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Worksheets8th Grade STAAR Review 4
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 20mins
What is an abolitionist?
One that wants to end slavery
One that wants to expand slavery
One that wants to be a slave
Who was elected President in 1860?
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
John Bell
John Breckinridge
Which compromise outlawed slavery above the 36 30' line in the Louisiana Territory?
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Louisiana Compromise
This law required the return of runaway slaves even in free states and affected free African-Americans as well.
Runaway and Return Act
Underground Railroad Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Southern Slave Act
Which region had an economy primarily based on agriculture and slave labor.
North
South
West
This individual sued his slave owner for his freedom but lost his case as was declared a slave for life.
Frederick Douglass
W.E.B. DuBois
Dred Scott
Hiram Rhodes Revels
This novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe brought awareness to slavery and helped increase abolition.
The Underground Railroad
The Scarlet Letter
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Which two states were added as a result of a compromise passed in 1820?
Kansas and Nebraska
California and Nebraska
Kansas and Missouri
Missouri and Maine
The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to
end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians
encourage manufacturing in the west
increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections
settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories
Which of the following describes "Bleeding Kansas"?
A violent slave uprising led by Joseph Cinque
Violence in Kansas between proslavery and antislavery settlers prior to the Civil War
The turning point of the Civil War, in which Robert E. Lee's army was routed from Kansas
The devastation caused by a tornado in Kansas in 1854, which killed 55 people
This woman led slaves to safety on the Underground Railroad:
Jane Fonda
Oprah Winfrey
Harriet Tubman
Betsy Ross
What group taught that it was a sin for a human to own another?
Quakers
Native Americans
Politicians
slaves
Match the following political parties with their definition.
Federalist Party
Belief in strong national government, government support of industry (Hamilton/Jefferson)
Democratic-Republicans
Strong state governments, lover taxes, support of agriculture (Jefferson/Madison)
Democratic Party
Modern party began in 1828 (Andrew Jackson/southern)
Whig Party
Group opposed to Jackson's policies. Supported States rights (Henry Clay)
Republican Party
Formed before Civil War. Anti-Slavery Party (Abraham Lincoln)
Match the following Supreme Court Cases
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Supreme Court can review all laws made by congress. Judicial Review
Worchester v. Georgia
Cherokee Nation Sued Georgia to keep their lands and won. Removed by Jackson anyway
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
State cannot tax a national bank, increased power of national government
Gibbons v. Ogden
said federal government had the power to regulate trade between states.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
said African- Americans were not citizens of the US & Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
