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Chapter 16 Lesson 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Texas became a state following the Mexican War.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Stephen A. Douglas's plan to let each territory vote on slavery was called _____________________________________.

a)

Electoral Choice

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Territorial Sovereignty

3.

A border ruffian is an armed pro-slavery supporter who crossed the border from Missouri to vote in Kansas

a)

True

b)

False

4.

As part of the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C.

a)

False

b)

True

5.

By the 1848 election, the United States had taken, _________ and __________ from Mexico

a)

California and Nevada

b)

New Mexico and Arizona

c)

Arizona and Nevada

d)

California and New Mexico

6.

In 1850, Henry Clay of Kentucky suggested that California should be ___________.

a)

A slave state

b)

A Native American reserve

c)

A free state

d)

Removed for the U.S.

7.

What is a civil war?

a)

A war that is civilized

b)

A war within a country

c)

A war with two countries

d)

A war with multiple countries

8.

Who was Franklin Pierce?

a)

The editor of the Liberator

b)

A U.S. senator

c)

The U.S. secretary

d)

The President of the United States

9.

What was the law that stated a person helping a slave could be fined or imprisoned.

a)

The Southern Slave Act

b)

The Fugitive Slave Act

c)

Runaway Slave Act

d)

Owners-Rights Act

10.

When the United States added new territory in the 1840s, __________.

a)

The railroads were expanded

b)

The over slavery started again

c)

Land was given to the Native Americans

d)

It was immediately made a state in the Union

11.

What year was the Missouri Compromise?

a)

1820

b)

2012

c)

1776

d)

1821

12.

What did the Missouri Compromise do?

a)

Ended slavery

b)

Ended the Senate

c)

Preserved the balance between slave and free states in the Senate

d)

Made Missouri two separate states

13.

Texas was admitted to the Union in December of 1845.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

A Fugitive Is ___________.

a)

A person not in the armed forces or police.

b)

A person in jail/prison

c)

someone in the military

d)

A person who is running away from legal authority

15.

African Americans and Whites made a network called the above ground slave highway.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE