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Chapter 21 A Dividing Nation

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriett Beecher Stowe

c)

Uncle Tom

d)

David Davis

2.

Which state was the first to secede from the United States?

a)

North Carolina

b)

South Carolina

c)

Texas

d)

Alabama

3.

What did the Dred Scott decision allow in all U.S. Territories, and which amendment supported the decision?

a)

Slavery was now allowed in all territories.

The 5th Amendment

b)

Slavery was made illegal in all U.S. Territories.

The 5th Amendment

c)

Slaves were freed if they lived in a free territory.

The 4th Amendment

4.

Identify the four provisions (agreements) of the Compromise of 1850. (Mark all answers that apply)

a)

Slave trade is banned in Washington D.C.

b)

California becomes a free state

c)

The 36/30 Compromise Line allows slavery south of the line and bans slavery north of the line, except Missouri

d)

New Mexico and Utah are territories open to slavery

e)

Strict fugitive slave laws are enforced

5.

The attack on __________ ___________ by the south, led to the outbreak of the Civil War?

a)

Fort McCloud

b)

Harper's Ferry

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Fort Hamilton

6.

______________ Sued for freedom, because he/she lived in free territory for an extended period of time.

a)

Uncle Tom

b)

Dred Scott

c)

James Brown

d)

Fredrick Douglass

e)

Harriett Tubman

7.

Identify the three provisions (agreements) of the Missouri Compromise. (Mark all answers that apply)

a)

New Mexico and Utah are states open to slavery

b)

Missouri becomes a slave state

c)

the 36/30 compromise line allows slavery south of the line and bans slavery north of the line, except Missouri

d)

Main becomes a free state

e)

California becomes a free state

8.

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.

a)

The whole statement is TRUE

b)

Some of the statement is FALSE

9.

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?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which of the following events happened first?

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Dred Scott Decision

d)

Compromise of 1850

11.

What do the Following have in common:


Missouri Compromise

Mason Dixson Line

Ohio River

a)

They were boarders that marked the North and South

b)

They were important battle sites of the Civil War

c)

They helped those on the Underground Railroad