WorksheetsChapter 21 - A Dividing Nation
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where was slavery banned as a result of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
a)
South of the Ohio River
b)
North of the Ohio River
c)
On the East Coast
d)
In Canada
2.
There was an unspoken agreement in Congress to keep the number of free and slave states equal.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Because of its location, questions about slavery arose regarding what state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Iowa
c)
Louisiana
d)
Illinois
4.
Why was it important to Southern senators to have an equal number of slave and free states?
a)
Issue of respect
b)
Issue of voting power
c)
Issue of tax revenue
d)
Issue of future elections
5.
The Missouri Compromise allowed what state to be admitted as a free state?
a)
New York
b)
Iowa
c)
New Jersey
d)
Maine
6.
Why was the imaginary line drawn through the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
It separated the North from the South
b)
It showed the borders of Missouri
c)
It separated areas with regard to allowing slavery
d)
It showed the southern border of the US
7.
The Missouri Compromise failed to settle the future of slavery in the US as a whole.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What law was passed to help slave owners recapture their property?
a)
There was no such law
b)
The US Constitution
c)
The Fugitive Slave Act
d)
The Tallmadge Agreement
9.
Where did the Wilmot Proviso ban slavery?
a)
Missouri
b)
The Northeast
c)
Florida
d)
Land acquired from Mexico
10.
Both the North and the South welcomed California to the nation as a free state.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Which of the choices were not part of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
The Fugitive Slave Act would be abolished
b)
California would be a free state
c)
The slave trade would cease in Washington
d)
New Mexico and Utah could decide the slavery issue
12.
The Compromise of 1850 was immediately adopted.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
The Fugitive Slave Law was tremendously successful.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
How many slaves were captured and returned to their owners?
a)
147
b)
299
c)
345
d)
120
15.
What was NOT a reason for the failure of the Fugitive Slave Law?
a)
Slaves moved to Canada
b)
Northerners refused to obey the law
c)
Plantation owners didn't want slaves to be returned
d)
It was impossible to enforce
16.
What anti-slavery novel was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
a)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
b)
Waldon Pond
c)
Ostend Manifesto
d)
Johnny Tremain
17.
How did the Kansas Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?
a)
It changed the borders of Missouri
b)
It established new interstate trade laws
c)
It required that all of Missouri be free
d)
It allowed slavery in the Northern territories
18.
Violence erupted in Kansas following the passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Who was the man behind an attack on slavery supporters in Kansas?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ben Meier
c)
John Brown
d)
Charles Sumner
20.
What was the decision in the Dred Scott case?
a)
African Americans were entitled to freedom
b)
Dred Scott would be executed for his crime
c)
It was up to their owners if a slave could be set free
d)
African Americans were property and could not sue
21.
Abraham Lincoln easily beat Stephen Douglas in the Senate race of 1858.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
How did the Senate race of 1858 affect Abraham Lincoln?
a)
He gave up his dreams of ending the spread of slavery
b)
He gave up and never ran for office again
c)
It made him popular and highlighted the issue of slavery
d)
It showed people he would not do well in elected office
23.
Abraham Lincoln easily won the Presidential election of 1860.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
What became clear following the election of 1860?
a)
The nation was divided over slavery
b)
The South gave up on the issue of slavery
c)
Lincoln would be able to reunite the country
d)
All of the states in the nation would soon be free
25.
Which event launched the nation into the Civil War?
a)
John Brown's raid
b)
The election of Abraham Lincoln
c)
The open fire on Fort Sumter
d)
Dred Scott losing his case
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