WorksheetsCh.14 Review
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the idea that people in a territory or state vote directly on issues such as slavery?
a)
secede
b)
propaganda
c)
popular sovreignty
d)
fugitive
2.
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Stephen Douglas
3.
Runaway slave?
a)
enslaved person
b)
sedition
c)
propaganda
d)
fugitive
4.
Many southerners considered Uncle Tom's Cabin misleading _________.
a)
information
b)
propaganda
c)
amendments
d)
portfolios
5.
Who proposed the Compromise of 1850?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Jefferson Davis
6.
Massachusetts senator who argued for compromise in order to preserve the Union?
a)
Charles Sumner
b)
John C. Calhoun
c)
Daniel Webster
d)
David Wilmot
7.
President who pushed the Kansas-Nebraska Act through Congress?
a)
Buchanan
b)
Polk
c)
Pierce
d)
Lincoln
8.
President of the Confederate States of America?
a)
David Wilmot
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
John Brown
9.
Senator from South Carolina who was against compromise on slavery?
a)
Daniel Webster
b)
John C. Calhoun
c)
David Wilmot
d)
Stephen Douglas
10.
Withdraw?
a)
Sedition
b)
Progaganda
c)
Fugitive
d)
Secede
11.
President Lincoln tried to make peace by promising not to interfere with ________.
a)
popular sovreignty
b)
territory
c)
slavery
d)
Northern economics
12.
What fort did the Confederates attack starting the Civil War?
a)
Fort Washington
b)
Fort Pitt
c)
Fort Bragg
d)
Fort Sumter
13.
What southern city in Alabama was the location where the Confederate States of America?
a)
Birmingham
b)
Mobile
c)
Tuscaloosa
d)
Montgomery
14.
Antislavery settler who led attacks on proslavery settlers in Kansas?
a)
John Brown
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Henry Clay
15.
What was the first state to secede?
a)
North Carolina
b)
Georgia
c)
Virginia
d)
South Carolina
16.
How many states made up the Confederate States of America?
a)
7
b)
9
c)
11
d)
15
17.
When this person was elected President in 1860..it led the South to secede?
a)
James Buchanan
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Franklin Pierce
d)
Abraham Lincoln
18.
What do we call the War that started in 1861...between the North and South?
a)
Mexican-American War
b)
Revolutionary War
c)
War of 1812
d)
The Civil War
19.
What was the name of the Chief Justice who wrote a controversial decision in 1857 concerning Dred Scott?
a)
John Marshall
b)
Roger Taney
c)
John Fremont
d)
David Wilmot
20.
This political party was started in 1854...it included Free Soilers, Northern Democrats, former Whigs?
a)
Democrats
b)
Democratic-Republicans
c)
Republicans
d)
Federalist
21.
Who was the person who sued for his freedom after his owner died..because he had lived mostly in free territories?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Roger Taney
22.
Republican Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Ilinois in 1858?
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Daniel Webster
d)
John C. Calhoun
23.
Who debated with Lincoln in Illinois in 1858?
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
John Breckinridge
c)
Roger Taney
d)
Daniel Webster
24.
As part of the Compromise of 1850..where was the slave trade banned?
a)
Washington DC
b)
New York City
c)
Boston
d)
Philadelphia
25.
What was the territory that decided on the issue of slavery with violence?
a)
Nebraska
b)
Illinois
c)
Missouri
d)
Kansas
26.
What did the Fugitive Slave Act allow?
a)
Slavery in the Nebraska Territory
b)
Slavery in the Kansas Territory
c)
the slave trade to continue in Washington DC
d)
the recapture of runaway slaves
27.
What became the first state out of the Mexican Cession?
a)
Utah
b)
Kansas
c)
New Mexico
d)
California
28.
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act undo?
a)
Northwest Ordinance
b)
Mexican Cession
c)
Missouri Compromise of 1820
d)
Rush-Bagot Agreement
29.
True/False
When the Democratic convention took place in 1860..Democrats could not decide on a position on the "expansion of slavery."
When the Democratic convention took place in 1860..Democrats could not decide on a position on the "expansion of slavery."
a)
True
b)
False
30.
True/False
The Missouri Border Ruffians were anti-slavery.
The Missouri Border Ruffians were anti-slavery.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
True/False
The Kansas Jayhawks were anti-slavery.
The Kansas Jayhawks were anti-slavery.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
When Lincoln was elected...the Deep South seceded...how many states did that include?
a)
5
b)
7
c)
9
d)
11
33.
Which combination are states in the Deep South?
a)
Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama
b)
North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida
c)
Tennessee, Texas, Mississippi
d)
Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia
34.
True/False
Harriet Beecher Stowe went to Lane Theological Seminary ( with her brother Henry Ward Beecher) in Cincinnati?
Harriet Beecher Stowe went to Lane Theological Seminary ( with her brother Henry Ward Beecher) in Cincinnati?
a)
True
b)
False
35.
True/False
After reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin"...many Northerners looked at slavery as more than a political problem...it was a moral problem.
After reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin"...many Northerners looked at slavery as more than a political problem...it was a moral problem.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
Who is the slave owner in "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
a)
John Brown
b)
Roger Taney
c)
Simon Legree
d)
Stephen Douglas
37.
What party put up 2 candidates in the 1860 election?
a)
Rebpublican
b)
Constitutional Union
c)
Whig
d)
Democrat
38.
True/False
When reading Uncle Tom's Cabin...Southerners felt good about it because of its accuracy.
When reading Uncle Tom's Cabin...Southerners felt good about it because of its accuracy.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
True/False
John Brown represented the pro-slavery settlers of Kansas.
John Brown represented the pro-slavery settlers of Kansas.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
Who represented the Northern Democrats in the 1860 elections?
a)
Lincoln
b)
Douglas
c)
Bell
d)
Breckinridge
41.
The purpose of the Underground Railroad was.....
a)
to return Fugitive Slaves to the South.
b)
To alert slave catchers of runaway slaves.
c)
To help find homes for former slaves who were now free.
d)
to help runaway slaves to freedom.
42.
True/False
Lawrenceburg, Indiana was part of the Underground Railroad.
Lawrenceburg, Indiana was part of the Underground Railroad.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
This represents the view of the new Republican party in 1854?
a)
completely against slavery
b)
for the expansion of slavery
c)
popular sovreignty
d)
against the expansion of slavery
44.
This person had 59 % of the electoral vote but just 40 % of the popular vote in the 1860 election.
a)
Douglas
b)
Bell
c)
Lincoln
d)
Breckinridge
45.
The person pictured became our 16th President in 1860?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Franklin Pierce
d)
Stephen Douglas
46.
Who was the most popular Republican going into the 1860 election..but it was felt his views too strong to get elected because he was an abolitionist?
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
William Seward
d)
John Breckinridge
47.
Looking at the map..after California became a state..what were the 2 territories in the rest of the Mexican Cession?
a)
Missouri and Oregon
b)
Utah and New Mexico
c)
Oregon and Unorganized
d)
Minnesota and Unorganized
48.
According to the map..what is the most western slave state?
a)
New Mexico
b)
Utah
c)
Missouri
d)
Texas
49.
According to the map...what state combinations below represent free states?
a)
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky
b)
Indiana, Illinois, Ohio
c)
Iowa, Indiana, Virginia
d)
Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania
50.
What do the states in red represent?
a)
Slave states who seceded right away
b)
Free states
c)
Slave states
who seceded later
who seceded later
d)
Slave states who stayed in the Union.
51.
True/False
Lincoln was personally against slavery....but when elected in 1860..he said he would not touch slavery where it already existed.
Lincoln was personally against slavery....but when elected in 1860..he said he would not touch slavery where it already existed.
a)
True
b)
False
52.
This person's case went all the way to the Supreme Court in 1857....he probably could have escaped..but wanted to set an example for others that followed.
a)
Thomas Sims
b)
Anthony Burns
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Nat Turner
53.
What was the key river to cross into freedom for escaped slaves?
a)
Mississippi
b)
Wabash
c)
Missouri
d)
Ohio
54.
Since Abraham Lincoln was not President yet when the southern states seceded..what President should have dealt with the problem?
a)
Franklin Pierce
b)
James Polk
c)
James Buchanan
d)
Millard Fillmore
55.
True/False
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was about Stephen Douglas wanting the transcontinental railroad to go through Illinois?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was about Stephen Douglas wanting the transcontinental railroad to go through Illinois?
a)
True
b)
False
56.
What was the key issue in the 1860 election?
a)
Whether to abolish slavery.
b)
Whether to allow popular sovreignty in the old Northwest Territory.
c)
The expansion of slavery in new territories.
57.
True/False
After the Fugitive Slave Act...most members of the Undergound Railroad discontinued being a part of it due to fear of punishment.
After the Fugitive Slave Act...most members of the Undergound Railroad discontinued being a part of it due to fear of punishment.
a)
True
b)
False
58.
What happens to Tom in "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
a)
Simon Legree gives him his Freedom.
b)
It ends up like it did for Dred Scott.
c)
He runs away to get his freedom.
d)
He dies after being severely beaten.
59.
The issues in this state are an example of what the country would go through in the Civil War?
a)
Missouri
b)
South Carolina
c)
Kansas
d)
Texas
60.
True/False
Lincoln won the election of 1860 due to immense popularity with all the people.(Many consider him today to be our greatest President.)
Lincoln won the election of 1860 due to immense popularity with all the people.(Many consider him today to be our greatest President.)
a)
True
b)
False
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