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WorksheetsBleeding Kansas, Statehood, & the Civil War Study Guide
Total questions: 66
Worksheet time: 25mins
1. What two states entered the U.S. in 1820?
Illinois
Maine
Minnesota
Missouri
2. What was the name of the compromise that allowed Missouri and Maine to enter the U.S.?
Louisiana Purchase
Missouri Compromise
The Big Compromise
Missouri & Maine Deal
3. Under the Missouri Compromise, which state entered as a free state?
Maine
Missouri
Maryland
Mississippi
4. Under the Missouri Compromise, which state entered as a slave state?
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Minnesota
5. Under the Missouri Compromise, no slaves were permitted where?
South of the 36°30’ Parallel
In the South
North of the 40°32 Parallel
North of the 36°30’ Parallel
6. In 1850, which state wanted to enter the U.S.?
New Mexico
Montana
Wyoming
California
7. California entered the U.S. as a (a) state.
8. What compromise allowed California to enter the U.S.?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
California Purchase
The Great Compromise
Compromise of 1850
9. The Compromise of 1850 said California would be a free state, but what was adopted?
The Slave Deal
The Slave Bargain
Fugitive Slave Act
Emancipation Proclomation
10. What stated ALL citizens had to assist in the recovery of runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
Slave Recovery Act
3/5 Compromise
The Slave Bargain
11. What repealed the Missouri Compromise?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Louisiana Purchase
Kansas Deal
12. Who created or led in the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Michael Scott
Andrew Reeder
Stephen Douglas
Thomas Jefferson
13. What 2 things did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow? Select them.
Kansas and Nebraska to become states
Popular Sovereignty
Slavery
Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
14. What allowed states to decide if they were free states or slave states?
Slavery Doctrine
Popular Sovereignty
Manifest Destiny
Wilmot Proviso
15. Proslavery means what?
For slavery
Against slavery
Wanted slavery abolished
On the fence about the issue of slavery
16. Antislavery means what?
For slavery
Against slavery
Wanted to abolish slavery
On the fence about the issue of slavery
17. What was an abolitionist?
Strong supporters of slavery
Against slavery, but did not do anything
They did not care about slavery, free or slave
Wanted slavery abolished immediately and they do something about it
18. When was the first Kansas census?
1858
1872
1860
1865
19. How many people were counted in the first Kansas census?
One million
About 100,000
350,000
500,000
20. In the first Kansas census, how many communities were large enough to be considered cities?
(a)
21. What were the communities large enough to be cities?
Atchinson
McPherson
Wichita
Leavenworth
Topeka
22. Many proslavery people moved to Kansas from where?
Dakota Territory
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
23. Most antislavery people came from where?
Florida
New England
Oklahoma Territory
Louisiana
24. What Supreme Court decision said ALL Blacks were not citizens?
Anthony Burns Decision
Marbury vs. Madison
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Dred Scott Decision
25. What helped greatly in Kansas becoming a free state?
New England Emigrant Aid Society
Massachusetts Emigrant Program
Kansas Emigrant Relief
Operation Free State
26. The fight over slavery in Kansas erupted into violence called what?
The Black Plague
Bloody Kansas
Bleeding Kansas
Darkness over Kansas
27. What city was burned by proslavery people from Missouri?
Leavenworth
Inman
Wichita
Lawrence
John Brown and his followers hacked proslavery supporters to death during what event?
Sack of Lawrence
Pottawatomie Massacre
Brown Massacre
Quantrill's Raid
29. What was the nickname of the Antislavery Sharps carbine rifles?
Moral weapons
Gordon's Rifles
Beecher's Bibles
Johnson's Bibles
30. Who were the Jayhawkers?
Anti-slavery "army" during Bleeding Kansas
Emigrants from New England
Pro-slavery gunslingers
People who preached the darkness of slavery
31. Who was the commander of the Jayhawkers?
Daniel Webster
James Lane
John Brown
Matthew Mikulecky
32. Who was the first governor of the Kansas Territory?
Mark Twain
Heinrich Schultz
Harry Jenings
Andrew Reeder
33. Who met in Pawnee, Kansas?
John Brown and his men
Jayhawkers
Border Ruffians
Bogus Legislature
34. The Bogus Legislature was full of whom?
Anti-slavery people
Pro-slavery people
Abolitionists
Slaves
35. Why did proslavery supporters want to move the capital to Shawnee Mission?
To become closer to anti-slavery towns
They liked the land around Shawnee Mission better
They heard good things about Shawnee Mission
Closer to pro-slavery Missouri
36. How many constitutions did Kansas have in its history?
(a)
37. What were the 4 constitutions in Kansas history? Select them.
Topeka
Wichita
Lecompton
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
38. Which constitution was first?
Wyandotte
Lecompton
Topeka
Leavenworth
39. Which constitution was proslavery?
Wyandotte
Leavenworth
Topeka
Lecompton
40. Which constitution allowed ALL males to vote?
Topeka
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Lecompton
41. Which constitution gave women more rights?
Topeka
Lecompton
Wyandotte
Leavenworth
42. Which constitution is still in effect?
Lecompton
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Topeka
43. Which constitution was made confusing on purpose?
Leavenworth
Lecompton
Topeka
Wyandotte
44. Who was the antislavery Massachusetts Senator that was beaten with a cane on the floor of Congress?
Stephen Douglas
Thaddeus Stevens
Henry Clay
Charles Sumner
45. What proslavery Representative beat Charles Sumner with his cane?
Preston Brooks
Andrew Butler
Daniel Webster
Andrew Jackson
46. John Brown helped slaves escape to where? Select them.
Mexico
Canada
West
North
47. After John Brown left Kansas, where did he lead a raid at?
Norfolk, VA
Harper's Ferry, VA
Williamsburg, VA
Winchester, VA
48. What eventually happened to John Brown?
He escaped to Canada
Was in prison for the remainder of his life
He was set free
Hanged for treason
49. When did Kansas become a state?
June 30, 1861
January 29, 1861
January 4, 1860
November 14, 1862
50. Who was the first governor of the State of Kansas?
Andrew Jackson
John C. Calhoun
Charles Robinson
Martin Van Buren
51. What does Ad Astra per Aspera mean?
She flies with her own wings
To the Stars through Difficulty
Live Free or Die
Let it be perpetual
52. What are the 3 branches of the Kansas state government? Select them.
Judicial
Legislative
Constitutional
Executive
Parliamentary
53. Who belongs to the Judicial Branch?
Governor
State Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Congress
54. Who belongs to the Legislative Branch?
Congress
Vice President
Supreme Court Justice
Governor
55. Who belongs to the Executive Branch?
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice
Governor
Congress
56. What is on top of the Kansas State Capitol Building?
Lakota Indian
Pawnee Indian
Wichita Indian
Kansa Indian
57. During the Civil War, Kansas was on which side?
North (Union)
South (Confederacy)
58. Kansas was the first state to do what?
Allow women to vote
Secede from the Union
Enlist Black soldiers
Join the Union
59. During the Civil War, Kansas had the highest (a) rate.
60. What killed 200 people in Lawrence?
Quantrill's Raid
Battle of Mine Creek
Jayhawker Massacre
Shay's Rebellion
61. What Civil War battle in Linn County, KS saw the Union rout the Confederates?
Battle of Little Blue River
Battle of Prairie Grove
Battle of Mine Creek
Battle of Gettysburg
62. The Battle of Mine Creek was the 2nd largest ___________ battle of the Civil War.
Aerial
Naval
Cavalry
Mobile
63. There was a trail to _____ _______ in Colorado that went through Cheyenne & Arapaho land.
New cities
Silver mines
New factories
Goldfields
64. Where did U.S. soldiers slaughter Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle’s camp in Colorado?
Sand Creek Massacre
Wounded Knee Massacre
Black Kettle Massacre
Battle of Little Bighorn
65. What promised Indians land, supplies, and houses?
Treaty of Greeneville
Treaty of Hopewell
Medicine Lodge Treaty
Treaty of Fort Wayne
66. Famous speeches were given by whom at the Medicine Lodge Treaty signing? Select them.
Chief Ten Bears
Sitting Bull
Chief Howling Wolf
Chief Satanta
