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Worksheets4th Benchmark Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Following the Mexican-American War, sectionalism grew as leaders debated whether to allow ___________ into territories taken from Mexico.
Immigrants
Manufacturing
Settlers
Slavery
What U.S. senator proposed the Compromise of 1850?
John Calhoun
Henry Clay
William Seward
Daniel Webster
Which of the following were part of the Compromise of 1850? Select the THREE correct answers.
Slavery would end in Washington, DC.
The slave trade would end in Washington, DC.
Texas would be admitted to the Union as a slave state.
California would be admitted to the Union as a free state.
Popular sovereignty would decide the issue of slavery in the rest of the Mexican Cession.
What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?
to outlaw the Underground Railroad in the South
to make it easier to catch and return runaway slaves
to outlaw the slave trade and end slavery eventually
to make it a crime to help slaves leave plantations in the South
Which of these actions were illegal under the Fugitive Slave Act? Select the TWO correct answers.
hiding or helping runaway slaves
turning in suspected runaway slaves
runaway slaves testifying on their own behalf
What was the significance of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Northern leaders started supporting the Fugitive Slave Act.
Southern leaders called for additional slave states.
Many of its readers joined the Union army.
Many of its readers became abolitionists.
_________________ wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852, which described the harshness of slavery.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Anthony Burns
James Hamlet
Louisa McCord
In the 1852 presidential election, the Democratic Party selected __________________ as its candidate because he was a northerner who supported the Fugitive Slave Act.
Millard Filmore
John P Hale
Franklin Pierce
Winfield Scott
Why did the Democratic Party choose Franklin Pierce as its candidate in the 1852 presidential election?
He was a pro-slavery northerner.
He opposed the Fugitive Slave Act.
He was an abolitionist southerner.
He served in the Mexican-American War.
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act alter parts of the Missouri Compromise?
States north of 36°30' N latitude would be admitted to the Union as slave states.
Slavery could be allowed into all territories of the Louisiana Purchase now.
States south of 36°30' N latitude would be admitted to the Union as free states.
Slavery could be allowed into all territories of the Mexican Cession now.
In proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Stephen Douglas wanted to use the governmental principle of ____________________ to determine if slavery would be allowed in the new territories.
Checks and Balances
Popular Sovereignty
Republicanism
Separation of Powers
Which of the following describes “Bleeding Kansas”?
The fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.
The voting of pro-slavery Missouri citizens in the Kansas territorial election.
The fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery senators in Congress over Kansas.
The elections of rival pro-slavery and anti-slavery territorial governments in Kansas.
In 1856 in Kansas, ______________________ and his sons attacked pro-slavery settlers in Pottawatomie Creek in response to the attack on Lawrence by pro-slavery forces.
John Brown
Preston Brooks
John Doy
Charles Sumner
In response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the ____________________ was formed, made up of people opposed to the spread of slavery west.
American Party
Free-Soil Party
Whig Party
Republican Party
Over what issue did the Republican Party form in 1854?
favoring the spread of slavery west
opposing the spread of slavery west
keeping immigrants out of public office
preventing the admission of new states
Why did Dred Scott believe he should no longer be a slave?
His previous owner was a citizen of a free state.
He lived in free territories for many years.
His owner’s widow was to have freed him.
He lived in a free state.
Which of the following were part of the Dred Scott decision? Select the two correct answers.
African Americans could sue in federal court.
Slave owners could bring slaves into a federal territory.
Congress could not outlaw slavery in federal territories.
The citizens of a state could not vote to leave the Union.
Which of the following was an effect of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Abraham Lincoln won the Senate seat from Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln became a national figure in the Republican Party.
Stephen Douglas won the governorship in Illinois.
Stephen Douglas gained the support of southern Democrats.
During the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858, Abraham Lincoln restated the Republican position against the expansion of slavery, while Stephen Douglas put forth the __________________________ , which maintained his support of popular sovereignty.
Freeport Doctrine
House-Divided Principle
Jonesboro Doctrine
Kansas-Nebraska Principle
Why did John Brown raid the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry?
He planned to help escaped slaves to the North.
He planned to lead a slave rebellion through the South.
He hoped slave owners would free their slaves and abandon their plantations.
He hoped the federal army would come to his assistance and attack slave owners.
John Brown attacked the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, _______________________ , in 1859 to start a slave uprising.
Kentucky
Maryland
Mississippi
Virginia
How did Abraham Lincoln win the presidential election of 1860?
He won a clear majority of the popular vote.
Three other candidates failed to win a majority of the popular vote.
He won over southern voters by promising not to interfere with slavery.
Three other candidates split the slave-state vote and failed to win more than one free state.
In the 1860 presidential election, ____________________ won despite not campaigning in the South and receiving only 40 percent of the popular vote.
John C. Breckinridge
John Bell
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Why did leaders in South Carolina believe that their state had the right to secede from the Union?
They believed that any state that allowed slavery had a right to protect itself from federal interference.
They believed that since each state joined the Union voluntarily, each state could leave the Union voluntarily.
They believed that any state that felt threatened by the federal government could leave the Union at any time.
They believed that since each state had different economies, each state could do what was best for its economy.
On December 20, 1860, ____________________ became the first state to secede from the Union.
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
