WorksheetsChapter 10 The Union in Peril
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The Wilmot Proviso was favored by
the South.
the North.
the North and the South.
California alone.
Members of the Know-Nothing Party were known for all of the following except their
use of passwords.
use of secret handshakes.
support of the rights of immigrants.
belief in Nativism.
The Dred Scott decision did all of the following except
please Southerners.
rule that slaves did not have rights.
declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
guarantee that slavery would not be allowed in future states.
The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union is known as
confederacy.
compromise.
secession.
popular sovereignty.
The Compromise of 1850 was supported by
Clay and Calhoun.
Clay and Webster.
Calhoun and Webster but not Clay.
Clay, Calhoun, and Webster.
One of the most active conductors on the Underground Railroad was
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Harriet Tubman.
Horace Greeley.
Abraham Lincoln.
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by
Horace Greeley.
John Brown.
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Charlotte Forten.
The Confederacy included all of the following states except
Maryland.
Texas.
Alabama.
South Carolina.
One of the founders of the Republican Party was
Franklin Pierce.
Horace Greeley.
James Buchanan.
Millard Fillmore.
The topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was
the Missouri Compromise.
secession.
the Wilmot Proviso.
slavery in the territories.
What was one effect of John Brown's actions at Harpers Ferry?
an increase in tensions between the North and the South
a brief period of national unity
the end of the abolitionist movement
an embarrassing defeat for Robert E. Lee.
What was Henry Clay's primary purpose in offering the Compromise of 1850?
to avoid a civil war over the issue of slavery
to eliminate the practice of popular sovereignty
to provide stricter penalties for those who harbored fugitive slaves
to ensure that New Mexico and Utah would enter the Union as free states
What was a result of passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
several years of peace on the issue of slavery
the end of the political career of Stephen Douglas
popular sovereignty for Kansas and Nebraska
a reaffirmation of the Missouri Compromise
Which view best summarizes Lincoln's position on slavery in 1858?
Slavery is not immoral but each state should decide what to do on the issue.
Slavery should be accepted because it is necessary for the nation's economic health.
Slavery should be abolished in the United States because it is immoral.
Slavery should not spread because it is morally and politically wrong.
What words best describe John Brown?
articulate and compromising
proslavery and compromising
antislavery and violent
self-educated and dry-witted
