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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Missouri Compromise tried to maintain the balance between slave states and free states.
True
False
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of these were punishments for breaking the Fugitive Slave Law?
$1000 fine
6 months in prison
12 months in prison
death
- 3. Match
Match the words with the correct definition.
popular sovereignty
a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest
compromise
the idea that the people in a territory should vote to allow slavery
fugitive
an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
debate
to formally discuss an issue
civil war
a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who was a violent opponent of slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
John C Calhoun
- 5. Multiple Choice
What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
admission of Illinois to the Union
economic issues
slavery
war with Mexico
- 6. Multiple Choice
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that
slaves could never become citizens
Dred Scott must be freed
black people were property
human beings were not property
- 7. Drop Down
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dred Scott v Sanford said that slavery could not be banned because the (a) protects people's property.
5th Amendment6th Amendment10th Amendment4th Amendment - 8. Multiple Choice
Which of these introduced the idea of popular sovereignty?
“Bleeding Kansas”
John Brown
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 9. Drop Down
(a) was the first state to vote to secede from the Union.
South CarolinaGeorgiaNew YorkTennessee - 10. Drop Down
Even though his name was not on the ballot in most Southern states, (a) won the election of 1860.
Abraham LincolnJohn BellStephen DouglasJohn Breckenridge - 11. Multiple Choice
Why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?
His owner had taken him to live in a free state
His owner said it was okay
He was born free
He bought his freedom
- 12. Drag and Drop
(a) planned to raid (b) in order to capture the federal (c) to arm slaves and start a (d) .
John BrownHarpers Ferry, VAarsenalrebellionStephen DouglasCharleston, SCbankrailroad - 13. Labeling
Label the Union and the Confederacy.
answer choicesUnionConfederacy - 14. Multiple Choice
How many states eventually joined the Confederacy?
10
11
24
15
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