The Road to Civil War

Missouri Compromise

100

This state entered the Union to balance Missouri?

A. Missouri
B. Maine
C. New York
D. Ohio

B. Maine

200

The compromise tried to maintain this between states.

A. Tax fairness
B. Trade equality
C. Slave balance
D. Political parties

C. Slave balance

300

This line divided free and enslaved states.\

A. Mason Line
B. Ohio River
C. Mississippi Line
D. 36°30′ line

D. 36°30′ line

400

Missouri wanted to enter as this type of state.
A. Free territory
B. Neutral state
C. Slave state
D. Territory

C. Slave state

500

This senator proposed the Missouri Compromise.
A. Henry Clay
B. Stephen Douglas
C. John Calhoun
D. Daniel Webster

A. Henry Clay

Compromise of 1850

100

This state entered as free under the compromise.
A. Texas
B. Utah
C. New Mexico
D. California

D. California

200

Slavery was ended here, but not the nation.
A. Border states
B. Washington, D.C.
C. Northern states
D. Western territories

B. Washington, D.C.

300

This law was strengthened to capture freedom seekers.
A. Slave Codes
B. Emancipation Act
C. Popular Sovereignty Act
D. Fugitive Slave Law

D. Fugitive Slave Law

400

Southern states threatened this if slavery ended.
A. Revolution
B. Secession
C. Compromise
D. Nullification

B. Secession

500

This senator helped Clay pass the compromise.
A. Andrew Jackson
B. Stephen Douglas
C. John Brown
D. Zachary Taylor

B. Stephen Douglas

Kansas–Nebraska Act

100

This idea let settlers vote on slavery.
A. Free soil
B. State rights
C. Popular sovereignty
D. Mob rule

C. Popular sovereignty

200

This earlier compromise was overturned.
A. Great Compromise
B. Three-Fifths Compromise
C. Missouri Compromise
D. Compromise of 1850

C. Missouri Compromise

300

Armed groups crossed from Missouri to vote illegally were called what? 

A. Carpetbaggers
B. Fire-eaters
C. Border ruffians
D. Copperheads

C. Border ruffians

400

This senator pushed the act through Congress.
A. Stephen Douglas
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Henry Clay
D. John Calhoun

A. Stephen Douglas

500

Violence in Kansas earned this nickname.
A. Broken Kansas
B. Red Territory
C. Bloody Fields
D. Bleeding Kansas

D. Bleeding Kansas

Fugitive Slave Law

100

The law required this group to help capture enslaved people.
A. Police only
B. Slave catchers
C. Southern states
D. All citizens

D. All citizens

200

Judges were paid more for doing this.
A. Ignoring cases
B. Delaying trials
C. Returning enslaved
D. Freeing people

C. Returning enslaved

300

Many Northerners reacted with this.
A. Support
B. Celebration
C. Indifference
D. Anger

D. Anger

400

Some juries refused to do this.
A. Convict helpers
B. Hear cases
C. Enforce law
D. Accept evidence

A. Convict helpers

500

People who helped freedom seekers faced this punishment.

A. Heavy fines
B. Loss of property
C. Jail time
D. Forced labor

C. Jail time

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

100

This author wrote the novel.

A. Frederick Douglass
B. Harriet Beecher Stowe
C. Sojourner Truth
D. Louisa May Alcott

B. Harriet Beecher Stowe

200

The book showed the cruelty of this system.
A. Factory labor
B. Tenant farming
C. Slavery 
D. Sharecropping

C. Slavery

300

This character owned Uncle Tom.
A. Judge Taylor
B. Simon Legree
C. Simon Brown
D. John Calhoun

B. Simon Legree

400

People in this region thought the book was a lie and slander.
A. Midwest
B. South
C. West
D. Border states

B. South

500

President Lincoln said the book helped start this.
A. Emancipation
B. Reconstruction
C. Abolition
D. Civil War

D. Civil War