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WorksheetsChapter 9 Lesson 1 American History Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 45mins
The Northern economy was based MOSTLY on:
Unpaid workers
Industry
Agriculture
Goods & Services
In the Missouri Compromise, the Mason-Dixon Line determined the status of slavery in future states. North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.
This act allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state, and Maine as a free state. It drew a boundary line to separate northern free states and southern slave states.
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise 1820
This legislation brought California into the Union as a free state and created the Fugitive Slave Law to satisfy the South.
Compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Fugitive Slave Law
Uncle Tom's Cabin helped the anti-slavery movement grow. This book was written by:
It was an example of a peaceful protest calling for change.
It was an example of an uprising against slavery.
It helped bring an end to the Fugitive Slave Law.
Harper's Ferry was where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
Secessionist
This legislation said that slavery in Kansas and Nebraska would be decided by vote. It lead to lots of violence.
Kansas Nebraska act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Raid on Harper's Ferry
According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what would decide whether the territories became free or slave?
popular vote
the 39th parallel
(Mason-Dixon line)
one would be a slave state, the other a free state
The elected governor would decide for the state.
That was her dad's name.
They thought she was a prophet.
She was like Moses in the bible, leading enslaved people to freedom.
United States abolitionist and evangelist who was freed from slavery and became a leading speaker for the end of slavery and for the rights of women.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Follow the Drinking Gourd
The Way to Freedom
Long Road North
Bleeding Kansas
Supreme Court case which ruled that slaves are not citizens but property. It fueled abolitionist movement, and was considered a victory for the South.
John Brown Case
Fredrick Douglas Case
North V South Case
Why was the Fugitive Slave Law passed?
to discourage use of the Underground Railroad
to convince citizens in Nebraska to vote against slavery
to satisfy the South after California joined the Union as a free state
to ease tensions when violence broke out in Kansas over slavery
How did Uncle Tom's Cabin impact Americans?
It was the beginning of the Civil War
Reduced the threat of violence against slaves
It led Congress to pass the Missouri Compromise
It convinced many people that slavery was morally wrong
Which is true about Harriet Tubman?
She helped free slaves.
She was a spy for the Union
Spoke out against slavery
All of the above
President of the United States during the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
William T. Sherman
George Washington
Abraham LIncoln
President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Who am I?
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Why did 11 southern states, led by South Carolina, secede from the US right after Abraham Lincoln was elected president?
He was a republican and the didn't like republicans
He was a democrat and they didn't like democrats
The south feared he would end slavery.
He was going to raise taxes
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Texas
Which part of the nation's economy was mostly based on agriculture?
North
South
Which part of the nation's economy was mostly based on industry/factories?
North
South
Who said the following about slavery? "I hate it because it is a monsterous injustice."
Jefferson Davis
Steven Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
What does abolish mean?
To start something
Slavery
To end something
Railroad
7. As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman:
a. Guided passengers from station to station
b. Wrote essays against slavery
c. Gave speeches about her experience in slavery
d. Defended passengers in court
The Fugitive Slave Act
freed all slaves who made it safely to the North.
made it a crime to help runaways.
stopped the work on the Underground Railroad.
made it easier for slaves to escape.
What was the Underground Railroad used for?
To transport cotton from the south to factories in the northeast.
It was used to help slaves escape from the south and get to the north.
It was used to connect the eastern and western states.
Conductors on the Underground railroad were:
Places where the slaves could hide
Slaves who were escaping the south
People who helped lead the slaves from the south to the north
Identify the vocabulary word: The right of each U.S. state to make its own local laws
Confederacy
state's rights
secession
abolitionist
Identify the vocabulary word: To formally stop being part of something
compromise
state's rights
secession
Confederacy
Identify the vocabulary word: Another name for the United States, especially the northern states during the Civil War
Union
Confederacy
Underground Railroad
Plantation
Identify the vocabulary word: A large farm on which a single crop is usually grown
Confederacy
Underground Railroad
Union
plantation
Identify the vocabulary word: A person who supported the movement to end slavery
Confederate
compromise
abolitionist
Union
Identify the vocabulary word: A secret organization that helped escaped enslaved African Americans to get to the North or to Canada
Underground Railroad
Confederacy
Union
abolitionist
Identify the vocabulary word: Another name for the Confederate states of America, the southern states during the Civil War
Underground Railroad
secession
Union
Confederacy
Identify the vocabulary word: people on both sides of an issue giving up something to reach an agreement.
states' rights
secession
compromise
abolitionist
