NEW
Font size
Worksheets7B Review (21-22)
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 43mins
What part of the Compromise of 1850 and made it a crime to help runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Criminal Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
California-Maine Act
Which issue brought about the need for a compromise measure in 1850?
the application of California for statehood as a free state
The outbreak of violence in the Kansas Territory
The need for a new Oregon Treaty
The dispute over the California Gold Rush
What part of the Compromise of 1850 caused the most conflict between the North and the South?
Fugitive Slave Act
Balance of power in Congress
That California was entered as a slave state
That Oregon became a slave state.
Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
California
Maine
Missouri
Texas
In 1850, _______ with its' large population as a result of the Gold Rush, applied for statehood.
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Utah
Which of the following individuals was a former slave who published a newspaper titled “The North Star” which spoke about the evils of slavery?
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Tubman
How did the Underground Railroad help slaves to escape to freedom?
A train took slaves north to Canada
Slaves were able to hide in box cars and head out west
Conductors on trains led slaves to free land
It was a series of paths, safe houses, and secret hiding places that helped the slaves escape.
Abolitionists believed slavery ___.
was morally wrong
was great for us
Would stay here forever
would eventually fade out
A series of hiding places where those who were escaping slavery traveled.
conductor
suffrage
abolition
underground railroad
How did Elihu Embree impact the abolitionist movement?
He helped gain support by newspaper publication
He raided Harpers Ferry
He advocated for women's suffrage
He started a religious revival
What book enflamed tensions between the North and South over the issue of slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Bible
One flew over the Cuckoos nest
Common Sense
Who published the anti-slavery newspaper "The North Star"?
Frederick Douglass
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to
end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians
encourage manufacturing in the west
increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections
settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories
What is popular sovereignty?
Where sovereignty is left to the government to decide
Where sovereignty is left to the people to decide
Which of the following describes "Bleeding Kansas"?
A violent slave uprising led by Joseph Cinque
Violence in Kansas between proslavery and antislavery settlers prior to the Civil War
The turning point of the Civil War, in which Robert E. Lee's army was routed from Kansas
The devastation caused by a tornado in Kansas in 1854, which killed 55 people
How did each of the acts in the box above impact the slavery issue within the United States?
Each act left the decision to spread slavery to the individual states.
Each act attempted to reduce conflict between slave and free states.
Each act limited slavery to places where it already existed.
Each act kept a strict balance between slave and free states.
What event ultimatley caused Senator Sumners to be caned in Congress?
Bleeding Kansas
Dred Scott Case
Compromise of 1850
Marbury v. Madison
Who wanted states to decide the issue of slavery using popular sovereignty?
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglas
Which event led to the rise of the Republican Party?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Gadsden Purchase
What event led to "Bleeding Kansas"?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Mexican Cession
Which Act (law) repealed the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
Why were Northerners upset about the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?
They were angered because the decision could extend slavery into western territories.
They did not want to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act
They considered Dred Scott to be a slave and did not want him to be free.
The SCOTUS ruled that Dred Scott was a U.S. citizen.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Dred Scott case was
Roger B. Taney.
John Marshall.
Neil Gorsuch.
Antonin Scalia.
What did the Supreme Court rule (decide) in the Dred Scott case?
Dred Scott was given his freedom
Slavery was outlawed
African Americans are not citizens
Who would have viewed John Brown as a hero?
Abolitionist
Slave owners
Government officials
small family farmers in the south
Who led the failed raid on Harpers Ferry Virginia?
John Brown
Elihu Embree
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
According to the text what was Abraham Lincolns' goal?
To keep the Union together
To abolish slavery completely
To keep all slaves
To win the election at all costs
What was John Brown's main goal in life?
To free the slaves
to start a Civil War
to spread slavery
to establish popular sovereignty
