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A Divided Nation - Road to the US Civil War

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is one thing in the Compromise of 1850 to make the NORTH happy?

a)

strong fugitive slave law would be passed

b)

California would join the Union as a free state

c)

Uncle Tom's Cabin would be banned

d)

Franklin Pierce would be removed from office

2.

What is one thing in the Compromise of 1850 to make the SOUTH happy?

a)

strong fugitive slave law would be passed

b)

California would join the Union as a free state

c)

Uncle Tom's Cabin would be banned

d)

Franklin Pierce would be removed from office

3.

What is one thing in the Compromise of 1850 to make the NORTH happy?

a)

abolitionists would get an extra vote

b)

the slave trade would end in Washington D.C.

c)

Uncle Tom's Cabin would be banned

d)

Franklin Pierce would be removed from office

4.

What is one thing in the Compromise of 1850 to make the SOUTH happy?

a)

territories from the Mexican Cession would use popular sovereignty to decide on slavery

b)

the slave trade would end in Washington D.C.

c)

Uncle Tom's Cabin would be banned

d)

Franklin Pierce would be removed from office

5.

The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act outlawed helping _ and allowed _ to make arrests in free states or territories.

a)

government officials; abolitionists

b)

runaway slaves; government officials

c)

immigrants; plantation owners

d)

runaway slaves; plantation owners

6.

How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin increase sectionalism for many NORTHERNERS in the United States?

a)

they started voting for Republicans

b)

they became abolitionists

c)

they called for a stronger fugitive slave law

d)

they were persuaded to join the Free Soil Party

7.

How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin increase sectionalism for many SOUTHERNERS in the United States?

a)

they started freeing their slaves

b)

they were offended by the book’s description of slavery

c)

they called for a boycott of the book

d)

they discussed seceding from the Union

8.

How was Franklin Pierce able to defeat Winfield Scott in the 1852 presidential election?

a)

Pierce was a popular governor in the most populous state

b)

Pierce was a war hero and a longtime member of the Senate

c)

Pierce favored restricting slavery to where it already existed

d)

Pierce supported the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act

9.

What was the outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Slavery would be allowed south of the territories

b)

The people living in the territories would decide whether to allow slavery

c)

The people living in the territories would petition Congress for statehood

d)

Statehood would be granted once enough residents moved into the territories

10.

Which of these happened FIRST?

a)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed

b)

Pro-slavery Missouri citizens vote in Kansas elections

c)

Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups starts

d)

Rival anti-slavery and pro-slavery Kansas governments are formed

e)

Stephen Douglas proposes organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in order to build a transcontinental railroad

11.

Which of these happened SECOND?

a)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed

b)

Pro-slavery Missouri citizens vote in Kansas elections

c)

Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups starts

d)

Rival anti-slavery and pro-slavery Kansas governments are formed

e)

Stephen Douglas proposes organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in order to build a transcontinental railroad

12.

Which of these happened THIRD?

a)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed

b)

Pro-slavery Missouri citizens vote in Kansas elections

c)

Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups starts

d)

Rival anti-slavery and pro-slavery Kansas governments are formed

e)

Stephen Douglas proposes organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in order to build a transcontinental railroad

13.

Which of these happened FOURTH?

a)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed

b)

Pro-slavery Missouri citizens vote in Kansas elections

c)

Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups starts

d)

Rival anti-slavery and pro-slavery Kansas governments are formed

e)

Stephen Douglas proposes organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in order to build a transcontinental railroad

14.

Which of these happened FIFTH?

a)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed

b)

Pro-slavery Missouri citizens vote in Kansas elections

c)

Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups starts

d)

Rival anti-slavery and pro-slavery Kansas governments are formed

e)

Stephen Douglas proposes organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in order to build a transcontinental railroad

15.

Which political party formed in opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

American

b)

Democratic

c)

Republican

d)

Whig

16.

How did the Dred Scott decision impact the expansion of slavery?

a)

slavery could exist only where it did already

b)

only the people living in the territory could forbid slavery

c)

Congress could not forbid slavery from federal territories

d)

the president could not allow slavery into newly acquired lands

17.

During the 1858 Senate campaign in Illinois, the two candidates met seven times across Illinois to debate each other and state their views. During these debates, _ stated his opposition to expanding slavery west, while _ stated what became known as the Freeport Doctrine.

a)

Cass; Fremont

b)

Douglas; Lincoln

c)

Lincoln; Douglas

d)

Cass; Taney

e)

Fremont; Taney

18.

Who led the raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in the hopes of starting a slave rebellion?

a)

Brown

b)

Copeland

c)

Lee

d)

Seward

19.

Which candidate in the 1860 Presidential Election was part of the CONSTITUTIONAL UNION party?

a)

John Bell

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

John C. Breckinridge

20.

Which candidate in the 1860 Presidential Election was part of the NORTHERN DEMOCRAT party?

a)

John Bell

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

John C. Breckinridge

21.

Which candidate in the 1860 Presidential Election was part of the SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT party?

a)

John Bell

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

John C. Breckinridge

22.

Which candidate in the 1860 Presidential Election was part of the REPUBLICAN party?

a)

John Bell

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

John C. Breckinridge

23.

Which of these events happened FIRST?

a)

Jefferson Davis is inaugurated

b)

Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated

c)

Abraham Lincoln is elected president

d)

South Carolina and the other states of the lower South secede from the Union

e)

Senator John J. Crittenden proposes amendments protecting slavery where it already exists

24.

Which of these events happened SECOND?

a)

Jefferson Davis is inaugurated

b)

Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated

c)

Abraham Lincoln is elected president

d)

South Carolina and the other states of the lower South secede from the Union

e)

Senator John J. Crittenden proposes amendments protecting slavery where it already exists

25.

Which of these events happened THIRD?

a)

Jefferson Davis is inaugurated

b)

Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated

c)

Abraham Lincoln is elected president

d)

South Carolina and the other states of the lower South secede from the Union

e)

Senator John J. Crittenden proposes amendments protecting slavery where it already exists

26.

Which of these events happened FOURTH?

a)

Jefferson Davis is inaugurated

b)

Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated

c)

Abraham Lincoln is elected president

d)

South Carolina and the other states of the lower South secede from the Union

e)

Senator John J. Crittenden proposes amendments protecting slavery where it already exists

27.

Which of these events happened FIFTH?

a)

Jefferson Davis is inaugurated

b)

Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated

c)

Abraham Lincoln is elected president

d)

South Carolina and the other states of the lower South secede from the Union

e)

Senator John J. Crittenden proposes amendments protecting slavery where it already exists

28.

Which term describes "a period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s?

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Transportation Revolution

c)

The Rhode Island System

d)

The Lowell System

29.

Which area of the country relied most heavily on industry?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Texas

d)

West

30.

Which area of the country's economy relied most heavily on cotton?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Texas

d)

West

31.

Which area of the country was once its own independent country?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Texas

d)

West

32.

Where did the Gold Rush take place?

a)

Washington

b)

Oregon

c)

Texas

d)

California

33.

What did the cotton gin's invention lead to a higher demand of?

a)

factories

b)

enslaved workers

c)

tariffs

d)

steamboats

34.

Which term means poor whites who didn't have enslaved workers, but did have farm land?

a)

plantation owners

b)

yeomen

c)

enslaved workers

d)

free African Americans

35.

Which country emancipated enslaved workers last?

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

United States

d)

Canada

36.

A hardship for enslaved people was _.

a)

being separated from family

b)

being returned to Africa

c)

being emancipated

d)

anti-suffragists

37.

The movement to end slavery was called _.

a)

abolitionism

b)

Second Great Awakening

c)

Suffrage

d)

Integration

e)

Temperance

38.

Which area of the country GREW the most in the 1800s with the growth of industries and transportation options?

a)

urban

b)

rural

c)

suburban

d)

exurban

39.

Which European country had the largest group of immigrants in the 1850s?

a)

Ireland

b)

Great Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

40.

The Underground Railroad was _.

a)

a network of people who helped enslaved people escape

b)

a path dug below homes to escape slavery

c)

subway platforms under the government buildings of the South

d)

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