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WorksheetsCh. 17 - Sectionalism
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 2hrs 44mins
Which controversial law stated that runaway slaves should be returned to their owners?
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Slaveholder Law
How was "Uncle Tom's Cabin" received in the South? (more than one applies)
Southerners felt that it was not an accurate portrayal.
It was banned in the South
Southerners appreciated the inside look of their society.
Southerners accepted the book.
1857 ruling declared slaves are property, not citizens and it declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
Dred Scott v Sandford
McCulloch v Maryland
Emancipation Proclamation
Gibbons v. Ogden
Kansas was named "Bleeding Kansas" because _____________.
the ground bled.
the dirt was dark red.
many people lost their lives after the vote.
The first battle of the Civil War took place there.
Why did southern states begin to secede after Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860?
Southern states believed Lincoln would abolish slavery
Southerners believed Lincoln was pro-slavery
Southern states didn't like Abraham Lincoln as a person
Southern states believed in the same things as Lincoln
Which compromise is being described below?
-Kept the balance of free and slave states
- Missouri is a slave state
- Maine is a free state
- New states above the 36'30' were free
Missouri Compromise
1850 Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Great Compromise
Which compromise is being described below?
- California is a free state
- Ban the slave trade in D.C.
- Utah and New Mexico decide on slavery by popular sovereignty
- Includes the Fugitive Slave Law
Missouri Compromise
1850 Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Great Compromise
Which compromise is being described below?
- Decide on slavery by popular sovereignty
Missouri Compromise
1850 Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Great Compromise
Abolitionist, John Brown, used violence to support his cause in which two events/locations?
Harpers Ferry
Fort Sumter
Kansas
Missouri
In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, which candidate stated that they would accept slavery where it existed, but did not want it to expand west?
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Following the Lincoln-Douglas debates, which candidate won the 1858 Senate race?
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Which failed agreement called for a ban of slavery in territory gained from Mexico?
Wilmot Proviso
Crittenden Plan
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Which failed series of amendments was a last ditch effort to prevent secession by attempting to reinstate the 36'30' line and protect slavery.
Wilmot Proviso
Crittenden Plan
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
In the Dred Scott case, which amendment was used to protect Southerners right to property and due process?
3rd Amendment
5th Amendment
7th Amendment
10th Amendment
Which of the following describes the 1860 election? (select all that are true)
The Democratic party split.
Sectionalism divided the electoral votes.
The Constitutional Union candidate won the popular vote.
Stephen Douglas swept the Southern states.
Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court giving the Dred Scott decision?
John Marshall
Roger Taney
Stephen A. Douglas
Henry Clay
The Southern states that seceded formed the
Confederate States of America
Southern Confederation
Union
Border States
Who was elected president of the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Which political party was formed from members that split off from other existing political parties that opposed slavery?
Free-Soilers
Republican
Know-Nothing/American
Democrat
Which prompted Jefferson Davis to order an attack on Fort Sumter?
Lincoln was sending supplies to the fort
Lincoln was sending more troops to the fort
The North was raising an army
John Brown was leading an attack on the fort.
On which date did the Civil War begin?
April 9, 1865
April 12, 1861
December 20, 1860
February 12, 1861
