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WorksheetsA Dividing Nation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which one of the following is Not true of the Missouri Compromise?
a)
Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.
b)
Maine entered the Union as a free state.
c)
Slavery was banned north of the 36 degrees 30' line of lattitude.
d)
It upset the balance between slave and free states in the Senate.
2.
What event inspired many Americans to become abolitionist?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Gag Rule
c)
Second Great Awakening
d)
The Election of 1860
3.
What event began the Civil War?
a)
the attack of Preston Brooks on Charles Sumner
b)
South Carolina's bombing of Fort Sumter
c)
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
d)
the election of 1860
4.
Which event led to bloodshed over slavery?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
5.
The passage of a strong fugitive slave law was the most controversial part of which event?
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Missouri Compromise
6.
What event made John Brown a hero among abolitionists?
a)
Bleeding Kansas
b)
Election of 1860
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
Raid on Harper's Ferry
7.
The Dred Scott Decision
a)
allowed slavery in the territories.
b)
was widely approved by the North.
c)
triggered a widespread slave rebellion.
d)
ruled that slavery violated the Fifth Amendment.
8.
Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the Election of 1860?
a)
Most of Lincoln's popular votes came from the North.
b)
This election showed how divided the nation was over slavery.
c)
It revealed how little support abolitionists had in the North.
d)
It led to talk of secession by southern leaders.
9.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the
a)
North Star.
b)
Liberator.
c)
Underground Railroad.
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
10.
The purpose of Harriet Beecher Stowe's fiction novel was to
a)
start a Civil War.
b)
show slaves as helpless children.
c)
turn people against slavery.
d)
persuade slave owners to set their slaves free.
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