WorksheetsDecade of Crisis
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to enter the US as a free state which satisfied the North. What part of the compromise was meant to appease the South?
a)
The slave trade was ended in Washington, D.C.
b)
California had to pay taxes to each southern state for 5 years.
c)
New Mexico was entered as a slave state.
d)
The Fugitive Slave Act
2.
"So you're the little lady that started this war," was spoken by Lincoln to the author of what controversial book about slavery published in 1852?
a)
Gone with the Wind
b)
Century of Dishonor
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
Where the Lilies Bloom
3.
She was called the "Moses of her people" for leading over 300 slaves to freedom:
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Natalie Cole
c)
Angelina Grimke
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
4.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act essentially nullified the __ because allowing people to vote on slavery through the Kansas-Nebraska Act meant in theory that slavery could exist in areas that previously had been closed to slavery.
a)
Great Compromise
b)
Sumner-Butler Bill
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Wilmot Proviso
5.
The conflicts that broke out between pro- and anti-slavery groups caused Kansas to be labeled:
a)
"Crying Kansas"
b)
"Bleeding Kansas"
c)
"The Hornet's Nest"
d)
"The Cyclone Territory"
6.
Who would have agreed the most with the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case of 1857?
a)
A southern plantation owner
b)
The President of the U.S.
c)
A northern industrialist
d)
A Congressman from California
7.
What U.S. Senate seat was contested during the Lincoln/Douglas Debate in 1858?
a)
Illinois
b)
Indiana
c)
Missouri
d)
Kentucky
8.
Why did John Brown's rad in 1859 at Harper's Ferry, VA fail?
a)
Colonel Robert E. Lee captured him before he could reach Harper's Ferry.
b)
Area slaves did not join him in the effort.
c)
He couldn't manage to get weapons out of the arsenal.
d)
His sons turned against him.
9.
The Presidential Election of 1860 clearly showed which of the following?
a)
There were still problems with the electoral college system.
b)
The West's influence was growing.
c)
How well Abraham Lincoln was liked by the American people.
d)
The division between North and South over the slavery issue still existed.
10.
What was the first state to secede from (leave) the Union?
a)
Alabama
b)
South Carolina
c)
Mississippi
d)
Virginia
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