Social Studies Period 2 Study Guide
- 1.Missouri Compromise:States that Missouri is a ______ state as long as Maine is admitted as a free state.
- A.
Free
- B.
Slave
- C.
Undecided
- D.
None of the above
- 2.What are the coordinates of the Missouri Compromise line?
- A.
32' 34'
- B.
33' 33'
- C.
37' 31'
- D.
36' 30'
- 3.Wilmot Proviso:States that all land taken from Mexico with be ____.
- A.
Free
- B.
Slave
- C.
Decided by pop. sov.
- D.
None of the above
- 4.Popular Sovereignty:The voters from each state____.
- A.
Decide whether to be free or slave
- B.
Decide whether to go to war or not
- C.
Decide whether to be a state or not
- D.
None of the above
- 5.What is the main goal of the Free Soil Party?
- A.
Abolish slavery
- B.
Keep slavery out of the western states
- C.
Make slaves legal in all states
- D.
None of the above
- 6.Check off anything that is a part of the Compromise of 1850
- A.
Admitted California as a free state
- B.
Made New Mexico a state
- C.
Included Kansas-Nebraska act
- D.
Banned slave trade in Washington D.C.
- E.
Included Fugitive Slave Act
- F.
Approved Wilmot Proviso
- G.
Settled border between Nebraska and Texas
- H.
Upholds popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah
- I.
Settled border between Texas and New Mexico
- 7.What would happen if you were found assisting a slave escape?
- A.
You would get fined
- B.
You would go to jail
- C.
You would possibly go to court
- D.
All of the above
- 8.What was Uncle Toms Cabin about?
- A.
An uncle named tom who lived in a cabin
- B.
A man who was part of the underground railroad
- C.
A slave who worked on a plantation
- D.
A slave who lived in a secret cabin
- 9.Which one is NOT part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
- A.
John brown and his sons murdered 5 proslavery activists in their beds
- B.
Nebraska territory was split into two smaller territories; Kansas and Nebraska
- C.
Because of outsider interference, the popular vote permitted Kansas free
- D.
Outsiders not wanting slavery formed a second gov't
- 10.An abolitionist works to____.
- A.
Abolish slavery
- B.
Abolish free states
- C.
Start war
- D.
None of the above
- 11.Frederick Douglass:
- A.
Former slave
- B.
Worked to end slavery
- C.
Considered his education a curse
- D.
All of the above
- E.
None of the above
- 12.What was the underground railroad?
- A.
A railroad underground
- B.
A railroad that slaves followed to freedom
- C.
A series of safe houses for slaves
- D.
A series of safe houses that abolitionist lived in
- 13.Which is NOT true about John Brown?
- A.
Northern abolitionist
- B.
Felt if he armed slaved they would revolt against owners
- C.
He was guilty of treason
- D.
He worked with Rob. E. Lee to arm slaves
- 14.What was the Republican Party stand?
- A.
To abolish slavery
- B.
To stop slavery from spreading and to keep it out of the west
- C.
To make slaves legal in all the states
- D.
To get word out that slavery is wrong
- 15.Election of 1860:Which person was NOT a candidate for president?
- A.
Abe Lincoln
- B.
Frederick Douglass
- C.
John Bell
- D.
John Breckinridge
- 16.Which is NOT true about Fort Sumter?
- A.
There were 87 deaths
- B.
The battle lasted 3 days
- C.
There were no deaths
- D.
Was overcome by the south
- 17.Which is NOT border state?
- A.
Maryland
- B.
Delaware
- C.
Mississippi
- D.
Kentucky
- E.
Missouri
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