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WorksheetsLesson 23 A Dividing Nation Review Questions
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than states with slavery?
losing respect
losing tax revenue
losing voting power
losing future elections
What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?
It temporarily ended the slavery debate
It required Southern states to pay higher taxes.
It led to the South seceding from the Union
It upset the balance of states with slavery and free states in the Union
What was the significance of the 36˚30´ parallel?
It separated the North from the South
It indicated the northern border of Missouri
It showed the borders of the United States
It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned
According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area would slavery banned?
Southern states
Northern states
Louisiana Territory
land acquired from Mexico
Events & Acts: an agreement made by Congress in 1820, Missouri was admitted to the U.S. as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state
Missouri Compromise
"Gag Rule"
Wilmont Proviso
Compromise of 1850
Events & Acts: Congress voted in 1836 to prevent all debate about slavery
Missouri Compromise
"Gag Rule"
Wilmont Proviso
Compromise of 1850
Events & Acts: a proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the U.S. as a result of the Mexican-American War
Missouri Compromise
"Gag Rule"
Wilmont Proviso
Compromise of 1850
People: creator of the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
David Wilmot
Daniel Webster
Charles Sumner
People: Pennsylvania Representative; proposed banning slavery in land gained in the Mexican Cession
Henry Clay
David Wilmot
Daniel Webster
Charles Sumner
In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?
It created new taxes for railroad construction
It provided an end to the trade of enslaved people in the South
It included a law requiring the return of escaped enslaved people
It required the Underground Railway to be disbanded
Which two people worked together to balance the interests of the North and the South with regard to slavery?
Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
James Polk and John Quincy Adams
Nat Turner and John Brown
Charles Sumner and Stephen A. Douglas
All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except
many enslaved people moved to Canada
Northerners refused to obey the law
People who caught fugitives from slavery were driven back to the South
plantation owners did not want returned enslaved people
What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
It caused enslaved people to revolt in Kentucky
It turned many more people against slavery
Congress agreed that slavery should be abolished
The South became more resolved to secede from the Union
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?
It changed the borders of Missouri
It required that all of Missouri be free
It allowed slavery in new Northern territories
It established new interstate trade rules
Which of these was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It led to a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas
It settled the slavery issue in Nebraska
It calmed the country's dispute over slavery
It required that the new territories would be free states
Events & Acts: an agreement made in order to admit California as a free state: allowed New Mexico & Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, outlawed the slave trade in Washington D.C., and created a stronger fugitive slave law
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Events & Acts: required that all escaped slaves, when captured, be returned to the owner
Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Events & Acts: novel published in 1852, made millions of people in the North aware of the cruelties of slavery
Wilmot Proviso
John Brown's Raid
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Gag Rule
Events & Acts: an act passed in 1854 that created the Kansas & Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to detrmine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Wilmot Proviso
People: creator of the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Charles Sumner
People: author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Charles Sumner
People: Massachusetts Senator; helped Henry Clay pass the Compromise of 1850 in Congress
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Charles Sumner
People: Senator that was attacked and severely beaten on the Senate floor after he delivered an anti-slavery speech
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Charles Sumner
What was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case?
that slavery diminished the national character
that African American rights were protected by the Constitution
that African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court
that slavery should be abolished by executive order
What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harpers Ferry?
to create a rebellion led by enslaved people that would bring an end to slavery
to bring attention to the conflict between the North and the South
to bring the two sides together to form a new compromise
to create a revolution that would lead to a war between the states
How did the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 impact Lincoln’s political future?
He won the senate race in Illinois
He became known throughout the nation
He was seen as a poor candidate for public office
He felt discouraged and removed himself from politics for a time
Events & Acts: Supreme Court decision in 1857 that ruled that African Americans were not U.S. citizens and could not sue in federal court; also Congress did not have the power to limit slavery
Dred Scott Decision
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
John Brown's Raid
Wilmot Proviso
Events & Acts: series of political debates between Illinois U.S. Senate candidates Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas about the issue of slavery
Dred Scott Decision
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
John Brown's Raid
Wilmot Proviso
Events & Acts: 1859 effort to arm slaves for a rebellion by seizing the federal arsenal of weapons at Harpers Ferry
Dred Scott Decision
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
John Brown's Raid
Wilmot Proviso
People: slave that sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Roger Taney
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Brown
People: Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; issued the Dred Scott decision in 1857
Dred Scott
Roger Taney
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Brown
People: became a national figure after a series of debates about slavery; elected President of the United States in 1860
Dred Scott
Roger Taney
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Brown
People: Abraham Lincoln's opponent in the 1858 Illinois U.S. Senate election
Dred Scott
Roger Taney
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Brown
People: led a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry; wanted to arm slaves for a rebellion that would end slavery
Dred Scott
Roger Taney
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Brown
What was apparent following the presidential election of 1860?
The nation was divided over slavery
Lincoln was popular throughout the nation
There was little support for abolitionists in the North
Southern states were eager to abolish slavery
Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?
the election of Abraham Lincoln
South Carolina's shelling of Fort Sumter
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
Preston Brooks's attack on Charles Sumner
Events & Acts: Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election even tough he wasn't on the ballot in 10 Southern states
Election of 1860
Fort Sumter
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
John Brown's Raid
Events & Acts: Confederate troops fired on the fort in Charleston, SC, marking the beginning of the Civil War
Election of 1860
Fort Sumter
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
John Brown's Raid
