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WorksheetsChapter 16 Lesson 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Texas became a state following the Mexican War.
True
False
Stephen A. Douglas's plan to let each territory vote on slavery was called _____________________________________.
Electoral Choice
Popular Sovereignty
Territorial Sovereignty
A border ruffian is an armed pro-slavery supporter who crossed the border from Missouri to vote in Kansas
True
False
As part of the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C.
False
True
By the 1848 election, the United States had taken, _________ and __________ from Mexico
California and Nevada
New Mexico and Arizona
Arizona and Nevada
California and New Mexico
In 1850, Henry Clay of Kentucky suggested that California should be ___________.
A slave state
A Native American reserve
A free state
Removed for the U.S.
What is a civil war?
A war that is civilized
A war within a country
A war with two countries
A war with multiple countries
Who was Franklin Pierce?
The editor of the Liberator
A U.S. senator
The U.S. secretary
The President of the United States
What was the law that stated a person helping a slave could be fined or imprisoned.
The Southern Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act
Runaway Slave Act
Owners-Rights Act
When the United States added new territory in the 1840s, __________.
The railroads were expanded
The over slavery started again
Land was given to the Native Americans
It was immediately made a state in the Union
What year was the Missouri Compromise?
1820
2012
1776
1821
What did the Missouri Compromise do?
Ended slavery
Ended the Senate
Preserved the balance between slave and free states in the Senate
Made Missouri two separate states
Texas was admitted to the Union in December of 1845.
True
False
A Fugitive Is ___________.
A person not in the armed forces or police.
A person in jail/prison
someone in the military
A person who is running away from legal authority
African Americans and Whites made a network called the above ground slave highway.
TRUE
FALSE
