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A Divided Nation

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the book that changed peoples views of slavery

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

Uncle Tom's Slaves

c)

Slaves In Action

d)

Uncle Remus's Nation

2.

He is known as Mr. Compromise

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Harry Beecher Stowe

3.

Brought to complete the Transcontinental Railroad

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Gadsden Purchase

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Mexican War

4.

Said that all salves would be returned to their rightful owners

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Missouri Compromise Line

5.

Stephen Douglas proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act to please whom

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

Abolitionist

d)

Congress

6.

Fight between pro-slavery advocates and antislavery advocates over voting irregularities

a)

The Missouri Compromise

b)

The Compromise of 1850

c)

The Gadsden Purchase

d)

Bleeding Kansas

7.

This political party came of the Southern Whigs

a)

Democratic Party

b)

Republican Party

c)

Free Soil Party

d)

Federalist Party

8.

It means that the most votes wins

a)

cession

b)

whigs

c)

republican

d)

popular sovereignty

9.

Which one of these is NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850

a)

The Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Solved the border disputes between Texas and New Mexico

c)

Abolish the slave trade in D.C.

d)

prohibit slavery in Missouri

10.

What piece of the Fugitive Slave Act did most northerners disagree with

a)

They wanted slave to be set free

b)

The didn't want to have to be fined for helping escape slaves

c)

They wanted Congress to abolish slavery in the south

d)

They wanted Stephen Douglas to reissue the Missouri Compromise

11.

How dd free Blacks respond to the Fugitive Slave Act

a)

The went to Congress and complained

b)

The just accepted the Act

c)

The fled to Canada

d)

They went back to Africa

12.

What led to a split of the northern and southern Whigs

a)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

The Compromise of 1820

c)

The Compromise of 1850

d)

The Fugitive Slave Act

13.

Northern Whigs ______ the Kansas Nebraska Act while Southerners ________ it

a)

opposed, supported

b)

supported, opposed

c)

opposed, opposed

d)

supported, supported

14.

The Northern Whigs created what political party

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

Free Soil

d)

Free Whigs

15.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed what to decide free or slave

a)

Congress to decide

b)

Senate to decide

c)

House of Representatives to decide

d)

popular sovereignty

16.

What affect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the law of the land

a)

It overturned the Fugitive Slave Act

b)

It overturned the Gadsden Purchase

c)

It overturned the Compromise of 1850

d)

It overturned the Missouri Compromise