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The United States Prior to the Civil War- Chapter 2

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Abolitionist who wrote speeches and published an autobiography that spoke out against slavery.

a)

Fredrick Douglass

b)

William Loyd Garrison

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Harriet Tubman

e)

John Brown

2.

White northerner who started an abolitionist newspaper called the Liberator. Also, founded the Anti-Slavery Society.

a)

Fredrick Douglass

b)

William Loyd Garrison

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Harriet Tubman

e)

John Brown

3.

Her real name was Isabella VanWagener. She was a freed slave who travelled and preached against slavery.

a)

Fredrick Douglass

b)

William Loyd Garrison

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Harriet Tubman

e)

John Brown

4.

She was a conductor for the Underground Railroad. She led over 300 slaves to freedom.

a)

Fredrick Douglass

b)

William Loyd Garrison

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Harriet Tubman

e)

John Brown

5.

Ran for the Illinois state Senate and lost. He said that a "divided nation will not stand", meaning that the United States needed to make a decision to be a slave nation, or a free nation. It cannot be both.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

John Brown

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Stephen A. Douglas

6.

Ran for the Illinois state Senate and won. He said that the states should be able to choose whether or not they wanted to allow slavery.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

John Brown

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Stephen A. Douglas

7.

This abolitionist raided the Harpers Ferry weapons storehouse. He wanted to give the weapons to slaves, so they could fight for their freedom. He was caught and put to death.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

John Brown

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Stephen A. Douglas

8.

put an end to

a)

abolish

b)

slavery

c)

sectionalism

d)

tariff

e)

compromise

9.

the practice or system of owning slaves

a)

abolish

b)

slavery

c)

sectionalism

d)

tariff

e)

compromise

10.

regional loyalty

a)

abolish

b)

slavery

c)

sectionalism

d)

tariff

e)

compromise

11.

a high tax on imports

a)

abolish

b)

slavery

c)

sectionalism

d)

tariff

e)

compromise

12.

an agreement in which each side gives up something that it wants

a)

abolish

b)

slavery

c)

sectionalism

d)

tariff

e)

compromise

13.

a set of laws

a)

code

b)

abolitionist

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

secede

e)

confederacy

14.

a person who wants to end slavery

a)

code

b)

abolitionist

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

secede

e)

confederacy

15.

A system of secret escape routes that led enslaved people to freedom.

a)

code

b)

abolitionist

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

secede

e)

confederacy

16.

to leave

a)

code

b)

abolitionist

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

secede

e)

confederacy

17.

Southern states that formed their own national government during the Civil war period.

a)

code

b)

abolitionist

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

secede

e)

confederacy

18.

a state located between the North and the South that permitted slavery but had not seceded

a)

civil war

b)

border state

c)

confederacy

d)

secede

19.

a war between people who live in the same country

a)

civil war

b)

border state

c)

confederacy

d)

secede

20.

This compromise was written by Henry Clay. It allowed Missouri to join the union as a slave state while Maine joined as a free state. It also prohibited slavery north of the Mason-Dixon line for new states. This compromise lasted for 30 years!

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas- Nebraska Act

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

21.

The compromise in which California joined as a free state. The New Mexico and Utah territories could decide for themselves if they wanted to allow slavery. The Fugitive Slave Act was also put into place.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas- Nebraska Act

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

22.

This act allowed Kansas and Nebraska to vote to allow or abolish slavery.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas- Nebraska Act

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

23.

The Supreme Court ruled saying that slaves had "none of the rights or privileges of a free citizen." They also said Congress has no right to outlaw slavery in they territories.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas- Nebraska Act

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

24.

The Supreme Court ruled saying that slaves had "none of the rights or privileges of a free citizen." They also said Congress has no right to outlaw slavery in they territories.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas- Nebraska Act

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

25.

Why is the Battle of Fort Sumter significant?

a)

It was the final battle of the Civil War and caused the Confederate Army to surrender.

b)

It was the largest battle of the Civil War where nearly 50,000 soldiers died.

c)

It was the turning point for the North in the Civil War.

d)

It was the first battle of the Civil War.

e)

It was the battle where General Robert E. Lee defeated the Union army.