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Jack Sassa Chapters 18-19

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The doctrine that stated that people of a territory should determine the status of slavery

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

popular sovereignty

c)

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

2.

An organization that opposed the extension of slavery to westward territories.

a)

Anti-Slavery Committee

b)

Free Territory party

c)

West Coast Committee

d)

Free Soil party

3.

An event that attracted tens of thousands to the Golden state, starting in early 1848.

a)

California gold rush

b)

Great Migration

c)

The golden rush

d)

California gold run

4.

What was the Underground Railroad?

a)

A chain of stations through which slave catchers were assisted in capturing runaways.

b)

A network of railroads that ran from the east coast to the west coast.

c)

A chain of stations through which runaway slaves were assisted in their escape to Canada.

d)

An anti-slavery political party.

5.

Who gave the famed Seventh of March speech of 1850?

a)

Daniel Webster

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

John C. Calhoun

6.

This president suddenly died in 1850 of cholera.

a)

Jackson

b)

Adams

c)

Taylor

d)

Fillmore

7.

This president took office after the unexpected death of Taylor.

a)

Fillmore

b)

Jackson

c)

Pierce

d)

Johnson

8.

This enactment amended the Fugitive Slave Act and abolished the slave trade in D.C.

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Compromise of 1807

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Slavery Removal Act

9.

The Fugitive Slave Law declared that...

a)

A slave that has escaped to a free state will remain free

b)

A fugitive slave would have their toes cut off

c)

Escaped slaves would be imprisoned and possibly hung

d)

A slave must be returned to their owner, regardless of the state they were in

10.

The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty was signed between which two countries?

a)

Britain and U.S.

b)

Spain and U.S.

c)

France and U.S.

d)

Britain and France

11.

In the Ostend manifesto, the U.S. purchased which country?

a)

The Bahamas

b)

Cuba

c)

Mexico

d)

Puerto Rico

12.

Where was the Ostend Manifesto signed?

a)

Belgium

b)

Cuba

c)

U.S.

d)

France

13.

The Opium War took place between which two countries?

a)

Spain and France

b)

U.S. and China

c)

U.S. and Spian

d)

Britain and China

14.

The first formal diplomatic agreement between the U.S. and China.

a)

The treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation

b)

The Treaty of Wanghia

c)

Mutual Defense Treaty

d)

The Treaty of Beijing

15.

What did the Treaty of Kanagawa provide?

a)

Proper treatment of shipwrecked sailors in Japan

b)

Terms trading between the U.S. and Japan

c)

An alliance between the U.S. and Japan

d)

An alliance between the U.S. and China

16.

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.

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Adams-Onís Treaty

c)

Gadsden Purchase

d)

Mexican Purchase

17.

How much did the Gadsden Purchase cost?

a)

$10 million

b)

$20 million

c)

$50 million

d)

$100 million

18.

This act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.

a)

Repealing Act

b)

Indian Removal Act

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

19.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to a violent uprising known as...

a)

Dying Kansas

b)

Bleeding Kansas

c)

The Reign of Terror

d)

Bleeding Nebraska

20.

Who wrote the renowned novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Henry David Thoreau

d)

Walt Whitman

21.

How did Uncle Tom's Cabin portray slavery?

a)

Positively: It showcased the benefits of slavery

b)

Negatively: It shed light on the brutality of slavery

c)

Neutral: It did not portray slavery as positive or negative

22.

A white man from North Carolina who hated both slavery and blacks, responsible for writing The Impending Crisis of the South.

a)

Washington Irving

b)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

c)

Hinton R. Helper

d)

Herman Melville

23.

A well-known antislavery organization that sent about two thousand people to the troubled area of Kansas.

a)

American Abolitionist Society

b)

New England Emigrant Aid Company

c)

African Anti-Slavery Society

d)

American Anti-Slavery Society

24.

The Lecompton constitution was...

a)

Pro-slavery

b)

Anti-slavery

25.

This Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans, free or enslaved, could not be declared an American citizen

a)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

McCulloch v. Maryland

26.

What caused the Panic of 1857?

a)

The abolitionist movements that sweeped the nation

b)

Westward expansion

c)

Europe's declining purchase of U.S. agricultural products

d)

The Industrial Revolution

27.

The Tariff of 1857 ____ taxes in the U.S.

a)

raised

b)

reduced

28.

The Lincoln-Douglas debates did what?

a)

Propelled Lincoln's career and stifled Douglas'

b)

Propelled Douglas' career and stifled Lincoln's

c)

Propelled both of their careers

d)

Stifled both of their careers

29.

The Freeport Doctrine was created by Abraham Lincoln.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

John Brown led twenty men to Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859 and seized the federal arsenal

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The Constitutional Union Party was made up of conservative Whigs who wanted to avoid disunion over the issue of slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Lincoln won the Election of 1860 almost unanimously, taking in nearly 90% of the votes.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The Crittenden amendments were designed to appease the North and put many restrictions on slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Before becoming president, Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

The Confederate States of America consisted of 11 states

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Who did Lincoln appoint as his Secretary of State?

a)

Salmon P. Chase

b)

William H. Seward

38.

William H Seward managed international affairs during the Civil War and negotiated the 1867 purchase of Alaska.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

The Emancipation Proclamation ended all slavery in the U.S.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Abraham Lincoln served a full two terms as president.

a)

True

b)

False