WorksheetsNorth and South Disagree
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The biggest issue that divided the North and the South was ________________________.
a)
Immigrants
b)
Slavery
c)
Money
d)
Government Power
2.
Some slaves were able to escape to freedom in the North thanks to the ______________________________.
a)
Dred Scott Decision
b)
The Compromise of 1850
c)
Bleeding Kansas
d)
Underground Railroad
3.
The Compromise of 1850 was created because this state wanted to enter the Union as a free state?
a)
Texas
b)
Utah
c)
California
d)
Oregon
4.
The Compromise of 1850 stressed the importance of ______________________ to decide if states entered the Union as slave or free states.
a)
Popular Sovereignty
b)
Rebellions
c)
Secede
d)
Government Elections
5.
True or False: People liked The Compromise of 1850 when it was first proposed?
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote which book detailing the evils of slavery in the South.
a)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
b)
Kindred
c)
Beloved
d)
Chains
7.
This Senator wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 in order to get southern votes for his ideas.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Stephen Douglas
d)
Henry Clay
8.
The conflict in Kansas between people who wanted slavery and people who did not want slavery lead to the fight known as ____________________________.
a)
Popular Sovereignty
b)
Free Soilers
c)
The Conflict in Kansas
d)
Bleeding Kansas
9.
The Supreme Court ruling that declared that slaves were considered property and went wherever their owners went no matter if that was free state or a slave state.
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
The Dred Scott Decision
c)
Jim Crow Law
d)
Slave Owner Rights
10.
He became President of the United States in 1860 and was a strong advocate against slavery.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Jefferson Davis
11.
Which one of these people DID NOT start a revolt to free slaves?
a)
John Brown
b)
Gabriel Prosser
c)
Arnold Cragston
d)
Nat Turner
12.
When the Southern states seceded what did they call their new nation?
a)
Union States of America
b)
New America
c)
Southern Union
d)
Confederate States of America
13.
He became president of the newly created nation in the South.
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Henry Clay
14.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 got rid of the which compromise?
a)
Texas Compromise
b)
California Compromise
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Oregon Compromise
15.
All of these issues between the North and the South lead to the _______________________.
a)
The Southern War
b)
The War of 1860
c)
The Alamo
d)
Civil War
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