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Expansion and Division of the Nation

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Senator Henry Clay proposed the ______________ Compromise of 1820 to keep a balance between free and slave states.

a)

Texas

b)

Arkansas

c)

Missouri

d)

Kansas-Nebraska

2.

What set the slave line at the 36°30° parallel?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

The Great Compromise

c)

3/5 Compromise

d)

Missouri Compromise

3.

What states were added because of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

California

b)

Missouri

c)

Kansas

d)

Nebraska

e)

Maine

4.

Who was known as the "Great Compromiser"?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

John Quincy Adams

5.

Henry Clay devised a plan that would deal with slavery issues, border disputes, and fugitive slaves. What was this plan called?

a)

Great

Compromise

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

3/5 Compromise

6.

What were the main points of the Compromise of 1850? Choose 4.

a)

California would join as a free state

b)

The Fugitive Slave Act passed

c)

Utah & New Mexico's citizens would choose whether they would allow slavery

d)

Slavery would continue in Washington D.C. but not slave trade

e)

The U.S. would purchase 30,000 square miles from Mexico to finish out the southern border

7.

This law demanded that runaway slaves be returned to the South and that anyone who helped a slave escape would be punished.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Slave Codes

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

8.

This author was even more committed to ending slavery after the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. What was her name?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Susan B. Anthony

e)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

9.

What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write that shook the nation about the horrors of slavery?

a)

Twelve Years a Slave

b)

American Slavery, American Freedom

c)

Uncle Toms Cabin

d)

The Liberator

e)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

10.

30 years after the MO Compromise, the question about the growth of slavery into new territories re-emerged after the...

a)

Revolutionary War.

b)

War of 1812.

c)

Mexican War.

d)

Civil War.

11.

In 1850, _______ with its' large population as a result of the Gold Rush, applied for statehood.

a)

Arizona

b)

California

c)

New Mexico

d)

Utah

12.

The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...

a)

Washington, DC

b)

Richmond

c)

New Orleans

d)

Charleston

13.

The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.

a)

Arizona

b)

California

c)

New Mexico

d)

Utah

14.

What did the Compromise of 1850 say about the other territories acquired by the US from Mexico?

a)

The people would decide whether they wanted slavery.

b)

They would automatically become slave states.

c)

Slavery was banned.

d)

All of the above.

15.

The Compromise of 1850 included a new and tougher...

a)

Freedom Act.

b)

Emancipation Act.

c)

Slaveowners Act.

d)

Fugitive Slave Act.

16.

Which was not true of the new Fugitive Slave Act?

a)

Required policemen to arrest suspected runaways.

b)

Punished those aiding runaway slaves with prison and a large fine.

c)

Popular in the North.

d)

Kept suspected slaves from testifying on their own behalf.

17.
What Territory is label H
a)
Gadsden Purchase
b)
Mexican Cession
c)
Florida
d)
Treaty of Paris 1873
18.

The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

a)

end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians

b)

encourage manufacturing in the west

c)

increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

d)

settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

19.
This law (act) opened the Kansas and Nebraska territory to being possible slave states 
a)
Fugitive Slave Act 
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Missouri Compromise 
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act 
20.

What is popular sovereignty?

a)

Where sovereignty is left to the government to decide

b)

Where sovereignty is left to the people to decide

21.

Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory

b)

Residents could vote on the issue of slavery

c)

Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

d)

Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

22.

Which of the following describes "Bleeding Kansas"?

a)

A violent slave uprising led by Joseph Cinque

b)

Violence in Kansas between proslavery and antislavery settlers prior to the Civil War

c)

The turning point of the Civil War, in which Robert E. Lee's army was routed from Kansas

d)

The devastation caused by a tornado in Kansas in 1854, which killed 55 people

23.

Why did John Brown raid Harper's Ferry?

a)

to start a widespread slave revolt

b)

to guarantee that Kansas would be a free state

c)

to rescue a fugitive slave from prison

d)

to kidnap the mayor and hold him for ransom

24.

The Republican Party was formed in 1854 because of what issue?

a)

a fear of the growing influence of the Catholic church

b)

a fear of federal power over states' rights

c)

opposition to slavery in the new territories

d)

support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act

25.

What violent situation took place in Congress in the 1850s as a reaction to the issue of slavery?

a)

the animosity that developed between Lincoln and Douglas in their debates

b)

the debate between John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster over the nature of the Union

c)

Preston Brooks' caning of Charles Sumner who gave a fiery speech in the Senate

d)

secessionist Yancy's attack on Seward for delivering his "higher law" speech

26.

Which of these was NOT included in the Supreme Court's ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

a)

Slaves were considered property and could not sue in court.

b)

It was unconstitutional to ban slavery in the United States.

c)

Slave owners could be punished for abusing their slaves.

d)

Slaves were not citizens of the United States.

27.

What impact did the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision have on the nation?

a)

It upheld the Missouri Compromise, settling the question of slavery in new territories.

b)

It prevented the government from giving away free land, slowing the settlement of the West.

c)

It struck down the idea of citizenship for Native Americans, ending their fight to win voting rights.

d)

It further complicated the issue of slavery, increasing sectional tensions between the North and South.

28.

For which office were Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas running in 1858?

a)

Mayor

b)

Governor

c)

Senator

d)

President

29.

The idea of manifest destiny was used to

a)

segregate schools

b)

repeal the Homestead Act

c)

support westward expansion

d)

end slavery in the west

30.

In the late 1840's many people moved to California to

a)

build sod houses

b)

look for gold

c)

fight native americans

d)

trade with Europe

31.

Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

32.
Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to
a)
obey the Book of Mormon
b)
prosper in the fur trade
c)
seek out religious freedom
d)
gold
33.
The territory the U.S. acquired in 1846 that settled a boundary dispute at the 49th parallel with Britain identified in the picture? 
a)
Florida Purchase
b)
Thirteen Colonies
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon County
34.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny 
b)
Monroe Doctrine 
c)
Great Awakening 
d)
Louisiana Purchase
35.

In 1846, war broke out between the United States and Mexico. What was the main cause of this war?

a)

a dispute over the number of settlers in the Oregon Territory

b)

issues arising over the boundaries of Texas (border dispute)

c)

the discovery of gold in California

d)

the relocation of American Indians from the Southeast

36.

What was the main reason Chinese immigrants came to America?

a)

to experience the wagon trail

b)

to search for Gold in California

c)

to help America fight Mexico