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Inquiry #3

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did westward expansion & slavery growth expose contradictions in America?

a)

They did the opposite of what they had said. In the constitution they said everyone had their right to land as they were taking away other's land.

b)

It didn't they were allowed to take the land they wanted.

c)

The people were hypocrites because they did the opposite of what they were guaranteeing to the people.

d)

They were allowed to expand in america and this was allowed, there were not contradictions.

2.

Did the industrial Revolution contribute to growing differences between the north and the south? Explain.

a)

Yes. The south was more of farmers and that was their use of slaves, the north was more industrial and factories.

b)

No. They both did a lot of farming and most people in America used slaves.

c)

No. They were similar and they needed the same stuff, that is why they stayed together as one country.

d)

Yes. The south used slaves for the harder work they had, the north didn't use slaves because they paid people and use machines to do the hard work.

3.

What efforts were made to respond to the slavery question?

a)

MO Compromise, Election of 1855, Compromise of 1850

b)

MO Compromise, Election of 1860, Compromise of 1850 and K + N Act.

c)

K + N Act

d)

None of the Above.

4.

Dred Scott was a free white man.

a)

True

b)

False

5.
Dred Scott was famous for ___________. 
a)
being sued by someone else
b)
suing for his freedom
c)
being in the military
d)
being a famous doctor
6.
Capturing, transporting, and selling people is called the 
a)
slave auction
b)
overseer
c)
slave trade
d)
Middle Passage
7.
Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  
a)
James Monroe
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Henry Clay
8.
Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise?
a)
The Compromise made it so there were the same number of slave and free states.
b)
The Compromise upset the balance of power between free states and slave states in the Senate.
c)
The Compromise was liked by Northerners, but not Southerners.
d)
The Compromise solved all future issues regarding new states.
9.
What does the Union stand for?
a)
All of these
b)
the Confederacy
c)
the South
d)
the United States
10.

Which lawmaker was most responsible for the MO Compromise?

a)

Daniel Webster

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

Stephen Douglas

d)

Henry Clay

11.

The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.

a)

Arizona

b)

California

c)

New Mexico

d)

Utah

12.

The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...

a)

Washington, DC

b)

Richmond

c)

New Orleans

d)

Charleston

13.

What did the MO Compromise say about runaway slaves?

a)

They could be captured and returned to their owners.

b)

They would be free.

c)

They would be sent to Liberia.

14.

The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

a)

end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians

b)

encourage manufacturing in the west

c)

increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

d)

settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

15.
Who led the anti-slavery fighters?
a)
Jim Brown
b)
John Brown
c)
Joe Brown
d)
Phil Brown
16.

Who was the author o the Kansas Nebraska Act?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen A Douglas

c)

Charles Sumner

d)

Preston Brooks

17.

What is the first incident that began American going toward a Civil War?

a)

The Dred Scott Case

b)

The Whitney Thuma Case

c)

The Emporia Middle School

d)

The Jana Phillips Case

18.
Supreme Court case which ruled that slaves are not citizens but property. It fueled abolitionist movement, and hailed as victory for the South.
a)
Dred Scott Case
b)
John Brown's Raid
c)
Popular Sovereignty
d)
secession
19.

Which of the following best describes industrialization?

a)

nations began to rely on one another for trade of various goods and resources after the beginning of the Industrial Revolution

b)

smaller nations needed assistance from their larger neighbors, so they formed trade alliances

c)

more and more people began to move to cities, away from rural areas

d)

advancement in technology to produce goods on a larger scale and a reliance on manufacturing of goods instead of individuals producing goods themselves