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WorksheetsRoad to Civil War
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What law, passed in 1820, banned slavery “forever” in territory north of a line at 36°30’ North latitude?
a)
Nebraska Kansas Act
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Dred Scott Case
2.
What was the belief that each state was sovereign, and the national government did not have the power to tell states what to do?
a)
Abolition
b)
Sectionalism
c)
Secession
d)
State's Rights
3.
The idea that a state has the power to cancel a national law was called
a)
Abolition
b)
Nullification
c)
Secession
d)
Sectionalism
4.
What law allowed California to enter the Union as a free state and included the Fugitive Slave Act?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Nebraska Kansas Act
c)
Compromise of 1850
5.
This was a moderate view calling for Georgia to remain in the Union as long as the Fugitive Slave Act was enforced?
a)
Abolition
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Georgia Platform
d)
Secession
6.
What law was passed in 1854, led to bloody battles between pro and anti slavery forces in a US territory?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
7.
What was the name of the Supreme Court decision declaring that slaves were NOT U.S. citizens and ending the Missouri Compromise?
a)
Worcester Case
b)
Dred Scott Case
8.
What was Abraham Lincoln's official stand on slavery during the presidential campaign of 1860?
a)
Slavery should be ended immediately.
b)
Slavery should not be able to spread to new territories.
9.
What law compelled the North to return runaway slaves back to the South?
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Abolition Act of 1850
10.
Which invention contributed to the expansion of slavery in the South?
a)
mechanical reaper
b)
steam boat
c)
cotton gin
d)
interchangeable parts
11.
Strong loyalty and pride to a particular region or portion of the country is called
a)
republicanism
b)
nationalism
c)
sectionalism
d)
unitarionism
12.
What is an abolitionist?
a)
Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.
b)
Someone who wants to end voting for slaves.
c)
Someone who doesn't want to work with slaves.
d)
Someone who wants to never wear jeans.
13.
To nullify a law means …
a)
to agree to the law
b)
to secede.
c)
to void or cancel the law.
d)
to vote on the law.
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