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Chapter 8

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an agreement proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Wilmot Proviso

c)

Fugitive Slave Act

d)

Northwest Ordinance

2.

a law passed in 1846 that banned slavery in any territories won by the United States from Mexico

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Wilmot Proviso

c)

Fugitive

d)

Secede

3.

government by the consent of the governed

a)

popular sovereignty

b)

fugitive slave act

c)

fugitive

d)

arsenal

4.

to withdraw from membership in a group

a)

secede

b)

depart

c)

withdraw

d)

conclude

5.

a runaway

a)

fugitive

b)

forgive

c)

figure

6.

a law passed in 1850 that required all citizens to aid in the capture of runaway slaves

a)

fugitive slave act

b)

treason

c)

runaway act

7.

an 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe written to show the evils of slavery and the injustice of the fugitive slave act

a)

Uncle Dreher Cabin

b)

Uncle Tomb Cabin

c)

Uncle Rhett Cabin

d)

Uncle Tom Cabin

8.

a type of warfare in which small military groups use surprise attacks and other tactics

a)

Gorilla Warfare

b)

Guerilla Warfare

9.

True or False. Arsenal is a place where gum is stored

a)

false

b)

true

10.

True or False Treason is a betrayal of or action against one’s country

a)

True

b)

False

11.

-a law that requires people of certain age to perform military services

(a)  

12.

an 1863 civil war battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a union victory and stopped the confederate invasion of the north

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Vicksburg

c)

Battle of Georgetown

13.

Which team did not win the Super Bowl

a)
b)
14.

What state was the first to secede from the Union?

a)

South Carolina

b)

North Carolina

c)

Georgia

d)

Louisiana

15.

True or False. Members of the Free Soil Party are abolitionist.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

True or False. John Brown murdered 5 abolitionist during a pro slavery raid.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Why wasn't Dred Scott able to take his case to the supreme court?

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18.

W/ho was the president of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses Grant

19.

True or False. Abolitionist wanted slavery banned in the South only/

a)

True

b)

False

20.

This compromise brought California in as a free state, and ended the slave trade in Washington D.C

a)

Great Compromise

b)

Wilmot Proviso

c)

Missouri Compromise

21.

Who murdered 5 pro slavery men after a raid by a pro slavery group-violence

a)

John Brown

b)

Charles Sumner

c)

Franklin Pierce

22.

What was Abraham Lincoln known for?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Wanting to abolish slavery

c)

Great Military Veteran

d)

War hero

23.

True or False. Jefferson Davis was a military man and attended West Point

a)

True

b)

False

24.

True or False. The Anaconda plan was created by the Confederates

a)

True

b)

False

25.

How did women impact the American Civil War?

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