WorksheetsThe Road to The Civil War
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 both dealt with what controversy?
Ending the Mexican American War
The expansion of slavery in western territory
The power of Congress to allow or outlaw slavery
The admittance of Maine as a free state.
What issue led Northern Democrats and Whigs to create the Republican Party?
The secession of southern states.
The Dred Scott decision.
Support for the expansion of slavery.
Support against the expansion of Slavery.
What were the results of the Missouri Compromise? Select all that apply.
Missouri was admitted as a slave state
The Fugitive Slave Law was Weakened
Slavery was prohibited north of the Missouri Compromise line (except Missouri)
Maine was admitted as a free state
What event led to the formation of the Republican Party?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Missouri Compromise
The Dred Scott Decision
The Compromise of 1850
Southerners argued that popular sovereignty should settle the issue of slavery in new territories. What is popular sovereignty?
Absolute Congressional power
Presidential Authority
Authority through the consent of voters
Authority through judicial decision
The period before the Civil War was marked by great sectionalism. What is sectionalism?
Interests restricted to specific regions with disregard for overall well-being
A feeling of political unanimity
Fears regarding economic unrest
The inability to communicate effectively
Select all that apply. The Dred Scott Decision held that:
Black Americans were not U.S. citizens
Congress had no right to restrict slavery in territories
The fugitive slave act was unconstitutional
Congress had no right to restrict the property rights of slaveowners
What was a result of allowing popular sovereignty to settle the issue of slavery in Kansas Territory? Select all that apply.
Native Americans were massacred as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
People rushed in from North and South to stuff ballot boxes.
The transcontinental railroad took a southerly route.
Conflict between anti-slavery and pro-slavery factions led to violence
Why did Abraham Lincoln call Uncle Tom's Cabin the book that started the Civil War?
The book supported slavery, deepening North and South divisions.
The book provided an argument against the Dred Scott case.
The book helped stir more widespread antislavery feelings.
The book argued that the Kansas-Nebraska Act was wrong.
The expansion of slavery westward and the admittance of new states led to what concern?
The ability of the Supreme Court to remain objective
Congress could become too large.
An imbalance of slave and free states in Congress.
California was too isolated.
