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WorksheetsCivil War Compromises
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 20mins
When did the Missouri Compromise take place?
two correct answers
about 200 years ago
about 175 years ago
198 years ago
15 years ago
What did the three compromises mainly address?
A balance within the North and South/ free state vs slave state
The gaining of new states
How people choose for themselves at free will
What state was confirmed to be a free state after the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri
Maine
Tenesse
Virginia
What sparked the Civil War more?
the national debate on slavery, state rights, and sectionalism
Popular Sovereignty
the other compromises
How did the United States acquire most of the present-day American Southwest?
After the previous compromise
The revolutionary war
After the Mexican War / Mexican Cession
The war of 1914
When was the Missouri Compromise Drafted?
1855
1820
1861
1806
Close reading the map, with the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
Missouri
Maine
Kentucky
Ohio
Close reading the map, The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states. North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned.
permitted
prohibited or not allowed
sometimes prohibited
cheap
Close reading the map, The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states. South of the line slavery was _________.
prohibited
permitted or allowed
never allowed
expensive
Close reading the map, where was the Missouri Compromise line?
36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
California
Maine
Missouri
Texas
What did the Compromise of 1850 say about slavery in other territories (besides California) that were acquired by the U.S. in the Mexican Cession?
Popular sovereignty would determine whether or not the territories would allow slavery.
They would automatically become slave states.
Slavery was banned.
All of the above.
The Fugitive Slave Act...
increased Underground Railroad Activity.
led to resistance in the North.
angered abolitionists.
All of the above
What is popular sovereignty?
Where sovereignty is left to the government to decide
Where sovereignty is left to the people to decide
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
What year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?
1851
1853
1854
1856
The nickname "Bleeding Kansas" came from
The beautiful red colored waterfalls in Kansas
The fact that Kansas had the worst doctors in the 1800s
All of the violence and bloodshed in Kansas that resulted from the Kansas-Nebraska Act
All the money that was being lost in Kansas due to the Gold Rush
Which issue brought about the need for a compromise measure in 1850?
the application of California for statehood as a free state
The outbreak of violence in the Kansas Territory
The need for a new Oregon Treaty
The dispute over the California Gold Rush
According to the Compromise of 1850, which two territories were allowed to decide for themselves on the issue of allowing or banning slavery by popular sovereignty?
Utah and New Mexico
California and Oregon
Oklahoma and Texas
Michigan and Ohio
Many people believe that the American Civil War of 1861-1865, also know as the War Between the States and the War of Northern Aggression, was fought over slavery. The question of slavery became a key issue as the war continued. But the American Civil War was fought over states' rights. State representatives in the US Congress would not compromise on the distribution of power in government, what rights states had to govern themselves.
States in the South wanted strong state governments. They did not want Congress telling them what to do. They wanted individual states to have the right to decide major issues for themselves. One of the rights the Southern states wanted was the right to own slaves.
States in the North wanted a strong central government. They wanted Congress to decide major issues. They wanted individual states to obey any laws created by Congress, even if those laws were in conflict with laws created by individual states, including state laws that had to do with slavery.
By 1861, the Union (northern states) and the Confederacy (southern states) were at war over the issue of states' rights.
What was the main cause of the conflict that led to the American Civil War?
Economic disparities
Slavery
Religious differences
Territorial disputes
Was the American Civil War fought over states' rights or slavery?
States' rights
Slavery
Economic reasons
Territorial expansion
What issue became key as the war continued?
Economic policies
Foreign relations
Slavery
Infrastructure development
What was the name of the compromise that created the imaginary line on the map that separated slavery in the North and South?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
Click on the area organized by the Missouri Compromise.
