WorksheetsA Nation Divided
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 17mins
Who was the slave that sued for his freedom?
Fredrick Douglas
John Brown
Nat Turner
Dred Scot
Name the first state to secede
South Carolina
Texas
North Carolina
Mississippi
The most hated provision of the Compromise of 1850 for abolitionists was __________________.
California becoming a free state
The slave trade being abolished in Washington, DC
Utah and New Mexico territories being open to slavery
The Fugitive Slave Act
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by ________________.
Henry Ward Beecher
Herman Melville
Emily Dickinson
Harriet Beecher Stowe
In the 1857 Dred Scott case, the US Supreme Court ruled that blacks _________________________.
must move to Liberia after emancipation
were not citizens
had limited voting rights
were barred from working in federal jobs
This law gave southerners more opportunity to have their escaped slaves caught and returned to their masters in the south.
Annexation of Texas
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Law
Missouri Compromise
Why did John Brown attack Harper's Ferry?
Harper's Ferry was a pro-slavery settlement.
He wanted revenge for an attack on his family.
Native Americans at Harper's Ferry had been causing problems.
He wanted to arm slaves for a revolt.
What caused the southern states to begin to secede?
the Dred Scott decision
the Battle at Fort Sumter
the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860
the Compromise of 1850
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at--
Lexington
Fort Sumter
Vicksburg
Fort McHenry
What event did the Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to?
the election of 1860
electoral sovereignty
the Lincoln-Douglas debates
Bleeding Kansas
To give up or give away
Neutral
Cede
Florida
Expedition
Who was the South Carolina Senator that was against compromise and for states' rights
John C. Calhoun
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Daniel Boone
Who was responsible for the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Abraham Lincoln
Roger Taney
Stephen Douglas
John Brown
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court that authored the Dred Scot decision
Henry Clay
Jefferson Davis
Roger B. Taney
John C. Calhoun
Senator John C. Calhoun would most likely agree with which of the following statements?
Preserving the Union is more important than states’ rights.
States’ rights are more important than preserving the Union.
The federal government should have the power to decide whether states allow slavery.
New territories should be allowed to determine for themselves whether to allow slavery.
According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area was slavery to be banned?
Southern states
Northern states
Louisiana Territory
land acquired from Mexico
In the 1850s, what was Lincoln's position regarding the end of slavery?
He believed that the federal government should immediately free all slaves.
He believed it would die out on its own if not allowed to expand further.
He believed that the Constitution abolished slavery but states could not avoid it.
He believed that the federal government should purchase all slaves and free them.
Which of these is an example of popular sovereignty?
Each territory and state west of the Mississippi River was automatically free.
Each territory and state below 36°30' was slave; each state above was free.
Each new territory and state would decide whether to allow slavery.
Each territory and state west of the Mississippi River would allow slavery.
The Dred Scot decision also affirmed that slaves were
entitled to the rights of citizenship
property and Constitution protects property rights
fugitives and must be returned to their owners
entitled to the rights outlined in the Declaration of Independence
During the Election of 1860...
The Republican party was split over slavery.
Whigs won easily
The Democratic party was split over slavery
Abraham Lincoln won over 80% of the popular vote
South Carolina seceded from the Union after -
a major tax increase from the federal government
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the USA
Lincoln freeing all enslaved African Americans in the South
Charleston's port being blockaded by the Lincoln
What name was given to the pro-slavery activists who crossed into Kansas to vote?
abolitionists
border ruffians
Missourians
"Bleeding Kansas"
