WorksheetsJack Sassa Chapters 18-19
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The doctrine that stated that people of a territory should determine the status of slavery
Compromise of 1850
popular sovereignty
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Kansas-Nebraska Act
An organization that opposed the extension of slavery to westward territories.
Anti-Slavery Committee
Free Territory party
West Coast Committee
Free Soil party
An event that attracted tens of thousands to the Golden state, starting in early 1848.
California gold rush
Great Migration
The golden rush
California gold run
What was the Underground Railroad?
A chain of stations through which slave catchers were assisted in capturing runaways.
A network of railroads that ran from the east coast to the west coast.
A chain of stations through which runaway slaves were assisted in their escape to Canada.
An anti-slavery political party.
Who gave the famed Seventh of March speech of 1850?
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Frederick Douglass
John C. Calhoun
This president suddenly died in 1850 of cholera.
Jackson
Adams
Taylor
Fillmore
This president took office after the unexpected death of Taylor.
Fillmore
Jackson
Pierce
Johnson
This enactment amended the Fugitive Slave Act and abolished the slave trade in D.C.
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1807
Compromise of 1850
Slavery Removal Act
The Fugitive Slave Law declared that...
A slave that has escaped to a free state will remain free
A fugitive slave would have their toes cut off
Escaped slaves would be imprisoned and possibly hung
A slave must be returned to their owner, regardless of the state they were in
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty was signed between which two countries?
Britain and U.S.
Spain and U.S.
France and U.S.
Britain and France
In the Ostend manifesto, the U.S. purchased which country?
The Bahamas
Cuba
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Where was the Ostend Manifesto signed?
Belgium
Cuba
U.S.
France
The Opium War took place between which two countries?
Spain and France
U.S. and China
U.S. and Spian
Britain and China
The first formal diplomatic agreement between the U.S. and China.
The treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation
The Treaty of Wanghia
Mutual Defense Treaty
The Treaty of Beijing
What did the Treaty of Kanagawa provide?
Proper treatment of shipwrecked sailors in Japan
Terms trading between the U.S. and Japan
An alliance between the U.S. and Japan
An alliance between the U.S. and China
An agreement in which the U.S. paid Mexico in exchange for a portion of land that would later become a part of Arizona and New Mexico.
Louisiana Purchase
Adams-Onís Treaty
Gadsden Purchase
Mexican Purchase
How much did the Gadsden Purchase cost?
$10 million
$20 million
$50 million
$100 million
This act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.
Repealing Act
Indian Removal Act
Monroe Doctrine
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to a violent uprising known as...
Dying Kansas
Bleeding Kansas
The Reign of Terror
Bleeding Nebraska
Who wrote the renowned novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Thomas Paine
Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman
How did Uncle Tom's Cabin portray slavery?
Positively: It showcased the benefits of slavery
Negatively: It shed light on the brutality of slavery
Neutral: It did not portray slavery as positive or negative
A white man from North Carolina who hated both slavery and blacks, responsible for writing The Impending Crisis of the South.
Washington Irving
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hinton R. Helper
Herman Melville
A well-known antislavery organization that sent about two thousand people to the troubled area of Kansas.
American Abolitionist Society
New England Emigrant Aid Company
African Anti-Slavery Society
American Anti-Slavery Society
The Lecompton constitution was...
Pro-slavery
Anti-slavery
This Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans, free or enslaved, could not be declared an American citizen
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board of Education
McCulloch v. Maryland
What caused the Panic of 1857?
The abolitionist movements that sweeped the nation
Westward expansion
Europe's declining purchase of U.S. agricultural products
The Industrial Revolution
The Tariff of 1857 ____ taxes in the U.S.
raised
reduced
The Lincoln-Douglas debates did what?
Propelled Lincoln's career and stifled Douglas'
Propelled Douglas' career and stifled Lincoln's
Propelled both of their careers
Stifled both of their careers
The Freeport Doctrine was created by Abraham Lincoln.
True
False
John Brown led twenty men to Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859 and seized the federal arsenal
True
False
The Constitutional Union Party was made up of conservative Whigs who wanted to avoid disunion over the issue of slavery.
True
False
Lincoln won the Election of 1860 almost unanimously, taking in nearly 90% of the votes.
True
False
The Crittenden amendments were designed to appease the North and put many restrictions on slavery.
True
False
Before becoming president, Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer.
True
False
The Confederate States of America consisted of 11 states
True
False
Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America
True
False
Who did Lincoln appoint as his Secretary of State?
Salmon P. Chase
William H. Seward
William H Seward managed international affairs during the Civil War and negotiated the 1867 purchase of Alaska.
True
False
The Emancipation Proclamation ended all slavery in the U.S.
True
False
Abraham Lincoln served a full two terms as president.
True
False
