WorksheetsChap. 14 Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. The goal of the new Federalist Party was to stop the spread of slavery into the western territories.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Roger B. Taney was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote that Dred Scott was not a free man.
a)
true
b)
false
3.
Northerners supported John Brown.
a)
false
b)
true
4.
Northern reaction to John Brown’s raid shocked and angered southern African Americans.
a)
true
b)
false
5.
Why did the admission of California alarm Southerners?
a)
d. It overturned the Missouri Compromise.
b)
Southerners feared the slave trade in California would end.
6.
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 shown in the diagram was most likely demanded by southern members of Congress?
a)
the Fugitive Slave Act
b)
a ban of the slave trade in the nation’s capital
7.
Why did Brown mount his raid on Harper’s Ferry?
a)
to raise an army of African Americans and lead them in a revolt
b)
to free African Americans who had been captured by the U.S. Army
8.
Southerners attacked Fort Sumter because they believed that
a)
Lincoln was arming the fort.
b)
war was inevitable so it was better to start it on their own terms.
9.
California’s request to join the Union in 1850 would have
a)
given free states an advantage over slave states.
b)
given slave states an advantage over free states.
10.
How did the South react to Abraham Lincoln’s election as President in 1860?
a)
To save the Union, Southern leaders agreed to support the new President
b)
Seven Southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America.
11.
Congress could prohibit slavery in any territory
a)
Slaves were citizens.
b)
Slaves were property, even if they lived in a free territory.
c)
Congress could prohibit slavery in any territory.
d)
All of the above
12.
Senator John C. Calhoun would most likely agree with which of the following statements?
a)
States’ rights are more important than preserving the Union.
b)
Preserving the Union is more important than states’ rights.
c)
New territories should be allowed to determine for themselves whether to allow slavery.
13.
Which statement BEST describes the results of the presidential election of 1860?
a)
Regional attitudes toward slavery decided the outcome.
b)
Regional attitudes toward slavery played a small role in the outcome.
14.
Which of the following was not a direct cause of the Civil War?
a)
Seven southern states seceded from the Union
b)
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860
c)
Union troops attacked Confederate forts in South Carolina
d)
Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter.
15.
California entered the Union as a free state in the
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
the Missouri Compromise.
16.
The ________ Party did not want the land gained in the Mexican-American War to allow slavery.
a)
Earth
b)
Free-Soil
c)
Pool
d)
Republican
17.
The question of the admission of ________ to the Union as a free state led to the Compromise of 1850.
a)
Nevada
b)
California
c)
Oregon
18.
The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to join the United States as a free state and passed a strict ________, which allowed escaped slaves in the North to be recaptured.
a)
Catch and release Law
b)
Bounty Law
c)
Fugitive Slave law
19.
_______ suffered widespread violence as proslavery and antislavery settlers fought for control of the territory.
a)
Missouri
b)
Kansas
c)
California
20.
The ________ Act allowed settlers in the territories to decide whether to allow slavery.
a)
slave votes
b)
representatives
c)
popular sovereignty
21.
Do you think Lincoln made the best possible decisions and that war was unavoidable? Or do you think he could have made different choices and avoided further conflict? Use specific examples to support your argument
a)
your answer
b)
your guess
c)
your opinon supported by facts
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