
The Compromise of 1850 talked about 3 pieces of land...
a)
Maine/Texas/ Missouri
b)
California/Washington/ Mexican Cession
c)
California/ Washington D.C/ Mexican Secession
d)
Missouri/Maine/Washington
10.
The Compromise of 1850 said that Washington D.C. was a "slave state". What was the one exception?
a)
Buying and Selling slaves was LEGAL
b)
Buying and Selling slaves was ILLEGAL
c)
Owning slaves was LEGAL
d)
Owning slaves was ILLEGAL
11.
Under the Compromise of 1850 the Mexican Cession decided whether or not they would be free or slave states.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
What term is used to describe "the ability to vote" on slave/free statehood?
a)
Abolitionist
b)
Sovereignty
c)
Slave Catcher
d)
Annexation
13.
36/30 line is to Missouri Compromise as "Slave Catcher" is to _____ _____ ___
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Personal Liberty Laws
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
Dredd Scott Decision
14.
This law gave southerners more opportunity to have their escaped slaves caught and returned to their masters in the south.
a)
Annexation of Texas
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Fugitive Slave Laws
d)
Missouri Compromise
15.
Many Northern states passed what in order to combat the Fugitive Slave Law?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Dredd Scott Decision
c)
Personal Liberty Laws
d)
Emancipation Proclomation
16.
What act repealed all other compromises and decisions made by congress about slavery?
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Kansas Nebraska Act
c)
Texas Annexation
d)
Fugitive Slave Law
17.
It allowed people to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders through popular sovereignty.
a)
Kansas Nebraska Act
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Dredd Scott Decision
d)
Compromise of 1850
18.
A person who believes all men are created equal and does not believe in slavery.
a)
Annexation
b)
Abolitionist
c)
Northerners
d)
Sovereignty
19.
After the Kansas Nebraska Act many people moved to the western territories. Why did so many people move to these territories?
a)
To get away from their kids
b)
To find more land
c)
To make it a state
d)
To be able to vote on a free/slave state
20.
The Kansas Nebraska Act caused many problems between abolitionists and southern slave owners. What was this conflict known as?
a)
Punctured Kansas
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Nebraska No
d)
Breathing Kansas
21.
What was the name of the slave that sued his master when he went north?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Scott Dredd
c)
Dredd Scott
d)
Stevie Wonder
22.
What type of people wanted to held Dredd Scott sue his master?
a)
Annexers
b)
Northerners
c)
Southerners
d)
Abolitionists
23.
What was the IMPACT of the Dredd Scott Decision?
a)
Slavery was technically LEGAL in all states
b)
Slavery was technically ILLEGAL in all states
c)
The Missouri Compromise stayed the same
d)
There was not impact
24.
Slaves were considered _______ after the Dredd Scott Decision
a)
Slaves
b)
Property
c)
Citizens
d)
People
25.
Did the Dredd Scott Decision help STOP slavery?
a)
YES!
b)
NO!
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