WorksheetsStudies Weekly 17 - Trouble Between the States
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The northern states economy was primarily based on which area?
agriculture
industry
shipping
sports
The economy of the southern states was primarily based in which area?
agriculture
industry
shipping
sports
At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, all the delegates agreed on how the government should be run.
True
False
What did the members of the Federalist Party believe?
The Constitution was invalid.
States should have more power than the federal government.
There should be a strong central government.
What did the members of the Democratic-Republicans believe?
There should be a strong central government.
States had the right to nullify federal laws they believed were unconstitutional.
State and federal governments should have the same amount of power.
Southerners believed the government favored the Northern states.
True
False
Most of the population of the north lived on farms or in small towns.
True
False
Most of the population of the south lived in large cities.
True
False
Both the North and South believed that slavery should be legal.
True
False
Missouri was allowed to join the US as a slave state and Maine joined as a free state under which agreement?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Compromise of 1850
The Slave Act
The Immigration Act
The Missouri Compromise created an imaginary line across the US. North of the line, slavery was not allowed. South of the line slavery was allowed.
True
False
What happened as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
The North and South agreed that they would be friends forever.
California was admitted to the US as a free state.
Utah and New Mexico could decide themselves if they wanted to be free states or slave states.
Slaves could no longer be sold in Washington D.C.
In 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law. This law stated what?
Northern officials would have to help Southerners capture fugitive slaves.
Any slave that escaped from their owner could automatically be free.
Fugitives from the law could be made into slaves.
The Compromise of 1850 brought peace to the nation.
True
False
The Kansas-Nebraska Act had which result?
It brought peace to the United States.
Kansas became a battleground for slavery and states rights.
People moved out of Kansas.
The Underground Railroad had actual train tracks and car that ran from North to South.
True
False
Who established the Underground Railroad?
A group of businessmen who wanted more trade routes between the North and South.
Plantation owners who wanted more ways to get slaves.
Abolitionists who believed slavery should be ended forever.
Many slaves went through the Underground Railroad all the way to Canada before they felt safe.
True
False
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States. He was a member of which party?
The Federalists
The Democrats
The Abolitionists
The Republicans
What did Lincoln promise he would do if he became president?
He would leave slavery alone in the south but would not let it spread to new territories.
He would outlaw slavery in all states.
He would provide slaves to anyone who wanted them.
He would tell everyone who was part of the Underground Railroad.
