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WorksheetsThe Antebellum Period and Slavery
Total questions: 78
Worksheet time: 3580secs
Name
Class
Date
1.
Veto, or make invalid
a)
Annex
b)
Impressment
c)
Nullify
d)
Ratify
2.
political movement that argues for the ending of slavery
a)
Abolitionists
b)
Anarchists
c)
Annex
d)
Allies
3.
belief that needs of the whole country come before those of a state or a region
a)
Impressment
b)
Nationalism
c)
Paternalism
d)
Sectionalism
4.
Angelina and Sarah Grimke were sister from SC and are most notable as being 19th century?
a)
Abolitionists
b)
Anarchists
c)
Politicians
d)
Suffragettes
5.
How did the Missouri Compromise deal with the issue of slavery?
a)
required all states to abolish slavery before becoming a state
b)
made the Miss. River the dividing line between slave and free
c)
prohibited slavery in all states above the southern border of Missouri with the exception of Missouri
d)
required that all future states joining the Union be slave states with the exception of Missouri
6.
Why was the North concerned about Missouri joining the Union as a slave state?
a)
Cause Civil War
b)
Upset the balance of free and slave states in the senate
c)
slavery had already been abolished in Missouri
d)
Upset balance of free and slave states
7.
How did the Denmark Vesey plot affect slave codes in SC?
a)
Slave codes were repealed
b)
Slave codes would be used in SC
c)
Slave codes were established
d)
Slave codes were strengthened to protect whites
8.
Denmark Vesey was a free black carpenter from Charleston. What did he plan to do?
a)
Build a school for slaves to teach them how to read and write
b)
Buy land and slaves to start a plantation
c)
Lead a slave revolt
d)
Run for political office in the low country
9.
How would the slaves resist or oppose the authority of their slave masters?
a)
working slow, pretend to be sick, destroy master's property.
b)
refusing to work on teh platation making their owners lose money
c)
working fast for extra time
d)
accepting fate and never resisting
10.
This man was an escaped slave who taught himself to read and write. He became an influential player in the abolitionist movement?
a)
Stephen Douglass
b)
Solomon Northup
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Harry Tubman
11.
She was known as the Moses of her People?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Cloteet
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
12.
This author wrote Uncle Toms Cabin, which was a book based on her life growing up on a Southern Plantation?
a)
Sara Grimkee
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Cloteet
13.
What was the name of the compromise that allowed slaves to be counted in the population for representation in the Congress?
a)
5/8 Compromise
b)
5/3 Compromise
c)
3/5 Compromise
d)
3/8 Compromise
14.
Factories like this were commonly found in what region of the United States during the early half of the 19th century?
a)
West
b)
North
c)
South
d)
East
15.
What religion did the Abolitionist movement start from?
a)
Methodist
b)
Baptist
c)
Lutherans
d)
Quakers
16.
What was a difference between the First and Second Great Awakenings?
a)
One was led by a woman and the other by a man
b)
The First said the common man did not have power in his own salvation and the second said they could
c)
The first great awakening saved animals and the second saved children
d)
They were exactly the same just at different times
17.
While supporting the temperance movement, abolition, and women’s rights, Horace Mann’s greatest achievement was…
a)
Publishing a novel about slavery
b)
The reform of public education
c)
Providing healthcare to the impoverished
d)
Rewriting the constitution
18.
Which two women led the Women’s Rights Movement?
a)
Angelina and Sarah Grimke
b)
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Sojourner Truth and Dorothea Dix
d)
Betsy Ross and Sacajawea
19.
This was the network that helped runaway slaves reach the north?
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Ocean Ships
c)
Transcontinental Railroad
d)
Freedom Train
20.
This book was the 2nd most read book during the 19th century. It opened the world up to slavery in the South?
a)
House of Diers Drier?
b)
Freedom Train
c)
Uncle Toms Cabin
d)
Diary of a Slave Girl
21.
The Fugitive Slave Act was part of which compromise?
a)
The Missouri Compromise
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Tariff Compromise
22.
What did Dorothea Dix want to improve?
a)
Shelters for pets
b)
Equality for African Americans
c)
Conditions in prisons
d)
Food distribution
23.
What was the name of the weekly abolitionist newspaper?
a)
The New York Sun
b)
Chattanooga Daily Rebel
c)
National Enquirer
d)
The Liberator
24.
What event was the event held to promote women’s rights in 1848?
a)
The March on Washington
b)
The Sarah Childress Polk Meeting
c)
The Rally in Hyde Park
d)
The Seneca Falls Concention
25.
What invention instigated slavery greatly expanding across the south?
a)
The telegraph
b)
The lawn mower
c)
The cotton gin
d)
The light bulb
26.
John Brown took matters into his own hands by arming a specific group of people and lead a revolt. What reform was he trying to support?
a)
Temperance
b)
Prisons
c)
Schools
d)
Abolition
27.
This law allowed Missouri to become a slave state at the same time Maine became a free state. It prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Fugitive Slave Laws
28.
This law allowed California to become a free state and gave southerners a law that return escaped slaves back to the south.
a)
Kansas Nebraska Act
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Compromise of 1850
29.
Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, how would Kansas and Nebraska decide if they were a free or slave state?
a)
lottery
b)
President would decide
c)
Governors would decide
d)
popular sovereignty
30.
The breaking of the United States into regions of common economies, populations and values was called...
a)
compromise
b)
secession
c)
states' rights
d)
sectionalism
31.
What compromise established the 36' 30" line?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas- Nebraska Act
32.
What compromise allows for popular sovereignty in the area acquired from Mexico?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
33.
What compromise abandons the Missouri Compromise?
a)
The belief that you're part of the country is the BEST. You put your part of the country's needs in front of what is best for the WHOLE nation.
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
34.
What was the South's economy based on?
a)
agriculture
b)
industry
c)
mining
d)
shipping
35.
Which act introduced popular sovereignty which allowed states to choose their position on slavery?
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Fugitive Slave Act
36.
Who were the people that moved to Kansas and Nebraska that were against slavery?
a)
Carpetbaggers
b)
Scalawags
c)
Border Ruffians
d)
Freed Blacks
37.
What was the economy of the north based on?
a)
agriculture
b)
industry
c)
mining
d)
railroads
38.
The terms suffrage and franchise refer to this -
a)
Slavery
b)
Voting
c)
Trade
d)
Income
39.
Antebellum means -
a)
Before War
b)
After War
c)
During War
d)
Post-War
40.
By the 1850’s, what had become the number one issue in America?
a)
Unemployment
b)
War with England
c)
slavery
41.
What does it mean to emancipate?
a)
to set free
b)
to be on the run
c)
to own slaves
d)
to work on a field
42.
Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, and Harriet Beecher Stowe are all abolitionists. What is an abolitionist?
a)
someone who is hired to watch slaves
b)
Someone who wants slavery to continue
c)
Someone who owns slaves
d)
Someone who works to end slavery
43.
Cotton gin helped to clean cotton. How did it impact slavery?
a)
It made slaves unnecessary
b)
It increased the demand for slaves
c)
It made slaves' jobs easier
d)
It turned most slaves into blacksmiths
44.
Which was NOT a way slave owners kept control of their slaves?
a)
They made sure the slaves were dependent on them and were ignorant of the world.
b)
They beat, whipped, and punished non-compliant slaves.
c)
They would send very non-complaint slaves to slave breakers to make the slave listen.
d)
They would educate slaves so they wouldn't want to rebel.
45.
What is Manifest Destiny?
a)
The belief that slavery should spread all over the US.
b)
The belief that the US should control the land from sea to sea.
c)
The belief that the US should not try to expand.
d)
The belief that Latin American countries should be free countries.
46.
The Monroe Doctrine said
a)
that Europe needed to stay out of North America.
b)
that Latin America needed Europe's help to develop.
c)
that the US controls all of Latin America and those countries must follow American law.
d)
that Mexico must give Texas to the US if they wanted freedom.
47.
Nebraska and Kansas were allowed to choose whether or not they would become "Slave States" or "Free States." This led to...
a)
Bleeding Kansas
b)
The Missouri Compromise
c)
The Compromise of 1850
d)
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
48.
How did John Brown die?
a)
He was shot during the raid on Harper's Ferry
b)
He was stabbed during the raid on Harper's Ferry
c)
He was killed during Bleeding Kansas
d)
He was hanged after his raid on Harper's Ferry
49.
As a result of the Dred Scott ruling...
a)
Dred Scott became a free man
b)
Dred Scott was considered property
c)
Dred Scott got married and had children
d)
Dred Scott moved to Wisconsin
50.
How many slaves joined John Brown in his raid on Harper's Ferry?
a)
0
b)
100
c)
500
d)
5,000
51.
The nickname "Black Moses" was given to...
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Frederick Douglass
52.
The Underground Railroad was...
a)
A system of hiding places and routes that led slaves to the South
b)
A system of hiding places and routes that led slaves to the North
c)
A railroad that went through a tunnel into Pennsylvania
d)
Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech
53.
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850...
a)
forced slave owners to capture their own runaway slaves
b)
forced all people in the United States to help catch runaway slaves
c)
got rid of slavery in the North
d)
allowed runaway slaves to settle in New York
54.
A martyr...
a)
sacrifices their life for their beliefs
b)
is a conductor on the Underground Railroad
c)
is a fugitive slave
d)
moves from the South to Canada
55.
How did William Lloyd Garrison fight against slavery?
a)
He wrote a newspaper
b)
He gave speeches
c)
He fought violently against slaveowners
d)
He was a runaway slave
56.
William Lloyd Garrison called for...
a)
the gradual freeing of slaves
b)
the violent freeing of slaves
c)
the immediate freeing of slaves
d)
the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
57.
What State was added to the North as a "free state" during the Missouri Compromise?
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Maryland
c)
Michigan
d)
Maine
58.
How did cotton relate to slavery?
a)
The desire to grow more cotton led to increased slavery
b)
It did not relate to slavery
c)
All slaves were required to grow cotton
d)
Cotton was traded for slaves in Africa
59.
Who created the Cotton Gin?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
John Bell
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Solomon Northup
60.
Because of the restrictions placed on African slaves in early colonial North America, much of what we know about their culture comes from
a)
Oral tradition
b)
newspapers
c)
diaries and letters
d)
written eyewitness accounts
61.
The Gullah people in South Carolina and Georgia are MOST known for
a)
volunteering to serve in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
b)
serving in the Continental Army in the American Revolution.
c)
their African roots and language that has survived since the 18th century.
d)
their resistance to slavery by starting numerous and successful rebellions.
62.
What are the slave codes?
a)
Slaves were not allowed to read and write, Slaves could not leave properties without a pass, Slaves could not meet up in group of three
b)
Slaves were not allowed to read and write, slaves could not eat, slaves could not have babies
63.
The name of the newspaper that William Lloyd Garrison printed was called the _______.
a)
The Liberator
b)
The Reformation
c)
The Slave News
64.
____ means to change.
a)
abolish
b)
temperance
c)
reform
d)
abolitionists
65.
Who believed education was a way to fight poverty so he extended the school year to 6 months?
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Horace Mann
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
66.
Who was a freed slave and preacher that dedicated her life to traveling and spreading the truth about slavery and fought for women's rights?
a)
Sojourner Truth
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Dorothea Dix
d)
Frederick Douglass
67.
Who was a former slave and powerful abolitionist that wrote books and spoke about the treatment of slaves?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Dorothea Dix
d)
Frederick Douglass
68.
Who fought for better treatment of prison residents by letting others know what was going on?
a)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
b)
Dorothea Dix
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
Frederick Douglass
69.
The time of growing industries in the North was called the
a)
Civil War Period
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Industrial Revolution
d)
Recession
70.
Immigrant wages in factories were
a)
Very Low
b)
High
c)
Competative
d)
Good
71.
Working conditions in the mills were
a)
Hot, short days, but good pay.
b)
Hot, long days, but good pay.
c)
Long working hours, dangerous, little pay
d)
Long hours, easy work, good pay
72.
The South had _______ train tracks than the North.
a)
More
b)
Less
c)
same number
d)
better
73.
Majority of farmers in the South were
a)
Plantation Owners
b)
Sheep Herders
c)
Subsistence Farmers
d)
Tobacco Farmers
74.
Subsistence Farmers
a)
sold their crops and made lots of money
b)
grew just enough to feed their family
c)
were also called Mill Workers
d)
Had hundreds of slaves
75.
If Yeoman Farmers had slaves, they
a)
worked along side them on their farms
b)
beat them all the time
c)
starved them
d)
sold them for lots of money
76.
The law that said that anyone who knew of an escaped slave must return them to their owner
a)
Fugitive Slave Law
b)
5th Amendment
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
American Justice
77.
Those who helped runaway slaves on their way along the Underground Railroad were called
a)
Conductors
b)
Crazy
c)
Helpers
d)
Slave Traders
78.
A radical slave who led a revolt where slaves killed many white people.
a)
Nat King Cole
b)
Nat Turner
c)
Tupac
d)
Fredrick Douglas
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