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Moving to the Civil War

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What created Maine as a free state?

a)

Missouri Compromise of 1820

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

both

2.

What allowed California in as a free state?

a)

Missouri Compromise of 1820

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

both

3.

Was Henry Clay's idea.

a)

Missouri Compromise of 1820

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

both

4.

What banned future slavery above 36 30?

a)

Missouri Compromise of 1820

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

both

5.

Had a new fugitive slave act which required all citizens to help capture runaway slaves.

a)

Missouri Compromise of 1820

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

both

6.

The Whigs chose _________ to run for president because he was a war hero even though he had never voted in his life.

a)

Taylor

b)

Jackson

c)

Tyler

d)

O'Mally

7.

Who ran for president in 1848 with the Free Soil Party?

a)

Fremont

b)

Cass

c)

Van Buren

d)

Scott

8.

What was the Southerner's problem with the Fugitive Slave Act?

a)

too many slaves were returned dead

b)

too many slaves were caught and the courts were backlogged

c)

it was not cool

d)

Northern states refused to enforce it

9.

Violence in what state in the 1850's was kind of a microcosm of the Civil War?

a)

Kansas

b)

Texas

c)

Nebraska

d)

Utah

10.

Why did Taylor not veto the Compromise of 1850?

a)

he died

b)

he knew that Congress had enough votes to over ride his veto

c)

he knew the people wanted the law

d)

he miscounted the days needed for a pocket veto

11.

What book caused many neutral Northern people to question slavery and increased sectionalism between the North and South?

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

The Rose in Georgia

c)

Song of the South

d)

Freedom for All

12.

In the 1852 Presidential election, what sitting president was dropped by the Whigs?

a)

Fillmore

b)

Scott

c)

Pierce

d)

Douglas

13.

In the 1852 Presidential election, whom did the Whigs actually choose?

a)

Fillmore

b)

Scott

c)

Pierce

d)

Douglas

14.

In the 1852 Presidential election, what well known Democrat was not chosen?

a)

Fillmore

b)

Scott

c)

Pierce

d)

Douglas

15.

In the 1852 Presidential election, what darkhorse did the Democrats actually choose?

a)

Fillmore

b)

Scott

c)

Pierce

d)

Douglas

16.

In the 1852 Presidential election, who was the winner?

a)

Fillmore

b)

Scott

c)

Pierce

d)

Douglas

17.

What party formed in 1854 as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Democratic

b)

Republican

c)

Whig

d)

D-R

18.

The purpose of the Republican party was to ______ slavery

a)

abolish

b)

oppose the extension of

19.

Martin Van Buren hated Lewis Cass because...

a)

Cass was in favor of slavery

b)

Cass encouraged the south to secede

c)

Cass cost Van Buren the Democratic nomination in 1844

d)

Cass was against the Missouri Compromise

20.

Whose idea was it to use popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue?

a)

Cass

b)

Clay

c)

Lincoln

d)

Van Buren

21.

Who captured Harper's Ferry to give weapons to slaves?

a)

Brown

b)

Douglas

c)

Taylor

d)

Stowe

22.

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

Brown

b)

Douglas

c)

Taylor

d)

Stowe

23.

Who had a series of famous debates with Lincoln?

a)

Brown

b)

Douglas

c)

Taylor

d)

Stowe

24.

Who won the presidential election of 1848

a)

Brown

b)

Douglas

c)

Taylor

d)

Stowe

25.

What law replaced the 36 30’ line with popular sovereignty?

a)

Kansas Nebraska Act

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Fugitive Slave Act

26.

What was the "Underground Railroad"

a)

a railroad but it was above ground

b)

an underground tunnel but not really a railroad

c)

the first subway system

d)

a series of safe houses

27.

Abolitionists were people who worked to end slavery.

a)

true

b)

false

28.

In what case did the Supreme Court rule that slaves could not sue, and that 36 30 was unconstitutional and therefore slavery was basically legal everywhere?

a)

The Dred Scott case

b)

Marbury v Madison

c)

McCulloch v Maryland

d)

Plessy v Ferguson

29.

The Wilmot Proviso would have

a)

banned slavery in new lands won in the Mexican War

b)

banned taxes for territories until they became states

c)

banned slavery in the entire US

d)

banned O'Malley from giving more than 25 math problems

30.

The Wilmot Proviso passed...

a)

in the House but was defeated in the Senate

b)

in the Senate but was defeated in the House

c)

the House and Senate but was vetoed by the president

31.

What was this land deal (gold in color) between Mexico and the US called?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Gadsden Purchase

c)

Louisiana Territory

d)

Oregon Country

32.

The first Republican to run for president was...

a)

Lincoln

b)

Fremont

c)

Hayes

d)

Grant

33.

For Southerners, why was the Gadsden Purchase significant?

a)

it turned out to be a huge source of gold

b)

it turned out to be a huge source of oil

c)

it could have been used for the transcontinental railroad

d)

it helped end slavery

34.

“A house divided against itself can not stand” I believe this government can not endure permanently, half slave, and half free ... but I do expect it will cease to be divided – It will become all one thing, or all the other...

a)

Lincoln believed that the current slavery policies would continue

b)

Lincoln believed that the current slavery policy could not continue

35.

Why did Lincoln and Douglas have 7 debates?

a)

They had a lot of issues to discuss

b)

they did not have the benefit of tv or the internet

c)

They were paid more for more debates

36.

What is is loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the country as a whole

a)

Nationalism

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Truism

37.

The defeat of the Wilmot Proviso is an example of...

a)

Nationalism because all parts of the country were against it and they defeated it together

b)

Sectionalism - because the South was against it and was able to defeat it

c)

Truism because it was so obvious

38.

Popular Sovereignty is...

a)

the people voting for issues such as slavery

b)

another name for the popular vote in a presidential election

c)

allowing the people to decide on seceding from the US

d)

allowing the people to vote for statehood

39.

What was the importance of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?

a)

Lincoln became a Republican leader and slavery stayed as a main issue

b)

Kansas became a free state

c)

it delayed the Civil War for 10 years

40.

How did popular sovereignty contribute to the violence that erupted in Kansas?

a)

those in favor of slavery lost and started a small civil war

b)

pro slavery and anti slavery groups each started a government and violence broke out

c)

the people voted to expel the local Native Americans which caused violence when they tried to remove the Natives

41.

Why were Northerners upset about the expansion of popular sovereignty in both the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Compromise of 1850?

a)

it would mean slavery could expand to states above 36 30

b)

it would force all states to be slave states

c)

they were actually not upset because this kept the balance of free and slave states

42.

Which is true about commissioners in fugitive (runaway) slave cases?

a)

they allowed the accused fugitive to testify

b)

they got more money by ruling that the accused fugitive had to be returned to the South

c)

they got more money by ruling that the accused fugitive should be free