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Chapter 16: Toward Civil War

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: The debate over slavery had existed for some time in the United States but was reaching a high point just before the Civil War

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What compromised worked for dealing with the balance between free and slave states until new states and territories were added in the 1840s?

a)

The 3/5ths Compromise

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

The Abolitionist Accord

d)

The Northern-Southern Agreement

3.

What was the Wilmot Proviso?

a)

It said that slavery would not be allowed in territories acquired during the Mexican-American War

b)

It allowed slavery in all territories acquired during the Mexican-American War

c)

It allowed territories acquired during the Mexican-American war to choose whether they would be free or slave states if they joined the Union

d)

It prevented territories acquired during the Mexican-American War from becoming states

4.

Which president was known as "Old Rough and Ready," fought in the Seminole Wars and Mexican-American War, and died while in office?

a)

Millard Fillmore

b)

John Tyler

c)

Zachary Taylor

d)

Franklin Pierce

5.

True or False: Henry Clay devised the Compromise of 1850 when California tried to join the Union as a free state; new states would decide for themselves if they would be free or slave states and a Fugitive Slave Act would be implemented

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

a)

A law which came from the Compromise of 1850 that required runaway slaves in the North to be sent back to their Southern masters

b)

A law which said that slaves who had escaped to the North were to remain free and could not be touched

c)

It closed the borders between Northern and Southern states to prevent slaves from escaping

d)

A law which authorized the Underground Railroad as a legal way for slaves to gain freedom

7.

Who became the 13th President after having been Vice-President to a man who died in office and supported and approved the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Zachary Taylor

b)

Franklin Pierce

c)

Millard Fillmore

d)

John TYler

8.

Which president saw abolitionism as a threat to the unity of the country and made sure to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act and the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Franklin Pierce

b)

John Tyler

c)

Zachary Taylor

d)

James Buchanan

9.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

a)

It divided the territory of Missouri into two, Kansas and Nebraska, and let each territory choose whether they would be free or slave states

b)

It divided the territory of Missouri into two and said that Kansas would be a free state while Nebraska would be a slave state

c)

It made both Kansas and Nebraska free states

d)

It made both Kansas and Nebraska slave states

10.

True or False: Popular sovereignty is the idea that the people should have the power and decide for themselves what to do

a)

True

b)

False

11.

True or False: John Brown was a white abolitionist who believed that violence would be necessarily in order to fight against slavery

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What was Bleeding Kansas?

a)

A war between the people of Kansas and Nebraska

b)

The British invasion of Kansas

c)

A civil war between citizens of Kansas who fought with each other over the issue of slavery

d)

A time of starving in Kansas when a terrible drought caused many deaths

13.

What were the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, with slavery as a key issue, called?

a)

The Great Debates

b)

The Illinois Debates

c)

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

d)

The Senate

14.

Who won the election of 1860 and would become America's 16th president, angering the pro-slavery South which threatened to secede?

a)

Stephen Douglas

b)

Millard Fillmore

c)

Zachary Taylor

d)

Abraham Lincoln

15.

What does the word "secede" mean?

a)

To join a country

b)

To make peace with someone

c)

To leave a country or nation

d)

To build up an army

16.

After secession and forming a new government of their own, what did the pro-slavery Southern states call themselves?

a)

The United States of America

b)

The Southern Republic

c)

The Confederate States of America (the Confederacy)

d)

The Jeffersonian Republicans

17.

What attack by the South fired off the Civil War and is considered its first battle?

a)

Fort Ticonderoga

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Charleston

d)

West Point

18.

True or False: At first, Abraham Lincoln was not yet intending to completely abolish slavery, but only to prevent it from spreading.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What Supreme Court case said that a slave who had lived some time in the North was not necessarily free, because slaves were property of their "masters?"

a)

Brooks v. Arizona

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

United States v. Florida

d)

Dredd Scott v. Sanford