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WorksheetsChapter 10 Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The idea that people living in a territory would decide whether or not to allow slavery was
Indirect Democracy
Slave Codes
Popular Sovereignty
Free Soil
All of the following are true of the government of the Confederacy EXCEPT:
the Constitution specifically protected slavery
it was based on states rights
it was a weak central government
it gave significant powers to the President.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act stated
popular sovereignty would be used
slavery would be illegal
Kansas would be a free state but Nebraska would allow slavery.
slavery would be legal in both territories
The United States purchased land called the Gadsden Purchase because
they wanted to expand slavery there
some hoped to build a Transcontinental Railroad there
gold was discovered there
Mexico was unable to govern the land effectively.
The violence in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas" demonstrated
popular sovereignty was a successful solution
slaves wanted freedom
the South was willing to compromise on slavery
popular sovereignty was not a practice solution
Why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?
his owner had beat him very badly
he had raised enough money to purchase his freedom
he had lived in a free territory
he argued slavery was immoral and unconstitutional
In the Freeport Doctrine, Stephen Douglas suggested that residents of territories should not
allow slavery
pass slave codes
try to stop the spread of slavery
vote until slavery was abolished
In the Election of 1860, the Democratic Party split over what issue?
slavery
railroads
tariffs
expansion
Many Northern states passed __________ in which they refused to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.
Slave Codes
Non Importation Agreements
Ordinance of Secession
Personal Liberty Laws
The government of the Confederacy was first formed in
Atlanta, GA
Charleston, SC
Montgomery, AL
Richmond, VA
The Wilmot Proviso would have
prevented the taking of any territory from Mexico
required California to enter the Union as a slave state
overturned the Fugitive Slave Law
not allowed slavery in the Mexican Cession
The Fugitive Slave Law required
residents of the free state to track down and return slaves
escaped slaves to be declared free
freed slaves to carry documentation to prove their freedom
accused runaways must be given a fair trial
All of the following are true of Uncle Tom's Cabin EXCEPT:
England stopped buying Southern cotton after its release.
it turned many Northerners into abolitionists
it showed a very negative picture of slavery
it was widely read throughout the North
The violence which broke out in Kansas over slavery was known as
The Secession Crisis
Bleeding Sumner
Bleeding Kansas
John Brown's Attack
Free Soilers believed
slavery must be abolished everywhere
slavery was wrong, but legal
slaves were property and were a constitutional right
slavery should not be allowed to expand west
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled
Dred Scott was still a slave
Dred Scott was free
the case must be sent back to Missouri state courts
Dred Scott's owner should decide whether or not he was free
The first wave of secession occurred in response to
the passing of the Compromise of 1850
the Dred Scott decsion
the eruption of violence in Kansas
Abraham Lincoln's election
Abraham Lincoln rose to national prominence as a result of
South Carolina's decision to secede from the Union.
John Brown's attack
the Compromise of 1850
the Lincoln-Douglas debates
Many people rushed to settle in California when
it became a free state
gold was discovered
slavery was allowed
free land was offered
Many felt the Fugitive Slave Law was unfair because
the accused could not testify in their own defense
slave owners had to submit large amounts of evidence
slaves were almost always set free
it only applied to runaway slaves who were unemployed
The network of secret hiding places through which many slaves gained freedom was called
The North Star
The Freedom Ride
The Underground Railroad
The Black Market
Preston Brooks alarmed many Americans when he
resigned from Congress over a real estate scandal
publicly spoke out against slave owners and the South
refused to work with slave holding Congressmen anymore
nearly beat an abolitionist Senator to death with his cane
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who decided the Dred Scott case was
Roger Taney
Stephen Douglas
Samuel Chase
John Marshall
When John Brown raided the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, he intended to
lead a slave rebellion
force the North and South to compromise
overthrow the government
spread slavery to the west
The states that seceded from the Union formed
The Democratic Party
the Georgia Platform
The Free State of Jones
the Confederate States of America
"Bleeding Sumner" convinced many Northerners that
slavery must be abolished
compromise needed to be reached
slave owners must be allowed to keep their slaves
the South was violent and irrational
Who is credited with breaking down the Compromise of 1850 and getting it passed?
Abraham Lincoln
Lewis Cass
Stephen Douglas
James Buchanan
The Compromise of 1850 included all of the following EXCEPT:
a new Fugitive Slave Law would be added
the slave trade would be abolished in Washington, D.C.
slavery would not be allowed in the Mexican Cession
California would enter the Union as a free state
What effect did the Fugitive Slave Law have on Northern views of slavery?
more people saw the abolition movement as dangerous
more people saw slaves as property
more people saw slavery as wrong
more people saw slavery as important and necessary
Preston Brooks beaks Senator ____________ after his anti-slavery remarks
Daniel Webster
Andrew Butler
John C. Calhoun
Charles Sumner
What issue eventually caused the collapse of the Whig Party?
Tariffs
Slavery
Immigration
Education Reform
What law was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision?
The Fugitive Slave Law
The Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
Alabama
Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina
All of the following are true of Abraham Lincoln EXCEPT:
he was a Free Soiler Republican
he agreed with immediate abolitionists
he was a lawyer from Illinois
he challenged Stephen Douglas in 1858 and 1860.
Which of the following believed in popular sovereignty and designed as the Kansas Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas
John C. Calhoun
John Bell
Abraham Lincoln
Harriett Beecher Stowe
helped hundreds of slaves escape to the North
was arrested for refusing to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law
wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
ran against Stephen Douglas for Senator
Those who rushed to California during the Gold Rush were called
Gold Bugs
Silverites
Homesteaders
49ers
Which of the following escaped slavery and then returned to the South to free others?
Frederick Douglass
Angelina Grimke
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
Who was selected as the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
John Breckinridge
Stephen Douglass
John Bell
The Kansas Nebraska Act required to repeal of
the Missouri Compromise
the Fugitive Slave law
the Compromise of 1850
the Glass Stegall Act
