WorksheetsRoad to Civil War
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
The Missouri Compromise resulted in...
a ban on slavery in the new territories.
the number of slave states and free states staying equal.
popular sovereignty in Missouri.
a ban on slavery in Missouri.
The principle of popular sovereignty meant that...
any new state would be a slave state.
Congress would decide whether or not to allow slavery in a territory.
any new state would be a free state.
voters in a territory would decide whether or not to allow slavery.
The Free Soil Party wanted to...
end slavery in the South.
institute popular sovereignty in the territories.
stop slavery from spreading to new territories. Wanted "Free Soil for Free (white) Men."
support Abraham Lincoln for president in 1856.
The provisions of The Compromise of 1850 included... (check all that apply)
California enters the union as a free state
a strict Fugitive Slave Law
Congress would be split into the Slave States Caucus and the Free State Caucus
Outlawed the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850... (Choose ALL that apply)
Required ALL citizens to help apprehend escaped slaves
Imposed $1000 fine on those who did not assist
Allowed escaped slaves to choose to go to Liberia
Resulted in African Americans (both free and escaped) being rounded up and sent into slavery in the South
protected escaped slaves from being recaptured
The Kansas-Nebraska Act applied the principle of...
states’ rights.
nullification.
popular sovereignty.
universal suffrage.
Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Border Ruffians elected an anti-slavery government.
Most people accepted Kansas as a slave state.
John Brown left Kansas for Nebraska.
Pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces battled to control Kansas.
Dred Scott was
a Border Ruffian.
a slave who sued for his freedom.
a Republican senator.
the leader of a slave revolt.
In the Dred Scott decision of 1857, Chief Justice Roger Taney wrote...(choose ALL that apply)
Scott had no right to file a lawsuit because he was a slave and, therefore, not a citizen
African Americans were not, and could never be, citizens of the U.S.
Slavery was wrong and should be ended ASAP
The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional because Congress had no right to regulate slavery
John Brown attacked the arsenal at Harpers Ferry because he wanted to...
force the South to secede.
keep slavery out of Kansas.
start an armed slave revolt.
prevent Lincoln’s election.
Explain why the issue of slavery in the territories was so important to both northerners and southerners.
After his execution, John Brown was considered a martyr by some and a dangerous criminal by others. Based on what you have learned about John Brown, explain these two very different points of view.
