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WorksheetsDividing a Nation
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise?
Brought back balance between the slave and free states.
Annexed Texas to the U.S.
Caused South Caroline to separate from the Union.
Which did the Missouri Compromise effect Missouri and Maine?
Maine became a slave state and Missouri became a free state.
They both became free states.
Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state.
They both became slave states.
What was the geographical impact of the Missouri Compromise?
It annexed Texas to the U.S.
All the South was slave and all the North was free.
It added California, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona as states.
Annexed part of Oregon to the U.S.
Which president annexed Texas and Oregon to the U.S.?
James K. Polk
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
James Madison
What annexed Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona to the U.S?
Missouri Compromise
Mexican American War
Compromise of 1850
Manifest Destiny
Belief that the U.S. needed to control all land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Popular Sovreignty
Wilmot Proviso
Manifest Destiny
We are the World
Division or separation of regions of a country on issues.
Segregation
Separation
Sectionalism
Succession
Created by the Compromise of 1850 that allowed for all former/escaped slaves to be returned to their owners.
Manifest Destiny
Wilmot Proviso
Raid on Harper's Ferry
Fugitive Slave Act
This slave took his case to the Supreme Court stating that he was free because he'd lived for a time in a free state.
Dred Scott
John Brown
James Polk
Frederick Douglas
Which of these did NOT cause the Civil War
Missouri Compromise
Scott vs. Sanford Decision
Election of 1860
Manifest Destiny
Which of the following allowed for popular sovereignty (people's decision) for certain states to become slave or free?
Missouri Compromise
Kansas - Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Election of 1860
Why was the Dred Scot Decision (Scot vs. Sanford) significant?
Said African-Americans were not citizens and did not have legal protection.
Annexed Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona
Made all slaves free
Abolished the slave trade in Washington D.C.
Which of these was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?
Fugitive Slave Act
Ended slave trade in D.C.
Created New Mexico from Texas borders
Made Oregon a slave state
White Abolitionist that leads a raid on Harper's Ferry.
Dred Scott
John Brown
James Polk
Abraham Lincoln
The South saw John Brown as a martyr.
True
False
James Polk negotiated with this country over Oregon.
France
Britain
Mexico
Russia
South Carolina was the first state to seceed from the Union.
True
False
Which from the following compromises created the ,36' 30’ line, in order to separate the slave states from the free states?
Compromise of 1850
Great Compromise
Missouri Compromise
3/5 Compromise
The phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between
Native Americans and the Federal government
Proslavery and Antislavery groups
British soldiers and Americans
Abolitionists and Women's Suffragists
Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory?
Nullification
Sectionalism
Popular Sovereignty
Secession
