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WorksheetsUnit 6- Prelude to War
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
This granted Popular Sovereignty to decide if these territories would be a free or slave state?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Wilmot Proviso
This said states north of 36'30" would be free and those south would be slave.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Wilmot Proviso
Ended the Mexican-American War and forced Mexico to give up land.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Wilmot Proviso
A bill that wanted to keep all territories in the West that were gained from Mexico as free from slavery.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Wilmot Proviso
Nickname given to a territory because of the conflicts over slavery.
Sectionalism
Oregon Territory
Bleeding Kansas
Abolition
Putting goals of your area over goals of the Nation.
Sectionalism
Oregon Territory
Bleeding Kansas
Abolition
The area of the country that spurred the phrase 54'40" or FIGHT!
Sectionalism
Oregon Territory
Bleeding Kansas
Abolition
Wanting to end slavery.
Sectionalism
Oregon Territory
Bleeding Kansas
Abolition
The idea of people having the vote and majority rule.
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Nullification
Popular Sovereignty
Allowed slave owners the right to go north and find their runaway slaves.
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Nullification
Popular Sovereignty
Henry Clay's idea to strengthen the Fugitive Slave Law and make California a free state.
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Nullification
Popular Sovereignty
The idea of not following a national law because it went against your way of life.
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Nullification
Popular Sovereignty
This person attacked Harper's Ferry and became a martyr for the abolitionist movement.
Frederick Douglas
Davy Crockett
Winfield Scott
John Brown
Frontiersman known for his coonskin cap and dying while defending the Alamo.
Frederick Douglas
Davy Crockett
Winfield Scott
John Brown
American General during the Mexican-American War known as "Old Fuss and Feathers".
Frederick Douglas
Davy Crockett
Winfield Scott
John Brown
Escaped slave who became highly educated and a leading abolitionist.
Frederick Douglas
Davy Crockett
Winfield Scott
John Brown
American General during the Mexican-American War who led troops past the Nueces River into Mexico.
Stephen F. Austin
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Davy Crockett
President of the United States during the Mexican-American War.
Stephen F. Austin
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Davy Crockett
Recruited over 300 families to Texas.
Stephen F. Austin
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Davy Crockett
Owner of the newspaper, The Liberator.
William Lloyd Garrison
Henry Clay
Nat Turner
Sam Houston
Became the first president of Texas.
William Lloyd Garrison
Henry Clay
Nat Turner
Sam Houston
Said God called him to lead a slave revolt in Virginia.
William Lloyd Garrison
Henry Clay
Nat Turner
Sam Houston
Came up with the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850.
William Lloyd Garrison
Henry Clay
Nat Turner
Sam Houston
From South Carolina and believed in Nullification Theory.
Dred Scott
Santa Ana
Harriett Beecher Stowe
John C. Calhoun
Mexican dictator who was forced to sign the Treaty of Velasco which gave Texas their independence.
Dred Scott
Santa Ana
Harriett Beecher Stowe
John C. Calhoun
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Dred Scott
Santa Ana
Harriett Beecher Stowe
John C. Calhoun
Slave who sued for his freedom after his master moved him to a northern state.
Dred Scott
Santa Ana
Harriett Beecher Stowe
John C. Calhoun
Which of the following is NOT true of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Was a children's book about growing up in Pennsylvania
Was written by Harriett Beecher Stowe
Turned many northerners into abolitionists
Was a major cause of continued division and sectionalism.
Who was the biggest supporter of Nullifcation?
Henry Clay
Sam Houston
Frederick Douglas
John C. Calhoun
What was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?
Missouri would become a free state to balance the Senate.
New Mexico and Arizona could have slavery
California would be a free state
A stricter Fugitive Slave Law
Who helped lead people to settle in Texas?
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Sam Houston
Stephen F. Austin
Zachary Taylor
Which year was the biggest for the Gold Rush to California?
1829
1839
1849
1859
What is the Spanish Mission that Texans suffered a major loss while fighting Mexico?
Goliad
The Alamo
The Rio Grande River
Houston
What was the proposed bill that wanted to make every territory gained from the Mexican War to be free from slavery?
Wilmot Proviso
Vermont Proviso
Treat of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Treaty of San Jacinto
Which of the following was the site where Santa Ana was captured giving Texas their independence?
The Alamo
Goliad
Mexico City
San Jacinto
Which was the treaty that ended the war with Mexico and gave us huge amounts of land?
Treaty of Gonzalez
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Treaty of Velasco
Treaty of San Jacinto
Which of the following is NOT true in regards to slavery in the mid-1800s?
It was a political issue that divided the nation.
The economy of the South was dependent upon it.
Most people against slavery were from the North and most people for slavery were in the South.
Slaves were treated with respect and kindness.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Missouri Compromise?
Henry Clay was the author
That Missouri would become a free state
Maine would be a free state and Missouri a slave state.
It would maintain the balance of power in the Senate
Which of the following is NOT something that southern states wanted?
To continue their lifestyle and booming economy
For Slavery to expand to Texas but no further.
Slavery to expand west
An advantage in the Senate.
Which of the following is INCORRECT?
North- Slavery is good but only in South;. South- Slaves treated worse than Northern-Factory worker
North- Abolitionists; South- Pro Slavery
North- Slavery wrong; South- Slavery is "Necessary Evil".
North- Slavery should not go west; South- Could not have large plantations without slavery
