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Social Studies North and South Disagree (pre civil war)

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A lawyer of Illinois who was against slavery and ran for senator but lost.

a)

Stephen Douglas

b)

Frederick Douglas

c)

Abe Lincoln

d)

Harriet Tubman

2.

Abolitionist who planned a failed attack on Harper's Ferry, Va rebelling against slavery

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Grimke Sisters

d)

John Brown

3.

The Dred Scott Case

a)

A supreme court case that involved temperance

b)

A supreme court case that again allowed Slavery

c)

A supreme court case that allowed Freedom of Religion

d)

All of the above

4.

Dred Scott was...

a)

A slave that worked for the military

b)

A slave that sued the supreme court for his freedom

c)

A slave that was killed at Harpers Ferry

d)

A slave that started the Underground Railroad

5.

Bleeding Kansas

a)

was a battle in Kansas between pro-slavery men and anti-slavery men

b)

was a battle of world war 1

c)

was when everyone left Kansas because of a flood

6.

A war between regions or groups of people in the same country

a)

World War 1

b)

Civil War

c)

Bleeding Kansas

d)

The Missouri Compromise

7.

To break away from as a state that left the Union

a)

Fugitive

b)

popular sovereignty

c)

secede

d)

sectionalism

8.

The "liberator" was started by

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

John Brown

9.

A person whose opinions are very different from those of most people

a)

extremist

b)

abolitionist

c)

fugitive

d)

Henry Clay

10.

The Grimke Sisters

a)

Two sisters that wrote a book

b)

Wealthy slave owners from the south that were against slavery

c)

Started the Liberator

11.

A system that allowed people from a territory to make their own decisions

a)

Fugitive Slave law

b)

popular sovereignty

c)

abolitionist

d)

sectionalism

12.

to go against or betray your own country

a)

sectionalism

b)

treason

c)

abolish

d)

secede

13.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

a)

Started by Stephen Douglas

b)

Organized the territories

c)

Started because of a railroad

d)

all of the above

14.

The 36 30 latitude line was

a)

All the states above the line would be free states

b)

All the state below the line would be slave states

c)

was part of the Missouri compromise

d)

All of the above

15.

Henry Clay was called the great compromiser because

a)

he came up with the Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

he came up with the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850

c)

he started the underground railroad

16.

The Compromise of 1850 (another one of Henry Clay's compromises)

a)

made California a free state

b)

Started the Fugitive slave law

c)

Started popular sovereignty

d)

All of the above

17.

The Missouri compromise started because

a)

The union wanted to keep the balance between the slave states and the free states

b)

Henry Clay was bored

c)

the states wanted to make their own decisions

18.

Missouri would enter as a slave state

Maine would enter as a free state

The Louisiana Territory would be divided by the 36 30 line

a)

are all parts of the Kansas Nebraka Act

b)

are all parts of the compromise of 1850

c)

are all part of the Missouri compromise

19.

Texas wants to become a slave state

a)

is the reason we have the Missouri compromise

b)

is the reason we have the compromise of 1850

20.

a series of secret escape routes enslaved African Americans followed to reach

a)

The north

b)

The south

c)

the underground railroad

d)

the transcontinental railroad

21.

Wanted Higher taxes, end slavery and immigrants

a)

The south

b)

The West

c)

The North

d)

The east

22.

Wanted to make their own decisions about slavery, higher taxes and more immigrants

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

The East

d)

The West

23.

Wanted Slavery, lower taxes and fewer immigrants

a)

The north

b)

The south

c)

The east

d)

the West

24.

an escaped slave that became a well-known abolitionist and spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Dred Scott

25.

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were mainly about

a)

Temperence

b)

slavery

c)

the railorad

26.

Who won the election of 1860

a)

Abraham lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

John Beckinridge

27.

Abraham lincoln was a

a)

republican

b)

democrat

c)

whig

28.

What did Stephen Douglas believe about Slavery?

a)

He wanted to end slavery

b)

He wanted popular sovereignty

c)

He wanted slaves

29.

John Brown believed

a)

that it was his duty to end slavery

b)

that slavery was his god-given right

30.

How did the South feel about who won the election of 1860?

a)

They were happy

b)

They seceded the union

c)

They cried

31.

South Carolina was the first state to secede the union

a)

True

b)

False

32.

The Civil War was

a)

The north vs the South

b)

The West vs the North

c)

The West vs The East

33.

The Civil War started because

a)

The South seceded the union

b)

The South stole Army bases and other government buildings

c)

of slavery

d)

all of the above

34.

The Confederates were all known as

a)

The Northern States

b)

The Southern States

35.

Abrahan Lincoln wanted to start the war

a)

True

b)

False