Modified True/False
Indicate
whether the statement is true or false. If false, change the identified word or phrase to make
the statement true.
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The goal of the new Federalist Party was to stop the spread of slavery into the
western
territories.
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Stephen Douglas took a strong stand against slavery’s expansion in the
Lincoln-Douglas debates.
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Roger B. Taney was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote that Dred
Scott
was not a free man.
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Northerners supported John Brown.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Growing Tensions Over
Slavery, 1820–1850 | 1820 —
Missouri Compromise bans slavery north of 36º30’ N Louisiana
Territory.
Maine is admitted as a free state.
1821 — Missouri is
admitted as a slaveholding state.
1845 — Texas is admitted as a slaveholding state.
1847
— Popular sovereignty is proposed to determine whether slavery should be allowed in each new
territory.
1848 — Free Soil Party forms to support the banning of slavery in all territory
gained in the Mexican-American War.
1848 — Nation is divided between 15 free states and
15 slaveholding states. | |
Use the time chart and your knowledge of social studies to answer
the following questions.
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Why did the admission of California alarm Southerners?
a. | It upset the balance between free and slave states in the Senate. | b. | It gave California
more representatives than other states in Congress. | c. | Southerners feared the slave trade in
California would end. | d. | It overturned the Missouri
Compromise. |
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“Did John Brown fail? He certainly did fail to get out of Harpers Ferry
before being beaten down by United States soldiers; he did fail to save his own life and to lead a
liberating army into the mountains of Virginia. But he did not go to Harpers Ferry to save his
life.
“The true question is,
Did John Brown draw his sword against slavery and thereby lose his life in vain? And to this I answer
ten thousand times, No! No man fails, or can fail, who so grandly gives himself and all he has to a
righteous cause.” | —Frederick Douglass, 1881 | |
Use the excerpt and your knowledge of
social studies to answer the following questions.
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Who was Frederick Douglass?
a. | a former Republican presidential candidate | b. | a member of Congress
who opposed the Compromise of 1850 | c. | a former slave who escaped and became an
abolitionist | d. | a member of John Brown’s band who was not sentenced to
death |
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Why did Brown mount his raid on Harper’s Ferry?
a. | to free African Americans who had been captured by the U.S. Army | b. | to raise an army of
African Americans and lead them in a revolt | c. | to protest the Pottawatomie Massacre in
Kansas | d. | to demonstrate that he sided with Northerners in the debate over
slavery |
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| “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine is the
momentous issue of . . . war. The government will not assail [attack] you. . . We are not
enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our
bonds of affection.” | —Abraham Lincoln, Inaugural Address, March 4,
1861 | |
Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the
following questions.
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Which “dissatisfied fellow countrymen” did Lincoln refer to?
a. | Democrats who had supported Stephen A. Douglas | b. | Whigs who had stayed
0ut of the Republican party | c. | southerners whose states had
seceded | d. | northerners who urged Lincoln to attack the South |
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How did the South react to Abraham Lincoln’s election as President in
1860?
a. | To save the Union, Southern leaders agreed to support the new
President. | b. | North Carolina and Virginia seceded, followed by South Carolina. | c. | Seven Southern
states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. | d. | Southern leaders
called for a new presidential election to be held in the spring. |
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Which of the following was a result of the Wilmot Proviso?
a. | Some Democrats and Whigs formed the Free Soil Party. | b. | Southerners became
increasingly concerned that the North was trying to end slavery in the United
States. | c. | The issue of slavery in new territories gained from Mexico was left
undecided. | d. | All of the above |
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Which of the following was a point made in the Dred Scott
decision?
a. | Congress could prohibit slavery in any territory. | b. | Slaves were
property, even if they lived in a free territory. | c. | Slaves were citizens. | d. | All of the
above |
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In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Abraham Lincoln
a. | supported the idea of popular sovereignty. | b. | gained support that
helped him defeat Douglas for the Senate in 1858. | c. | insisted that the territories be kept free from
slavery. | d. | supported the Fugitive Slave Act. |
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California entered the Union as a free state in the
a. | Wilmot Proviso. | c. | Compromise of 1850. | b. | the Missouri Compromise. | d. | Kansas-Nebraska
Act. |
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below:
a. | Abraham Lincoln | e. | Roger Taney | b. | secede | f. | popular sovereignty | c. | propaganda | g. | Daniel Webster | d. | John C. Calhoun | h. | John Brown |
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14.
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abolitionist who led a raid on U.S. Army weapons stored at Harpers
Ferry
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15.
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false or misleading information that is spread to further a cause
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candidate for the Senate who argued against the spread of slavery
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process that allows people in a territory or state to vote directly on issues
rather than have their elected representatives decide
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Essay
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Explain how the Dred Scott decision widened the gap between the North and the
South. In your opinion, was the Dred Scott decision one of the most important Supreme Court decisions
in history? Give specifics to support your argument.
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