WorksheetsPre-Civil War
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
Michigan
b)
California
c)
Utah
d)
New Mexico
2.
What is popular sovereignty?
a)
Where sovereignty is left to the people to decide
b)
Where sovereignty is left to the government to decide
3.
How many free states were there after the Compromise of 1850?
a)
14
b)
15
c)
16
d)
17
4.
Where was the safest place for a runaway slaves to go after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850?
a)
New York
b)
Canada
c)
Virginia
d)
Georgia
5.
What book helped spread awareness about the treatment of slaves?
a)
The Emancipation of Slaves
b)
The Fight For Freedom
c)
Join, or Die
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
6.
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Francis Scott Key
d)
Rosa Parks
7.
This law (act) opened the Kansas and Nebraska territory to being possible slave states
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Fugitive Slave Act
8.
This was a mini-Civil War fought in the Kansas territory between pro-slavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers.
a)
Battle of Kansas
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Battle of Missouri
d)
Kansas Massacre
9.
What did Dred Scott argue in the Scott v. Sandford case?
a)
He was free because he was now a slaveholder
b)
He was free because he had lived in free states
c)
He should not have been captured because he was a fugitive
d)
He should get his property back through due process
10.
(Please select three correct answers) In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves...
a)
were NOT citizens of the U.S.
b)
had NO right to sue in court.
c)
were considered to be the property of their owner.
d)
should all be freed immediately.
100 %
