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Dividing a Nation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

Brought back balance between the slave and free states.

b)

Annexed Texas to the U.S.

c)

Caused South Caroline to separate from the Union.

2.

Which did the Missouri Compromise effect Missouri and Maine?

a)

Maine became a slave state and Missouri became a free state.

b)

They both became free states.

c)

Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state.

d)

They both became slave states.

3.

What was the geographical impact of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

It annexed Texas to the U.S.

b)

All the South was slave and all the North was free.

c)

It added California, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona as states.

d)

Annexed part of Oregon to the U.S.

4.

Which president annexed Texas and Oregon to the U.S.?

a)

James K. Polk

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

George Washington

d)

James Madison

5.

What annexed Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona to the U.S?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Mexican American War

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Manifest Destiny

6.

Belief that the U.S. needed to control all land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

a)

Popular Sovreignty

b)

Wilmot Proviso

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

We are the World

7.

Division or separation of regions of a country on issues.

a)

Segregation

b)

Separation

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Succession

8.

Created by the Compromise of 1850 that allowed for all former/escaped slaves to be returned to their owners.

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Wilmot Proviso

c)

Raid on Harper's Ferry

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

9.

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.

a)

Dred Scott

b)

John Brown

c)

James Polk

d)

Frederick Douglas

10.

Which of these did NOT cause the Civil War

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Scott vs. Sanford Decision

c)

Election of 1860

d)

Manifest Destiny

11.

Which of the following allowed for popular sovereignty (people's decision) for certain states to become slave or free?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas - Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Election of 1860

12.

Why was the Dred Scot Decision (Scot vs. Sanford) significant?

a)

Said African-Americans were not citizens and did not have legal protection.

b)

Annexed Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona

c)

Made all slaves free

d)

Abolished the slave trade in Washington D.C.

13.

Which of these was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Ended slave trade in D.C.

c)

Created New Mexico from Texas borders

d)

Made Oregon a slave state

14.

White Abolitionist that leads a raid on Harper's Ferry.

a)

Dred Scott

b)

John Brown

c)

James Polk

d)

Abraham Lincoln

15.

The South saw John Brown as a martyr.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

James Polk negotiated with this country over Oregon.

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

Mexico

d)

Russia

17.

South Carolina was the first state to seceed from the Union.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which from the following compromises created the ,36' 30’ line, in order to separate the slave states from the free states?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Great Compromise

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

3/5 Compromise

19.

The phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between

a)

Native Americans and the Federal government

b)

Proslavery and Antislavery groups

c)

British soldiers and Americans

d)

Abolitionists and Women's Suffragists

20.

Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory?

a)

Nullification

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Secession