WorksheetsAbolitionists and Election of 1860
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Define "popular sovereignty."
a)
the vote of the people
b)
the vote the elected people
c)
born into power
2.
What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin" about?
a)
the treatment of slaves from the slaves point of view
b)
treatment of the masters by the slaves
c)
treatment of the people on the western frontier
d)
Thanksgiving on the homestead
3.
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Margaret Atwood
d)
Jacob Riis
4.
What was the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a)
"Bleeding Kansas" - Kansas and Nebraska could decide to be a free of slave state by voting
b)
Kansas became a free state; Nebraska became a slave state
c)
Kansas became a slave state; Nebraska became a free state
d)
Kansas and Nebraska don't become a state
5.
DRED SCOTT v. SANDFORD resulted in ________________.
a)
36'30' line was unconstitutional
b)
black people are not considered citizens
c)
black people can't bring cases to trial
d)
All of the above
6.
Where was slavery allowed after the Dred Scott case?
a)
Slavery was abolished
b)
Slavery was allowed only in the South
c)
Slavery was allowed everywhere
d)
Slavery was only allowed in the North
7.
Planned to raid a federal arsenal and give guns to slaves to lead them in a revolt. Who am I?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
John Brown
d)
Stephen Douglas
8.
Wrote the Novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
Clara Barton
9.
Missouri joined as a slave state and Maine joined as a free state
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Bleeding Missouri
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
Missouri Compromise
10.
Publisher of the Liberator Newspaper. Who am I?
a)
Solomon Northrup
b)
John Brown
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Theodore Weld
11.
Popular sovereignty & Bleeding Kansas happened as a result of this
a)
Lincoln-Nebraska Act
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Harper's Ferry Act
d)
Missouri-Kansas Act
12.
Escaped slave and conductor of the underground railroad. Who am I?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Angelina Grimke
d)
Sojourner Truth
13.
A slave who asked the court for freedom which they denied
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
Frederick Douglas
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Harriet Tubman
14.
Believed slavery to be morally wrong (it's a sin.)
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen Douglas
15.
Would allow popular sovereignty to decide slavery issue in Western Territories.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen Douglas
16.
Would not interfere with slavery in the South
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Both Lincoln and Douglas
17.
Opposed to slavery in the Western Territories
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen Douglas
18.
Disliked slavery, but did not believe it was morally wrong
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen Douglas
19.
Abraham Lincoln was a popular person in the South and was elected President with their votes.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
South Carolina was the FIRST to secede from the Union.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Missouri was a state that had slaves, but stayed with the Union.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Jefferson Davis became President of the Confederate States of America
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Confederate forces allowed the Union to continue to keep their forts in the South.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
What was one of the results of the Dred Scott Decision?
a)
Dred was free
b)
Slavery was illegal in all territories
c)
Congress could not stop slavery in any territory
d)
Dred's owner was fined
25.
What state was first state to secede from the union?
a)
Georgia
b)
Alabama
c)
South Carolina
d)
North Carolina
26.
Who may have painted this?
a)
Southern Farmer
b)
Abolitionist
c)
Presidential Candidate
d)
Ms. Reynolds
27.
John Brown was put on trial for treason and murder for his raid in...
a)
Hopper Hill, NC
b)
Ferry Hill, VA
c)
Harpers Boat, VA
d)
Harpers Ferry, VA
28.
Pick the candidates that were BOTH in the 1860 election
a)
Stephen Douglas, John Calhoun
b)
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas
c)
Stephen Douglas, Alexander Hamilton
d)
Abraham Lincoln, John Brown
29.
Which of the following is in the correct chronological order?
a)
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Missouri Compromise, Election of 1860
b)
John Brown's Raid, Southern Secession, Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Dred Scott, John Brown's Raid, Southern secession
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin, John Brown's Raid, Dred Scott decision
30.
Democrat Stephen A. Douglas sponsored what became known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act because ______.
a)
He opposed the expansion of slavery into western territories
b)
He was a southerner
c)
He was an abolitionist
d)
He supported construction of a transcontinental railroad
31.
What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harpers Ferry?
a)
to create a slave rebellion that would bring an end to slavery
b)
to bring attention to the conflict between the North and the South
c)
to bring the two sides together to form a new compromise
d)
to create a revolution that would lead to a war between the states
32.
What serious problem in the U.S. led to the Civil War?
a)
sectionalism
b)
free enterprise
c)
patriotism
d)
consumerism
33.
Between 1850 and 1860, which of the following issues was a major area of conflict in U.S. politics?
a)
Debate over tariffs
b)
expansion of slavery
c)
U.S. policy of neutrality
d)
Growth of cities
34.
Who was known as the Great Compromiser?
a)
John C Calhoun
b)
Daniel Webster
c)
Henry Clay
d)
George Washington
35.
Which was not a candidate of the 1860 presidential election?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
John Bell
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
Stephen Douglas
36.
Which of these candidates did not run as a Republican or Democrat in 1860?
a)
John Bell
b)
John C. Calhoun
c)
Steven Breckenridge
d)
Stephen Douglas
37.
What percentage of the popular vote did Abraham Lincoln receive?
a)
20%
b)
40%
c)
60%
d)
80%
38.
Democrats believed Stephen Douglas was a traitor because?
a)
He was a Republican
b)
He voted for the Carolina-Illinois Treaty
c)
He tried to marry Lincoln's wife
d)
He was for "Popular Sovereignty"
39.
The Civil War began at 4:30 AM on April 12, 1861 when Confederates attacked which fort?
a)
Ticonderoga
b)
Monroe
c)
Knox
d)
Sumter
40.
Which part of the country dealt more in industry?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
Nortwhest
d)
Southwest
41.
A political party formed to prevent the spred of slavery
a)
Free Soil Party
b)
Republican Party
c)
Democratic Party
d)
Constitutional Party
42.
An Illinois lawyer who became the 16th President of the United States
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
James Buchanan
d)
John C. Fremont
43.
Controversial Supreme Court Case that led to all African Americans being declared noncitizens of the United States
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
c)
Marbury v. Madison
d)
Gibbons v. Ogden
44.
This began in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, in hopes of starting a slave rebellion
a)
Dred Scott Case
b)
Freeport Doctrine
c)
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
d)
John Brown’s Raid
45.
Formally withdrawing from the United States
a)
To Confederate
b)
Leaving
c)
Succession
d)
Secession
46.
In these debates Lincoln challenged Douglas on the central issue of slavery
a)
Presidential Debates
b)
Douglas-Lincoln Debates
c)
Slavery Debates
d)
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
47.
The President of the Confederacy was
a)
John J. Crittenden
b)
John Bell
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
John C. Breckinridge
48.
This Party held to no other principles other than the Constitution of the United States
a)
Constitutional Party
b)
Republican Party
c)
Democratic Party
d)
Free Soil Party
49.
This began in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, in hopes of starting a slave rebellion
a)
Dred Scott Case
b)
Freeport Doctrine
c)
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
d)
John Brown’s Raid
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