WorksheetsChapter 21 A Dividing Nation
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Frederick Douglass
Harriett Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom
David Davis
Which state was the first to secede from the United States?
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Alabama
What did the Dred Scott decision allow in all U.S. Territories, and which amendment supported the decision?
Slavery was now allowed in all territories.
The 5th Amendment
Slavery was made illegal in all U.S. Territories.
The 5th Amendment
Slaves were freed if they lived in a free territory.
The 4th Amendment
Identify the four provisions (agreements) of the Compromise of 1850. (Mark all answers that apply)
Slave trade is banned in Washington D.C.
California becomes a free state
The 36/30 Compromise Line allows slavery south of the line and bans slavery north of the line, except Missouri
New Mexico and Utah are territories open to slavery
Strict fugitive slave laws are enforced
The attack on __________ ___________ by the south, led to the outbreak of the Civil War?
Fort McCloud
Harper's Ferry
Fort Sumter
Fort Hamilton
______________ Sued for freedom, because he/she lived in free territory for an extended period of time.
Uncle Tom
Dred Scott
James Brown
Fredrick Douglass
Harriett Tubman
Identify the three provisions (agreements) of the Missouri Compromise. (Mark all answers that apply)
New Mexico and Utah are states open to slavery
Missouri becomes a slave state
the 36/30 compromise line allows slavery south of the line and bans slavery north of the line, except Missouri
Main becomes a free state
California becomes a free state
True or False? John Brown led the raid on Harper's Ferry to gain ammunition for runaway slaves. This made him a hero to many abolitionists living in the North.
The whole statement is TRUE
Some of the statement is FALSE
Southerners were pleased with the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin because it provided a true account of life in the South for enslaved African Americans?
True
False
Which of the following events happened first?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott Decision
Compromise of 1850
What do the Following have in common:
Missouri Compromise
Mason Dixson Line
Ohio River
They were boarders that marked the North and South
They were important battle sites of the Civil War
They helped those on the Underground Railroad
