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WorksheetsNC Studies Weekly Week #25 Conflicts and Compromise
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
All of the following are TRUE differences between the North and the South, EXCEPT which one? 5.H.1.3
They had different economies.
The South had the majority of people living on farms.
The North had the majority of people living in cities.
Most Northerners agreed with state rights not a strong federal government.
Why is Ethel Lawrence compared to “Rosa Parks”?
She lived in New Jersey, just like Rosa Parks.
She fought for civil rights in a peaceful way, just like Rosa Parks
She worked to get affordable housing for poor people, just like Rosa Parks.
She set up an aftercare program for children, just like Rosa Parks.
What was the final outcome during the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
One slave state and one free state was added to the United States.
Missouri became a free state and Maine became a slave state.
Henry Clay became the President of the United States.
States that were south of Missouri had to give up their slaves.
In which direction do slaves from Florida and Georgia go to escape?
east
west
south
north
What natural barriers would a slave escaping from Arkansas need to cross?
The Ohio River and the Appalachian Mountains
The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers
The Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River
The Appalachian Mountains and the Ohio River
What event prompted (caused) The Compromise of 1850?
Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law.
The Southern states wanted to withdraw from the Union.
California wanted to be admitted into the Union as a free state.
People were not allowed to sell slaves in Washington D.C.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska law?
Kansas and Nebraska had to be free states since they were north of Arkansas.
Kansas and Nebraska should decide for themselves if they wanted to allow slavery.
Kansas and Nebraska were territories that wanted to become states.
“Free-Soilers” were allowed to live in Kansas and Nebraska.
Which of the following is NOT true about the Underground Railroad? 5
All Northerners were part of the Underground Railroad.
It was a system set up to help slaves escape to freedom
Conductors were people who helped hide escaped slaves.
Some slaves had to travel all the way to Canada to feel free.
What was the Underground Railroad?
A system of people who helped slaves escape safely to the North.
The first railroad to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
A train that picked up slaves from the South and took them to the North.
A system of trains that travel underground to Canada.
What did Southerners threaten to do if they didn’t like results of the election of 1860?
They would demand another election.
They would not follow any laws.
They would secede or withdraw from the Union.
They would leave the United States.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
It allowed slaves to escape to the North and live free.
It required slaves to be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
It protected runaway slaves from having to return to their owners.
It was a station on the Underground Railroad.
What is the 36°30′ line?
The imaginary boundary line that separated the North and South.
The entrance to the Underground Railroad.
The place where the Civil War began.
The area where slaves were captured.
To cancel or declare invalid, as a law
resolve
oppose
tariff
nullify
An Underground Railroad helper is called -
an engineer
a conductor
a passenger
a free-lander
An agreement where both sides give up something -
secede
suggestion
compromise
argument
