WorksheetsSocial & Political issues in the Antebellum South
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 11mins
What effect did England's recession have on the United States?
England relied on the U.S. for more goods.
An increase in tariffs on U.S. goods
England stopped loaning money to the U.S.
Which was NOT an effect of inflation?
Money decreased in value
Prices decreased
Prices increased
People tried to withdraw money from the banks.
Banks had issued too many loans and did not have enough money for people to withdraw, as a result, _______banks closed.
600
1100
800
1700
Which did NOT happen as a result of the Panic of 1837?
wages were reduced
businesses went bankrupt
banks became more stable
people lost their jobs
Who was NOT in favor of slavery being decided by popular sovereignty?
Sen. Lewis Cass
Rep. David Wilmot
Sen. Stephen Douglas
A proposed a document that stated, “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the territory.”
Compromise of 1820
Wilmot Proviso
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Anti-slavery Northerners created this new party to support the Wilmot Proviso.
Whigs
Democratic
Free Soil
Republican
Nicknamed the "Great Compromiser", he wrote the Compromise of 1850.
Henry Clay
Stephen Douglas
Zachary Taylor
Lewis Cass
Which of these was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850?
Fugitive Slave Act
California admitted as a slave state
End of slave trade in Washington, D.C.
Popular sovereignty would determine if new states were slave or free
Which DOES NOT describe the election in Kansas?
8000 people voted in a 3000 person state
a second election was held
36 of 39 representatives were anti-slavery
there were two different governments
Which was NOT an example of the violence associated with "Bleeding Kansas"?
Destruction of buildings in Lawrence
The attack on Congressman Brooks
The attack on Senator Sumner
John Brown's raid
The Supreme Court ruled
in favor of Dred Scott
against Dred Scott
The Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott for which reasons?
Choose ALL correct answers.
Enslaved people were not citizens
Since he was not a citizen, he had no right to a court case.
Declared the Missouri Compromise uncosntitutional
Slave owners could not be deprived of their property
